Explain the reasons for the fall of the Romanovs The cause of the fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917 was a result of long-term causes including Tsar Alexander’s inability to satisfy his people and Tsar Nicholas II’s inability to rule to throne all together. The Bloody Sunday event‚ the war with Germany‚ Rasputin and Tsars bad decisions was also some of the causes which led the Romanovs to fall. It all began in 1894 when Alexander III‚ died leaving his son Nicholas II to become the tsar of Russia
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What if Germany won WWI? World War One‚ also widely known as the Great War lasted from 1914-1918. It was a major war centered in Europe involving the World’s major powers that were separated into two alliances: the Allies‚ consisting of Britain‚ France‚ Russia and later the US and the Central Powers consisting of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy. It was European History’s worst war at the time. The Germans were defeated by exhaustion however‚ this could of easily happened to the Allies
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Women’s role prior to World War I Prior to the First World War women’s role in society in western countries was generally confined to the domestic sphere (but not necessarily their own home) and to certain types of jobs: ’Women’s Work’. In Great Britain for example‚ just before World War I‚ out of an adult population of about 24 million women‚ around 1.7 million worked in domestic service‚ 800‚000 worked in the textile manufacturing industry‚ 600‚000 worked in the clothing trades‚ 500‚000 worked
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deadly weapon during the world war I David Seo Mr. McKenzie Oct. 28‚ 2010 Thesis: Poison gases should be banned from the battlefield because they have fatal and catastrophic effects on humans‚ the nature‚ and they were not as effective as other weapons for winning the war. Poison gases had many deadly effects on human bodies. Chlorine‚ phosgene‚ and mustard gases were mainly used (First World War). “Deficiencies of chlorine were overcome by phosgene and they were used mixed with equal
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Different Ways of Fighting World War I was fought completely different than any war prior to it. Wars before the First World War were fought on horses in a gentlemen’s war. However‚ by the turn of the century‚ new technology had been invented which changed the ways of war drastically. By no means could World War I be considered a gentlemen’s war. In previous wars‚ enemies charged at you in open fields‚ and you would stay in place while the enemy was shooting directly at you. However‚ in this war
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Aims of the countries Total war: Mobilization of a whole society and its resources for a war effort with objective of a total victory over the opponent -With the enormous war effort peace settlement was virtually impossible‚ letting the different countries no other choice than fighting for a total victory‚ no matter what the costs were. -France wanted to regain Alsace-Lorraine -France and Britain: wanted to crush ‘Prussian militarism’ Used their worldwide empire to have a war of attrition
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My dearest Mother‚ I am missing you dearly and I hope everything is well. I am getting very home sick‚ life here is different than over there. I can hear sounds of the battlefield and it’s very frightening. We also get very little sleep and it is so cold here. The food is so plain; we rarely eat meat. We eat mostly beans‚ potatoes and soup. I’m getting so tired of it. Many of the things I see are very disturbing but it feels good to help these men. Some of them have talked to me about their families
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A rally of the KKK in 2009 A lynching in Marion‚ Indiana‚ 1930. How useful is Source A (p65) for studying American attitudes towards the KKK during the 1920s? (10) Plan Useful/Limitations Provenance Target: Evaluation of a source for utility using own knowledge (AOs 1‚2 and 3) Candidates either submit no evidence or fail to address the question. 0 Level 1: EITHER Accepts the content of the source at face value. e.g. It is useful because it shows what the Ku Klux Klan did
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Most people are familiar with World War I but a lot of them do not know how it started. WWI sparked in 1914 and ended in 1918. It was between Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and the United States. The Underlying causes of the war was Militarism‚ Alliance‚ and Nationalism. Militarism is one of the causes because it created tension within the countries. It is a policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army “on the ready” for war. According to The Origins of the
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1914 a terrible year for me. July 20th 1914 I woke up‚ got out of my bed and went down to the living room mom and dad where up listening to the radio. Mom looks very sad I didn’t want to ask her what was wrong because I was scared I wouldn’t like it‚ so I waited for her to tell me on my own. I went and sat down with them when all the sudden mom said that daddy had to go off for a little while I asked why and she told me that he had to do his duty by serving in the war. My eyes filled with tears I
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