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    How far do you agree that the main case of the February 1917 revolution was the effects of the war on the people? Whilst there is no doubt that WW1 contributed to the February revolution‚ it is difficult for historians to know whether the war was the main cause. As‚ that would be ignoring all the social and economic problems in Russia‚ as well as the problem with Rasputin. The above statement is true because despite that the war had begun successfully for Russia‚ eventually in 1914 during the Battle

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    interventionist foreign policy in 1912. The aims of Wilson in tackling foreign affairs were to maintain isolationism by peaceful and ethical approaches‚ which were achieved almost successfully until the American intervention into the World War One in 1917. One of Wilson’s success in keeping isolationism in his early years of presidency was to repudiate his predecessors’ Dollar Diplomacy‚ which called for American investments in Latin America and the Caribbean. Instead‚ Wilson promoted democracy as

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    Unit 7 Writing Assignment Review 7.2 Final Short Paper Throughout the course readings‚ discussions‚ and short papers you have explored events‚ topics‚ and themes in history that range from 1877 to the present. As this course concludes consider all that has been covered. Select any two events/topics/themes that we have learned about that you feel are essential to understanding America as it is today and explain why. Take the time to think carefully about this topic and conduct research

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    leads to Burns and Paul leaving NAWSA to form their own organization called the National Woman’s Party (NWP). The NWP opposes any candidate against the proposed constitutional amendment. The NWP decided to protest and picket the White House in 1917. During these pickets the women were arrested for their actions and were imprisoned on charges of obstructing traffic‚ they were sentenced to prison for up to six months. Paul and Burns did not like this idea so they started to go on a hunger strike

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    Bolshevik consolidation of power in the period from 1917 to 1921 (edited) Introduction: The Bolsheviks used two main methods to consolidate power between the years of 1917 and 1921. The first method was the introduction of social‚ economic and military reforms aimed at consolidating their support among the peasants and the working class. The second method was one of coercion to crush the opponents with their ruthless nature. Along with these methods‚ the Bolsheviks victory in the Civil War was the

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    influential ideologies and due to the lack of ideologies and direction of the Whites. Evaluate this claim. Shortly after the October and February revolutions‚ in 1917‚ Russia burst almost immediately into Civil War. The two parties concerned were the Bolshevik’s Red Army and the opposing White Army. The Civil War raged from the years 1917 to presently after 1920 with the eventual success of the Red Army over the White Army. This triumph is traditionally seen by historians as a result of the weaknesses

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    Although initially it seems apparent that the First World War narrowed the existing political divisions in Germany during this period‚ as the war progressed‚ the resentment grew‚ in part because of the huge losses and the economic crisis that hung over the country. Therefore because of this the political divisions increased‚ and by the end of the war the polarisation of German politics was explicit. Despite the demonstrations against the war held on the 28th and 29th of July in Berlin with crows

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    The Russian government was a serious problem‚ and the people felt it. In the first place‚ the caste system which classified the people in groups‚ was made of three classes‚ the “top”‚ the “upper”‚ and the “lower”. The top class was made of the Tsar‚ (which is an all-powerful ruler with limitless power‚ Bjornlund 4) and his family‚ which was basically an abusive monarchy. The upper class was very wealthy and land-owning‚ if and when there were any kinds of government issues‚ these people were represented

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    Introduction: In the year of 1917‚ Europe remained in a position of war and stalemate. The whole of Europe had been pitched in a massive war for nearly three years‚ as Europe had been divided between the Central Powers Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and later the Ottoman Empire‚ and Triple Entente forces of Britain‚ France‚ and Russia. While the growing dissent and chaos within the Russian Empire had ensued with the aftermath of the February/March Revolution‚ the situation seemed to begin to lean

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    States under President Woodrow Wilson was neutral and wanted to stay out of the war since it was in Europe. However‚ on April 6‚ 1917 America declared war on Germany‚ thus entering it into WWI. The Zimmerman Telegram led to the United States’ declaration of war‚ which made the United States’ involvement in the war just‚ and the results of United States joining the war in 1917 was the victory in Battle of Meuse-Argonne and the end of the war in 1918. When the war in Europe began the President of the

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