HIST 1003 : History 1003 Final Exam
Document Summary
Defeat france first and then take on russia. Almost 25 years of planning to destroy the french army in six weeks. Wars will be won with careful planning and effective execution. By 1917, germany conscription for all (men, women, seniors, children) Unlike wwii, no notion that one side was good and the other evil. With false propaganda of wwi, americans didn"t believe that the nazis of wwii were exterminating jews. Women should have right to participate in the political process. Women in france did not get the right to vote until 1945. New russia (democratic, liberal) will never be safe until militarized germany is defeated. Governor sent telegraph asking for help; ordered soldiers to control demonstrations. March 8-10: st. petersburg fell to revolutionaries when the soldiers joined the demonstrators. March 15: tsar nicholas ii (ruled 1894-1917) abdicated. Provisional government (parliament-upper and middle class) provisional until they could write a constitution. #1 question: should russia stay in the war.
