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How/Why - The Great War Begins Triple Entente of Great Britain, France, and Russia Triple Alliance, consisting of Germany, Austria- Hungary, and Italy.
How/Why An assassination in the Balkans sparked the outbreak of World War I.
How/Why - Strikes and violent actions by Socialist labor movements also threatened European governments.
How - Trench warfare between France and Germany turned into a stalemate and casualties mounted throughout Europe.
How/Why - The United States entered the war in 1917 in response to the German use of submarines against passenger ships.
How/Why - As the war dragged on, propaganda was used to bolster public opinion.
How/Why - Women entered the workforce in large numbers.
The Russian Revolution Russia was unprepared for World War I and suffered massive casualties early in the war.
How/Why 1 : any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods Nicholas stepped down as czar, and a provisional government was formed. Socialist 2 a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
How/Why The Bolsheviks committed to violent revolution, played a crucial role under the leadership of V.I. Lenin.
How/Why In October 1917, the Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government. The czar and his family were held captive and then executed by members of a local soviet. 1 : a member of the extremist wing of the Russian Social Democratic party that seized power in Russia by the Revolution of November 1917
How/Why Civil war ensued between the Bolshevik Communist regime and anti-communists. 1 a : a theory advocating elimination of private property b : a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed
How/Why Despite aid from the Allied forces, the anti- Communists were defeated by a well-disciplined Communist Red Army.
How/Why End of the War Allied forces finally defeated Germany at the Second Battle of the Marne but would not make peace with the German emperor.
End of the War Wisdom U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sought to pave the way for a just and lasting peace by creating the League of Nations. an organization for international cooperation established at the initiative of the victorious Allied Powers at the end of World War I. http://www.un.org/overview/unmember.html
Wisdom End of the War The Treaty of Versailles imposed harsh penalties on Germany.
Wisdom The war settlements redrew the map of Europe and imposed heavy penalties on Germany.
Wisdom Millions died during the war Revolution in Russia Totalitarian governments Set the stage for World War II
Imperialism The creation and maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural and territorial relationship, usually between states and often in the form of an empire based on domination and subordination." Back
Democracy Democracy is a political government carried out either directly by the people (direct democracy) or by means of elected representatives of the people (representative democracy). Back
Totalitarianism System of government and ideology in which all social, political, economic, intellectual, cultural, and spiritual activities are subordinated to the purposes of the rulers of a state.
Totalitarianism Those countries whose governments are usually characterized as totalitarian are Germany, under the National Socialism of Adolf Hitler; the USSR, particularly under Joseph Stalin; and the People's Republic of China, under the Communist rule of Mao Zedong. Other governments have also been called totalitarian, for example, those of Italy under Benito Mussolini, North Korea under Kim Il Sung, Syria under Hafez al-assad, and Iraq under Saddam Hussein. Back