WWI and Russian Revolution quiz

Mensheviks

a group that wanted a broad base of popular support for the revolution

willing to cooperate with the Duma

Bolsheviks

a group who supported a small number of committed revolutionaries will to sacrifice everything for radical change

Marx’s influence on the Russian Society

Believed in equality, and the distribution of funds

the bourgeise should not have all the wealth

idea that the working class should have some power

Lenin’s takeover

Within days after the takeover, Lenin orders that all farmland be distributed among the peasants

gives control of factories to the workers

he was a Bolshevik

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

angers many Russians because they had to surrender a large chunk of land to Germany and their allies (Ended their involvement in WWI)

Bolsheviks-ideology

The Bolsheviks faced a new challenge

Stamping out their enemies at home

Their opponents formed the white army

March Revolution of 1917 and impact

Women textile workers in Petrograd lead a citywide strike

Riots flare up after food shortages of bread and fuel

Soldiers obey orders to shoot the rioters, but later they would side with them

The soldiers fire at the commanding officers and join the rebellion

Impact of the March Revolution

Forces the czar to abdicate the thrown

Czar Nicholas II abdicates the thrown

Bloody Sunday, 1905 and impact

brutal suppression of a peaceful workers’ demonstration in St. Petersburg, Russia, where soldiers fired on the crown, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries.

want freedoms within the political system

Bloody Sunday impact

idea that it is going to create more tension within the Russian society

lead to the 1905 Revolution

Pogroms of Czar Alexander III

Organized violence against Jews broke out in many parts of Russia called pogroms

Police and soldiers stood by and watched Russian citizens loot and destroy Jewish homes, stores, and synagogues

Causes of the Russia Revolution

Long term social unrest in Russia erupted into Revolution, ushering in the first Communist government

The oppressive rule of most 19th century czars caused widespread social unrest for decades

Impact of the Russian Revolution on Russia and WWI

Serbia assainted the France Ferdinand Archduke Serbians Nationalists

pan-slavik nation in the Bulkans

based on the hardships from the war, it led to Russia’s withdrawal from the war, and the establishment of the Soviet Union, altering the course of both Russia and the war itself

How M.A.I.N caused WWI

Militarism - love and glorification to fight wars

Armistice - agreement to stop fighting

Imperialism - countries dominance over another country

Nationalism - pride and devotion to your country

Zimmerman Note

Germany sends a telegram to Mexico stating they would help them ‘reconquer’ the land they had lost to the US

Mexico declines and passes the note on to the US

Sinking of the Lusitania

Americans on a ship that was sunk (killing 128 people) led to the involvement of the US in WWI

How both events led to the US involvement in WWI

US got mad

League of Nations and Wilson’s 14 points

1918 truce agreed to stop fighting

14 points - to make peace and end war

Freedom of seas, freedom of trade

League of Nations

Collection of countries that meet whole point of this is to find diplomatic solutions

Treaty of Versailles

signed in 1919 officially ends the war causing 4 negative consequences on Germany

1. Germany is officially blamed for starting the war

2. Pay reparations and damages

3. Demilitarize

4. Germany had to give back land specifically the (Rhineland)