The Treaty of Versailles (ended WW I)

The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty that was signed at the Palace Of Versailles in Paris, France. This was a Treaty to end World War One. It Ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers . This treaty hit the Germans hard. It made their emperor a war criminal and a few other germans aswell. The Germans had to pay billions of dollars as war dues because of all the destruction and deaths they have caused. The Germans also lost alot of land in the treaty. They gave back lands like West Prussia back to poland. Also they lost territories they had overseas. I dont think the treaty was fair because of all the billions of dollars they had to pay back.

I Think historians say the Treaty of Versailles led to the rise and power of hitler because the Germans were in a slump/depression and Hitler was a strong smart person who was a military leader. He gave them the hope and fought back against the Associated powers. He wanted to make Germany Stronger again and he promised to that that because of what the Treaty of Versailles did.

Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

Mustafa Kemal, was a military leader who successfully took a group of the nations nationalists and over through the ottoman sultan who was weak and corrupt. He succeded in reforming Turkey and making it more modernized and more secular.

One thing Mustafa Kermal did was seperate Islamic Laws From the Nation laws. He basically sepereated rules of religeon from the laws of the country. Also in the attempt of modernizing Turkey and making it more European, He removed religious courts and made an english system of court. Like the ones with have today. He also made it so women had rights, such as voting / official jobs. He also made government funded programs.

Kemal also banished old traditions. Instead of government officials going to work with a fez and whatever else they wore, He made them wear suits and ties. He wanted them to look like European buisness men and workers. His influence was so strong they followed him and when he died they gave him the name father of the turks because of what he did for his country.

Film Lesson: "Gandhi"

Mohandas K. Gandhi was a political and spiritual leader in India. He was born October 2nd 1869 and he was assassinated January 30 1948. Gandhi had a nick name, it was Mahatma, which meant Great Soul. Gandhi did many things for his country. He led protests, which were friendly. He spoke of non-violence because he thought that if you did not use violence against the police or the English, they would be at fault for hitting them if they didnt do anything. He used this method effectively because the less violence that the indians did, the more it made England look bad when the press from the United States arrived. Gandhi helped them gain their independence with all the protests and then what ended it all was the salt marchn which made an impact when most of india walked to the sea and made salt for their own use, or to sell instead of using the salt made at the salt works.

I think Indias indepence was highly influence by Mohandas Gandhi. This is because Gandhi gave them the hope and will power to avoid using non-violence in the protests and to never give up. As shown in the movie , he never gave up on his people. He went to jail alot for his people because of the little laws they broke when they protested ( burn travel pases, make salt etc. ) Also he didnt buy any of the governments clothes which was a big influence to the independence of India. I think the Indians without gandhi would of got their independence, but not for a while because not many people believe in non-violence until Gandhi promoted it to the people for decades.