AP®︎ European History Unit 8: Notes & Study Guide
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with a comprehensive review on Unit 8 of AP European History – 20th-Century Global Conflicts.
Unit 8: 20th-Century Global Conflicts
This unit covers Europe’s involvement in World Wars I and II, the Russian Revolution, and the interwar crises. It examines how these global conflicts reshaped political ideologies, economies, and societies across Europe.
Begin with Topic 8.1: Contextualizing 20th-Cent...To review Unit 8, go through each of the 11 topics below.
Everything you actually need to know for your Unit 8 test, pulled directly from the AP® European History curriculum.
Contextualizing 20th-Century Global Conflicts
Contextualizing 20th-Century Global Conflicts
- How Europe’s 20th-Century Global Conflicts Developed
- Why World War I Became a Total and Global War
- The Peace Settlement and the Interwar Crisis
World War I
World War I
- How World War I Became a Global Industrial War
- The July Crisis and the Outbreak of War
- How Technology Turned War into Stalemate and Attrition
The Russian Revolution and Its Effects
The Russian Revolution and Its Effects
- How the Russian Revolution Happened
- The Two Revolutions of 1917
- How the Bolsheviks Built a Marxist Leninist State
Versailles Conference and Peace Settlement
Versailles Conference and Peace Settlement
- What the Versailles Settlement Tried to Do
- What the Paris Peace Conference Created
- The Treaty of Versailles and Why Germans Rejected It
Global Economic Crisis
Global Economic Crisis
- How the Global Economic Crisis Worked
- Why the Depression Became Global
- What the Crisis Did to European Society and Politics
Fascism and Totalitarianism
Fascism and Totalitarianism
- What Fascism, Authoritarianism, and Totalitarianism Were
- Why Dictatorships Gained Support After World War I
- How Mussolini and Hitler Took Power
Europe During the Interwar Period
Europe During the Interwar Period
- Why the Interwar Peace Broke Down
- The Forces That Made Aggression Possible
- The Chain of Fascist Expansion
World War II
World War II
- How World War II Was Fought and Why Technology Mattered
- How the Axis Won Early
- How the Allies Turned the War Around
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
- How the Nazis Turned Racial Ideology into State Policy
- From Exclusion to Genocide 1933–1945
- Who Was Targeted and How
20th-Century Cultural, Intellectual, and Artistic Developments
20th-Century Cultural, Intellectual, and Artistic Developments
- How Faith in Progress Broke Down
- Ideas That Challenged Old Certainties
- Modernism in Art and Literature
Continuity and Changes in an Age of Global Conflict
Continuity and Changes in an Age of Global Conflict
- How Total War Changed the Relationship Between the Individual and the State
- Political and Economic Crises That Broke the Old Order
- The Three Main Ideologies Competing for Europe
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