HIS 1110 Lecture 6: HIS1110A Final Phase (Septemeber 29, 2015)
30 Dec 2015
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O birth rates plummeted (not having children while men are at war), increased death rate (diseases and injuries) Recovers after war but continues to decline: disconnect/gap between generations. Same people remain in: spanish flu: killed millions of people, worst epidemic in the power, no one to replace them history of the world. Social change: women: take the place of men in factories while men are at war. When war ends, workforce goes back to normal, women don"t stay in the workforce, eventually leads to women"s right to vote (suffrage). Russian revolution: terrible at fighting, badly trained, equipped, fed, led. Russians were tired of the incompetence, significant food shortages at the time (soldiers under fed) March 1917: nicholas ii, forced to abdicate, later assassinated, uprisings and marches in st. petersburg. Replaced by coalition government (provisional) wants to keep the war going. 2nd uprising: government still for war, people unhappy, man named lenin takes over, organizes peace treaty with.
