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Vladimir Lenin

AP EURO NOTES

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AP Euro Notes Sec 25-2 pp. 789-794 Nalani Story War and Revolution Russia experienced kind of complete collapse in 1917 that others were predicting might happen throughout Euro Out of Russia?s collapse came Russian Revolution?whose impact would be widely felt in Euro for decades to come The Russian Revolution Revolution 1905=failed to bring substantial changes to Russia Tsar Nicholas II relied on army & bureaucracy to uphold his regime WWI magnified Russia?s problems and severely challenged tsarist gov?t Tsar, possessed of strong sense of moral duty to his country.= only Euro monarch to take personal charge of armed forces, despite a lack of training for such an awesome responsibility Russian industry=unable to produce weapons needed for army

Traditions and Encounters Chapter 34 Test Bank

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CHAPTER 34 TEST QUESTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The spark for World War I was provided when Gavrilo Princip assassinated a. Francis Joseph. b. Nicholas II. c. Alexander Kerensky. d. Francis Ferdinand. * e. Otto von Bismarck. (p. 946) 2. The first total war in world history was a. the Crimean War. b. the American Civil War. c. World War II. d. the Franco-Prussian War. e. World War I. * (p. 946) 3. Approximately how many combatants died in World War I? a. one million b. three million c. four million d. nine million e. fifteen million * (p. 946) 4. The term for the idea that people with the same ethnic origins, language, and political ideals had the right to form sovereign states was a. Utopian socialism. b. positive nationalism.

Great War, Key Terms

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"Peace, Bread, and Land" Lenin's slogan in the Revolution. Peace from the war; Land for the peasants; Food for all. Alexander Kerensky Headed the Provisional Government in 1917. Refused to redistribute confiscated landholdings to the peasants. Thought fighting the war was a national duty. Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to the Austria- Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo, started World War I. Army Order #1 Issued by the Petrograd Soviet shipped offices of their authority and placed the power in the hands of elected committees of common soldiers. Balkan Wars Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria took Macedonia from the Ottomans in 1912. Serbia then fought Bulgaria in the second Balkan War in 1913 Austria intervened to stop the war.

euro 24

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Chapter 24 An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914 Toward the Modern Consciousness: Intellectual and Cultural Developments Developments in the Sciences: The Emergence of a New Physics Classical Newtonian Physics: universe = giant machine; matter = indivisible atoms Marie & Pierre Curie: discovered element radium giving off radiation concluded that atoms contained subatomic particles behaving randomly Max Planck: energy is radiated discontinuously in packets called ?quanta? quantum theory raised fundamental questions about the subatomic realm of the atom Albert Einstein ?The Electro-dynamics of Moving Bodies?: special theory of relativity = space & time relative to the observer, interwoven into 4-D space-time continuum

euro 25

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Chapter 25 The Beginning of the Twentieth-century Crisis: War and Revolution The Road to World War I Nationalism and Internal Dissent Division of Europe?s great powers into two loose alliances only added to tensions Each nation-state regarded itself as sovereign, subject to no higher interest or authority Each state was motivated by its own self-interest and success Not all ethnic groups had achieved the goal of nationhood Socialist labor movements had grown more powerful Militarism Influence of military leaders grew as armies grew Military leaders insisted that their plans could not be altered Generals? lack of flexibility forced European political leaders to make decision for military instead of political reasons The Outbreak of War: The Summer of 1914

Global History 2 mid term review

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Enlightenment: a cultural movement of intellectuals in the 17th and 18th centuries, first in Europe and later in the American colonies. Its purpose was to reform society using reason, challenge ideas grounded in tradition and faith, and advance knowledge through the scientific method. John Locke- Natural Rights; life, liberty, and property; Limited Government Thomas Hobbes- Strong Government maintained order and peace Voltaire- Advocate of religious tolerance and criticized power of the Church Adam Smith-Father of common economics; believed in big business; free-market Rousseau- People agree to be governed as long as the government protects them Montesquieu- Promoted the separation of powers French Revolution:

Joseph Stalin's Death

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Through a succession of bulletins, the Soviet people had been made aware that Stalin was gravely ill. At four in the morning of March 6, 1953, it was announced: "The heart of the comrade-in-arms and continuer of genius of Lenin's cause, of the wise leader and teacher of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union, has ceased to beat." Joseph Stalin, 73 years of age, had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died at 9:50 p.m. on March 5, 1953. Stalin's body was washed by a nurse and then carried via a white car to the Kremlin mortuary. There, an autopsy was performed. After the autopsy was completed, Stalin's body was given to the embalmers to prepare it for the three days it would lay-in-state.

Chapter 30 Outline the Earth and its People

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Chapter 30: The Crisis for Imperial Order, 1900-1929 Introduction The assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Global war The causes and consequences of the war Origins of the Crisis in Europe and the Middle East The Ottoman empire and the Balkans The ?Sick man of Europe? Territorial losses The Europeans meddle in Ottoman affairs and Ottoman reaction The new regime (1909) Nationalism, alliances and military strategy Nationalism: unity and division Nationalism: liberty or vengeance? Alliances Inflexible military planning and mobilization The declaration of war and German plans The ?Great War? and the Russian Revolution, 1914-1918 Stalemate, 1914-1917 The character of war changed The western front, machine guns and trenches
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