USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

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Why was Russia not invited to join?

(A) It was a fascist country

(B) It was an isolationist country

(C) It was an imperialist country

(D) ** It was a communist country

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The Bolsheviks seize Russia Lenin’s vision materialised in October 1917 when his Bolshevik party – by now backed by more than 200, 000 soldiers and workers – seized control of the Russian government. Thus began the emergence of communist Russia and the birth of the Soviet Union.

Concept note-2: -The ten years 1917–1927 saw a radical transformation of the Russian Empire into a socialist state, the Soviet Union. Soviet Russia covers 1917–1922 and Soviet Union covers the years 1922 to 1991. After the Russian Civil War (1917–1923), the Bolsheviks took control.

Concept note-3: -November 7, 1917: With Vladimir Lenin at the helm, the Bolsheviks, ascribing to Marxism, seize power during Russia’s October Revolution and become the first communist government.