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Explain how the formation of this provisional government removed one of Wilson's philosophical barriers to U.S. entry into WWI on the side of the Allies... Nice resources throughout! 91

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Explain how the formation of this provisional government removed one of Wilson's philosophical barriers to U.S. entry into WWI on the side of the Allies... Nice resources throughout! 91

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Welcome :)
Try to use audio features to explain concepts and documents that are more difficult to articulate with the written word - Mr. Friscia

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How did the Russian revolution affect the U.S.

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How did the Russian revolution affect the U.S.

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During the beginning of WW1 Tsar Nicholas II and the Romanov family ruled Russia. Tsar Nicholas II was a dictator and didn't believe in democracy. Because of their ideas about democracy the US refused to have an alliance with Russia and join the war. Because of the February Revolution (see above) on March 2, 1917 Tsar Nicholas II abdicated the throne. This left the State Duma in charge with the Petrograd Soviet party who formed a provisional government that supported democracy. With their new democratic government the US joined the war with an alliance with Russia. However by the end of the war a new party was in charge of Russia. (See Bolshevik Revolution above.)

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British poster, not American - Mr. Friscia

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The U.S. favored France, and gave them more money. This caused more U-boats to attack on the U.S.

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One downside to the U.S. contributing so much money to the war was debt. The U.S. National Debt increased after the war.

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Propaganda encouraging citizens to invest in the war.

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After the February Revolution, the weak provisional government and the Petrograd Soviet had power. Then on November 6 and 7 of 1917. Revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a fight against the provisional gov. The Bolsheviks took over and soon came in power and the leader of it was Vladimir Lenin.(Info. of Vladimir above) Vladimir becomes a dictator and his gov. became allies with Germany. But people tried to stop the Bolshevik but never succeed. Like the Anti-bolshevik and so the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics were made.

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February Revolution was the first revolution that happened before he Bolshevik revolution. It began in on March 8, 1917. People were clamoring for bread at the Russian's capital of Petrograd( now called St. Petersburg). Also supporting them were striking industrial workers. The protesters fought with police but also refused to leave the streets. The strike spread around Petrograd's workers and mobs destroyed police stations. On March 11, the troops of Petrograd army were sent and they opened fire on the demonstrators. But the protesters and troops began to stop doing what they were doing.
The imperial gov. was forced to resign. March 15, Czar Nicholas II step away from his thrown and a end to autocracy.

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As a result of the Russian Revolution, 9 MILLION people died due to famine, terror and disease from the revolution.

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* Rominofe ruled for 304 years
* Called the bolshavic revolution
*Family executed in 1918 in  Yaketerburg
* No body's were ever found until 1991
* The wars badly led army resulted in many deaths and helped the revolution star

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In 1917 two revolutions swept through Russia. Gone was the Russia's imperial rule and in was a chain of political and social changes. All this change eventually became the  Soviet Union.

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This logs all of the boats that were hit by U-Boats

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Largest Allied ships hit by U-boats - German and Austrian U-boats of World War One - Kaiserliche Marine - uboat.net

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The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. Over 40.000 pages on the officers, the boats, technology and the Allied efforts to counter the U-boat threat.

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This website has many videos showing highlights from the Russian Revolution.

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Russian Revolution Exclusive Videos & Features - HISTORY.com

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Check out exclusive Russian Revolution videos and features. Browse the latest Russian Revolution videos and more on HISTORY.com.

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Only one year after the sinking of the Lusitania, Germany continued its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare and torpedoed another British passenger ship, the cross-English Channel Ferry Sussex. Over one hundred ships were sunk by U-Boats in WW1. 75,000 people died as a result of U-Boat attacks. The US and Germany went back and forth and Germany held back on unrestricted submarine warfare until February 1st, 1917 when they gave the go ahead for complete unrestricted submarine warfare. Wilson and Americans were outraged by this and on April 6, 1917 the United States entered the war.

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This photo shows the percentage of the European countries and the U.S debt after the Great War.

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*The telegram was sent by Germany on January 19, 1917
*Britain received it on January 19, 1917
*Mexico received it January 19, 1917
*The U.S received the news of the telegram from Britain on February 24

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FREEDOM OF THE SEAS  (Segment from AMERICA GOES OVER documentary)  2268a

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This film, an excerpt from the epic documentary AMERICA GOES OVER, shows the WWI Battle of the Atlantic and the fight against German U-boats. While the Battle of the Atlantic that took place during WWII is well known, the struggle to get troops, men and supplies to Europe from the USA during World War I was also momentous.

