Why did the Bolsheviks face so much opposition between 1918 and 1924? Summary of overall line of argument: There were many reasons for opposition to Bolshevism, for example their attempt to destroy the bourgeoisie, War Communism, civil war, grain seizures and their attitudes towards religion. However, it is my opinion that war and its related issues were the prominent cause for opposition. Paragraph 1: Intro Content/Examples: Bourgeoisie, Peasants, Civil war and War communism, Religion, Cheka – war related issues most important Opening/Closing Sentences: The Bolsheviks faced a great deal of opposition in their rule between 1918 and 1924. Therefore, I am of the opinion that matters involving war were the greatest contributing factors to Bolshevik opposition.
From 1800 to 1950, there was much change within the Russian government. The political policies and beliefs of Nicolas I, Alexander II, Alexander III, and Nicolas II were in a constant fluctuation a short period of time. Nicolas I and Alexander III were the leaders who were against reform and enforced extreme Communist ways upon Russia while Alexander II and Nicolas II were the ones who wanted reform. There was another major change in Russia’s government due to the shift from Lenin to Stalin. Lenin was a triumphant ruler who was the mastermind behind many good things that came out of Russia.
Nineteenth Century Russia The nineteenth century in Russia was a period of great change. Russia had begun to feel pressure to modernize as its western European neighbors had already done so. Autocrats, or czars with absolute power, made many sweeping changes throughout the empire, and western influence spread new ideals throughout. Such influence created a rise in industry and a growth in the arts. During the 1800s autocrats made many sweeping changes, such as the emancipation of the serfs in 1861.
How accurate is it to say that the growth of reformist groups in the years from 1881 was the main cause of the 1905 revolution? The most notable reformist groups that had an impact on the 1905 revolution were the national minorities, the army and the revolutionary parties. The national minorities leapt at the chance of changing autocracy, ending Russification and a democratic government by using Russia’s confusion against itself. It consisted of Jews who wanted civil rights, Polish and Finnish people (and other parts of the Russian empire) who wanted independence and many others. This turned into great violence across the empire, with peasants even attacking officials.
|Anti-Semitism would always exist in Germany no matter what. | |Intermarriage was at an all-time high -1927, 54% of all |The rates of suicide and divorce were twice as high for Jewish| |marriages of Jews were mixed. |Germans than for the population as a whole. | |Many Jews were converting to Christianity, such as the famous |There was also fear and uncertainty about how to respond to | |musician Otto Klemperer. In 1927, more than 1,000 Jews lapsed |anti-Semitism.
Extended Response – Explain why the KKK was feared between the 1920s & 1930s. By 1900 USA was a mixture of all sorts of people who had come from other countries and after 1900 most immigrants came from the poorer parts of Southern Europe (Italy, Greece, Turkey) and Eastern Europe (Poland, Russia. Hungary). The early immigrants had come to dominate the wealth and power in America and they did not like the country being flooded with the later immigrants whom they saw as a threat to their positions of power. Although many people were against immigrants and they had no support from any non-immigrants there was one man, W.E.B DuBois, who believed in true and absolute racial equality.
All these tensions in Europe between very powerful nations led up to WW1. Even though the Build up of alliances and arms was a tremendous factor in the start of ww1 creating a state of total war. The most important underlying cause of WW1 was imperialism. The Triple Entente had the largest amount of colonies, which meant more military support and a larger budget to spend on their military forces
The more common form of racism today is religious racism, such as the Muslims killing as many Jews and Christians as they can. Most of these terrible atrocities do not happen as much as they used to, such as in the 1950’s, but they still do exist, and The United States, as a nation, should strive to stop racism in all forms. A second, and equally important, societal issue in the book, A Raisin in the Sun, is poverty. Poverty affects us all. With today’s economy being as it is, people have a hard time finding jobs, or a place to live; some people even struggle to keep food on the table for their families.
The development of Russian government was influenced more by war than any other factor. Throughout the period of 1855 to 1964, war played a major role in the development of Russia’s government and acted as a catalyst for change. Despite all the wars leading to a certain degree of political change, it certainly was also linked to social-economic change. Arguably, war is seen as the most important cause for revolutions and change in Government, as The First World War proved with its importance in the fall of the Tsarist autocracy and the failure of the Provisional Government. Major ideological change was also seen after the Russo-Japanese war with the change of Nicholas II’s method of ruling and was important in the change of structure of government and tools, causing leaders to impose new reforms and enforce their legitimacy.
Tensions had been building up in Europe for decades through militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, ideology, assassination, significant individuals and crisis, and these tensions had reach such a point that an event was needed to break these tensions. This was the assassination of the Archduke. Here, I am going to explain in detail what actually happened during the ‘Great War’ which caused billions of deaths. By 1914, the six powerful countries in Europe had been divided by two opposing unions. They consisted of Britain, Russia and France against Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy (who later switched sides).