Machine guns, Chemical weapons, and other brutal new technologies led to trench warfare. The U.S enters the war and it's massive industrial capacity and the british invention of tanks tipped the balance of power against germany and the triple alliance. In Russia, world war I exacerbated long-term problems of political stagnation, social inequality, incomplete industrialization, and food and land distribution, which altogether had the effect of engendering widespread support for revolutionary change. Women joined the military and supported the war effort, this directly led to women gaining the right to vote about 30 years later.

Just give Hitler what he wants and keep the peace. It stopped the fighting, but didn't address the tensions that started the war in the first place. Reparations from Germany, War guilt clause: blamed the entire war on germany. Demilitarization: Crushed Germanys national identity Vladamir Lenin published which outlined the steps to revolution. Peace, land, and bread Worker control of production All power to the soviets The treaty of Versailles established many new parliamentary democracies like Poland and yugoslavia, which struggled during the problems of the inter-war period. Fascist leaders gained power because people wanted a strong leader to solve all their problems.

After Lenin, Joseph Stalin took power. After consolidating party power under himself, he implemented a five year plan with the goal to rapidly industrialize the soviet union. Much like Lenin, Stalin skipped crucial steps, like providing housing. People would rather starve than farm for the government. When all of the resources of a state, from the state level to the average people are leveraged to fight a war. Militarism: armies were growing quickly thanks to mass conscription Aliances: Triple alliance and triple entente. Both sides are becoming suspisous and antagonistic of one another Imperialism: New tension over who gets which colonies Nationalism: Military leaders began to think that war was an acceptable way of bringing glory to their state Women joined the military and supported the war effort, this directly led to women gaining the right to vote about 30 years later.

Militarism: armies were growing quickly thanks to mass conscription Aliances: Triple alliance and triple entente. Both sides are becoming suspisous and antagonistic of one another Imperialism: New tension over who gets which colonies Nationalism: Military leaders began to think that war was an acceptable way of bringing glory to their state War debt: European countries had no money and were forced to borrow from the United States. Nationalistic tariff policies Overproduction: When the war ended, demand for military goods dropped significantly Financial speculation U.S stock market collapsed. 2 world wars, nuclear bombs, and scientific advancements that shattered accepted beliefs made everyone nervous. After Lenin, Joseph Stalin took power. After consolidating party power under himself, he implemented a five year plan with the goal to rapidly industrialize the soviet union. Much like Lenin, Stalin skipped crucial steps, like providing housing. People would rather starve than farm for the government.

Bolshevik troops storm the winter palace Benito Mussolini Pact of steel Pan-Slavism