AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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They refused to pay the army, ending Russia’s military involvement in the war
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They forced the czar to sign a treaty to make Russia cease fighting
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Their overthrow of the government sparked a civil war, which led to Russia’s withdrawal from the war
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They forced the U.S. to send aid to Russia
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lenin and the Bolsheviks Once in power, the Bolsheviks commenced peace negotiations with Germany. In March 1918, they signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, formally ending Russia’s involvement in the war. It was a costly peace: Russia had to surrender large amounts of territory, people and fertile farmland.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, seized power and destroyed the tradition of czarist rule. The Bolsheviks would later become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The most important impact of the Russian Revolution was that it eventually took Russia out of World War I. Without Russia to occupy German troops on the Eastern Front, Germany was free to send most of those troops to the Western Front in a final effort to win the war.
Detailed explanation-4: -Led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin, leftist revolutionaries launch a nearly bloodless coup d’État against Russia’s ineffectual Provisional Government. The Bolsheviks and their allies occupied government buildings and other strategic locations in the Russian capital of Petrograd (now St.