[N] History(elect) Ace Guide - FortisLearn

Class Content

Expand All

Unit 1: The World in Crisis

1. Impact of World War I in Europe 15 Lessons

Expand

Topic Content

0% Complete 0/15 Steps

Impact of World War I

The Treaty of Versailles

Terms of the Treaty of Versailles

Did the terms of the Treaty of Versailles meet the aims of the countries involved?

German Reactions to the Treaty of Versailles

Historians’ Interpretations of the Treaty of Versailles

Origins of the League of Nations

Aims of the League of Nations

Structure of the League of Nations

Peacekeeping Measures of the League of Nations

Was the League of Nations successful in handling territorial disputes in the 1920s?

Reasons for the Weakness of the League of Nations (I)

Reasons for the Weakness of the League of Nations (II)

Reasons for the Weakness of the League of Nations (III)

2. Stalin’s Soviet Union 12 Lessons

Expand

Topic Content

0% Complete 0/12 Steps

Creation of the Soviet Union and Authoritarian Government

Rise of Stalin (Introduction)

Rise of Stalin (Non-Disclosure of Lenin’s Testament)

Rise of Stalin (Leon Trotsky)

Rise of Stalin (Stalin’s Manipulations)

Rise of Stalin (Conclusion)

Stalin’s Dictatorship (Five-Year Plans)

Stalin’s Dictatorship (Economic Impact)

Stalin’s Dictatorship (Political Impact)

Stalin’s Dictatorship (Social Impact)

Stalin’s Dictatorship (Impact of Policies on Various Social Groups)

Stalin’s Dictatorship (Conclusion)

3. Hitler’s Germany 27 Lessons

Expand

Topic Content

0% Complete 0/27 Steps

Weaknesses of the Weimar Government

Impact of the Great Depression on Germany

Hitler’s Leadership Abilities (Nazi Ideology)

Hitler’s Leadership Abilities (Charisma and Oratorical Skills)

Hitler’s Leadership Abilities (Exploitation of the Fears of Communism)

Hitler’s Leadership Abilities (Skilfulness at Making Deals with Politicians)

Hitler’s Leadership Abilities (Reorganising the Nazi Party)

Political Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Consolidation of power)

Political Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Reichstag Fire, 27 February 1933)

Political Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Enabling Act, 23 March 1933)

Political Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (One Party Rule, July 1933)

Political Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Night of the Long Knives, June 1934)

Political Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Creation of the Fuhrer position, August 1934)

Economic Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Re-employment)

Economic Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Rise of Big Industrialists)

Economic Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Control of Trade Unions)

Economic Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Organising Workers’ Leisure Time)

Economic Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Militarisation)

Social Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Propaganda)

Social Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Censorship)

Social Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Rise of the Secret Police)

Social Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Persecution of Jews and Other Minority Groups)

Social Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Role of Women in Nazi Germany)

Social Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Hitler Youth)

4. Outbreak WWII in Europe 13 Lessons

Expand

Topic Content

0% Complete 0/13 Steps

Weaknesses of the League of Nations

Failure of Disarmament

1935 Abyssinian Crisis

Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Introduction)

Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Withdrawal From League of Nations and Geneva Disarmament Conference)

Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Conscription and Rearmament)

Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Involvement In the Spanish Civil War)

Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (German Unification with Austria)

Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Czechoslovakia)

Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact)

Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Invasion of Poland)

Reasons for the Policy of Appeasement

Examples of Appeasement

5. Germany’s Defeat in World War II 21 Lessons

Expand

Topic Content

0% Complete 0/21 Steps

The Entry of the US into the War

US Indirect Involvement (Cash and Carry’ to the Lend-Lease Act)

US Indirect Involvement (Arsenal of Democracy)

US Indirect Involvement (Fireside Chats and Aids)

US Formal Entry into WWII

US in WWII (Contribution of Vast Resources and Manpower)

US in WWII (Collaboration with Allies on Military Strategies)

US in WWII (Control of the Air)

US in WWII (Control of the Sea)

US in WWII (D-Day)

Germany’s Weaknesses and Miscalculations (Introduction)

Germany’s Ineffective Command Structure

Germany’s Inappropriate Use of Resources and Military Funds

Germany’s Heavy Reliance on Petroleum

Germany’s War On Two Fronts

Germany’s Weaknesses and Miscalculations(Conclusion)

Allied Resistance (Reorganisation of the Soviet Union)

Allied Resistance (British Resistance to German Invasion)

Allied Resistance (Resistance Movements in Nazi-Occupied Countries)

Allied Resistance (Conclusion)

End of the War for Germany

6. Outbreak War in Asia Pacific 7 Lessons

Expand

Topic Content

0% Complete 0/7 Steps

Internal Issues Forcing Japan to Expand

External Issues Causing Japan to Expand (I)

External Issues Causing Japan to Expand (II)

External Issues Causing Japan to Expand (III)

External Issues Causing Japan to Expand (IV)

7. Japan’s Defeat 10 Lessons

Expand

Topic Content

0% Complete 0/10 Steps

Japanese Aggression in the Asia-Pacific After the US Declaration of War

Reasons for the Defeat of Japan (USA I)

Reasons for the Defeat of Japan (USA II)

Reasons for the Defeat of Japan (USA III)

Ineffective Defence of Overextended Japanese Empire

Reasons for the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs (I)

Reasons for the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs (II)

Reasons for the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs (III)

Reasons for the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs (IV)

The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs

Unit 2: Bi-Polarity and the Cold War

8. Reasons for the Cold War in Europe 22 Lessons

Expand

Topic Content

0% Complete 0/22 Steps

Lesson Objectives

Ideological Conflict between the US and the Soviet Union

Continuing Distrust in a Necessary Alliance during World War II

Yalta Conference

Potsdam Conference

American Nuclear Monopoly

Post-World War II Years: Worsening Relations between the US and the Soviet Union

Destruction and Decline of the Major European Powers at the End of World War II

Superpower Rivalry and the United Nations

End of Wartime Alliance

Establishment of Soviet Satellite States in Eastern Europe

Kennan’s Long Telegram

Iron Curtain Speech

The Truman Doctrine

The Marshall Plan

Soviet Responses to US Containment Policy

Carving Out Political and Economic Spheres of Influence

Reasons for Superpower Confrontation in the Berlin Blockade

Events Leading Up to the Berlin Blockade

Formation of Military Alliances (NATO)

Formation of Military Alliances (Warsaw Pact)

Extension and International Impact of the Cold War in the 1950s and early 1960s

9. The Korean War 20 Lessons

Expand

Topic Content

0% Complete 0/20 Steps

Background of the Korean War

Post-War Occupation of Korea: Partition of Korea

Formation of Two Koreas

Attempts to Achieve Unification by South and North Korean Leaders

Significance of Korea to the USSR and Communist Bloc

Impact of Developments in the Soviet Union & China on US Foreign Policy

Military and Strategic Imbalance Between North and South Korea

To What Extent Was the Korean War More of A Civil War Than A Proxy War?

Lead-Up to the Korean War (I)

Lead-Up to the Korean War (II)

Lead-Up to the Korean War (III)

Outbreak and the Development of the Korean War

Development From Civil War to Proxy War (I)

Development From Civil War to Proxy War (II)

Development From Civil War to Proxy War (III)

Armistice Talks

Expansion of the Cold War Beyond Europe

Intensified American Involvement in the Asia-Pacific

About Instructor

Fortis Learn [History]

4 Classes

Not Enrolled

🔓 UNLOCK ACE GUIDE

Class Includes

9 Topics
147 Lessons