1917

valuable weapon, the possessor of this weapon could virtually rule the waters. After the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States of America, persuaded Germany to cease unrestricted underwater warfare. By spring of 1917 Germany had resumed this unrestricted underwater warfare. Why was this path chosen? The U-boat was a phenomenal weapon, as well as a frightening one; few things were more terrifying for the crews of British merchant vessels than the U-boat. It…

“distinguishing characteristic of a revolutionary situation”. Thus, the February Revolution would be identified as a “revolutionary situation” in Tilly’s revolutionary theory. During the February Revolution, Trotsky identified dual sovereignty of Russia in 1917 (Tilly 191). Also, Fitzpatrick uses the term “Dual power” to describe the February revolution, by stating “the new Provisional Government would represent the elite revolution, while the newly revived Petrograd Soviet would speak for the…

The famous 5 helped raised awareness and in 1917 all women related to a soldier could vote 3000 Nurses served in the military United States Many women helped during the war and about 25,00 women were sent to Europe for a Enturepenual basis. Many women on the war front entertained the…

explains how the secret police force was affected by changes such as the introduction of NEP, and the Hitler-Stalin alliance. This source is helpful for overall background on the evolution of the Russian secret police force, starting with the Cheka in 1917 and ending with the KGB in 1978. Fedor, Julia, Russia and the Cult of State Security: The Chekist…

Alek Zelbo History Essay November 25 Maglioni The Reasons Behind the Decline of Tsarist Russia There were four major factors that lead to the collapse of Tsarist Russia. Russia was very spread out, nearly 125 million people spread out across Europe and Asia, making it hard to govern. Russia became weaker because of World War I (losing 200,000 men) causing the Tsarist government to lose the support of the military. Tsar Nicholas had difficulty responding to any criticism or creating social…

and the anger between the English and French grew. It bitterly divided them and doomed the Federal conservative party to spend majority of the twentieth century in disagreement. The conscription crisis of 1944 during WWII was similar to the one in 1917 but it was not as politically damaging. Prime Minister Mackenzie King was being pressured by the conservatives to bring in conscription. His famous quote was “not necessarily conscription but conscription if necessary.”4 Across Canada the vote…

Although all nations have depleted men, ammunition, provisions and such, war sentiment is alive in each empire. Nationalism, public opinion, and total control of the empires by large governments contributed to the continuation of war efforts. Although 1917 would be the year that Russia would pull out due to a revolution and lose a significant amount of land to the German Empire, the Germans were finding it difficult to feed their army, altering their advances. This required the increasing…

to trade with belligerent nations; however, this definition of neutrality made the nation prone to a recession. As a result, the U.S. turned to an alternative way of staying neutral: trading with all nations despite their political status. From 1914-1917, the U.S. restricted their involvement in WWI to economic relations. However, European military operations began to fight for control of the seas, prompting both Britain and France to violate neutral rights in order to gain the upper hand.…

unarmed people. The people wanted better working conditions, personal freedom and voting rights. Instead of that, they got injured or killed! The March Revolution March 1917 military defeats and shortages food and fuel.…

most part, the freedom of speech has prevailed; however, many cases had to go through the supreme court to create a precedent on how freedom on speech and press should be handled that is still be crafted today. Masses Publishing Co. V. Patten (1917) In 1917, during World War I, the Espionage Act passed, which prohibited citizens from encouraging other citizens to violate the law. As result, the New York post office deemed that it had the right to refuse delivery of publications they thought…