AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Heavy defeats by the Allies
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A civil war within Russia
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Defeat of Russia by the Germans
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A declaration of peace by Czar Nicholas II
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Detailed explanation-1: -It took place through an armed insurrection in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) on 7 November 1917 [O.S. 25 October]. It was the precipitating event of the Russian Civil War.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lenin believed that Russia must end its participation in the war so that the nation could focus on building a communist state based on the ideas of Karl Marx, a German philosopher who lived in the mid-1800s.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bolshevik Revolution On November 6 and 7, 1917 (or October 24 and 25 on the Julian calendar, which is why the event is often referred to as the October Revolution), leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d’état against the Duma’s provisional government.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Civil War was a result of the emergence of opposition against the Bolsheviks after November 1917. These groups included monarchists, militarists, and, for a short time, foreign nations. Collectively, they were known as the Whites while the Bolsheviks were known as the Reds.