April theses Great depression causes Women's rights during war New military technology

Upset at all the chaos from the February revolution while he was busy in world war I, ordered his troops to put down the protests. Instead, his troops joined them and the tzar lost control of the Military. 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. Just give Hitler what he wants and keep the peace. A growing nationalistic fever in which all of the slavic nations felt they ought to be under the one leadership of Russia. Helps explain why Russia got involved when Austria declares war on Serbia

Factory workers, many of whom were women, protested the cost of food like bread. Mussolini & Hitler's secret police that made dissent a fearful prospect 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. 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.

Upset at all the chaos from the February revolution while he was busy in world war I, ordered his troops to put down the protests. Instead, his troops joined them and the tzar lost control of the Military. Russia, in defense of it's slavic ally, mobilized its forces against Austria-Hungary. Austria-Hungary, seeing an opportunity to weaken Bosnian influence in the Balkans decided to intervene. They called on Germany to assist them. This drags the rest of the alliance system into the conflict. Germany, Italy, and later Japan formed an alliance and became known as the Axis Powers. Western democracies viewed this as an existential threat 2 world wars, nuclear bombs, and scientific advancements that shattered accepted beliefs made everyone nervous.

Pact of steel Russian revolution Black/Brown shirts Pact of steel