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This video show the Russian Revolution also how the Russians left the war and faced the problems back at home.

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This a few things that made people join the war to end all wars!

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In 1914 Britain created a blockade around Germany in an effort to restrict supplies getting into Germany. The blockade continued until 1917 and by then 750,000 Germans had died. In response to Britain's blockade Germany reversed there policy on unrestricted submarine warfare . Germany acted out in desperation.  Germany started to destroy British ships and allies of Britains ships that brought food and supplies. One of these ships was the Lusitania

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Britain didn't send the telegram to the U.S right away....why?

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Britain didn't send the telegram to the U.S right away....why?

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As desperate as the British were for aid in the war, they didn't tell the U.S right away.
Britain didn´t want it to seem that they were not
only spying on Germany, but the U.S too. They wanted the U.S to join their cause and telling them might cause the U.S to get upset and have yet ANOTHER war with the U.S!

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After the Lusitania sank the C.P.I. started talking about the threat at the seas. They made cartoons and wrote statements like "Help crush the menace at the seas". Soon the American people were out raged. It didn't help when in 1917 Germany announced that they were going to start unrestricted submarine war fare.

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On May 7, 1915 the Lusitania was sunk by German U boats on its voyage from New York to Great Britain. The commercial liner had 1,959 passengers aboard and 1,198 died because of the attack. 128 Americans died which angered the American public as the attack violated the Freedom of the Seas policy. Germany argued that there were munitions aboard the ship but then apologized as they were afraid of further antagonizing Wilson. Germany also enforced a curb on the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. However this didn't last long.

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American businessman were afraid that if the Allies lost the war they would not be able to pay back the loans. This caused them to pressure congressmen who then pressured Wilson into joining the war.

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Great Britain was desperate for the U.S to join the war, and their reasoning eventually worked.
Germany sent the telegram to the intended Mexico, but wasn't delivered only Mexico. The British picked the telegram up, told America, and caused Wilson to join the war.

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This photo shows a man named Vladimir Lenin. He was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He was the main leader of the Bolshevik party.

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Political Cartoons- The Most Popular Form of Propaganda

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Political Cartoons- The Most Popular Form of Propaganda

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The U.S Government wanted the American Citizens to be pro-war, even though 90% of citizens were opposed to joining the war. They produced these political cartoons, to show people the dangers coming from the other countries(often exaggerated) to get them to fight in the war, and protect the U.S.

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This represents Germany(The hand) destroying a town in Belgium

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The US strongly believed in the Freedom of the Seas which is a policy that stresses the freedom to navigate the seas and disapproves of war fought in water.

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The Zimmerman Telegram is infamous for putting the U.S into WW1. Germany pretty much proposed to Mexico, asking them to side with the German forces and attack the U.S, Germany would assist the attack then would give Mexico its land the U.S took from Mexico a while back(Texas) Mexico, of course, declined. They knew that they would lose.

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Although the United States were neutral, they still weren't afraid of the troubles the war would bring, and the U.S. citizens knew that they would eventually end up in the World War. Propaganda was spread to frighten and prepare the U.S. citizens for the war, and propaganda helped contribute to the U.S. entering the war.

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It all started on April 13, 1917. Back then America was a very diverse country(We still are today) and our former president Woodrow Wilson was scared the American people would choose sides in WW1 and start fighting each other. So he created the Comity on Public Information( The C.P.I). The C.P.I censored and blocked all "damaging information" that might hurt the allies. Soon the C.P.I invented propaganda. Propaganda is a combination of advertising techniques and psychology. Soon a 90% non war America turned, with in a year, turned into a 90% pro war america.

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In January 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, Heinrich von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. This message helped draw the United States into the war and thus changed the course of history. Read more...

Primary Sources
Links go to DocsTeach, the online tool for teaching with documents from the National Archives.
Teaching Activities

The Zimmermann Telegram on DocsTeach asks students to analyze the telegram to determine if the United States should have entered World War I based on the telegram's information and implications.

In this Decoding a Message exercise, students decode a fictitious message using a simple substitution code.

Additional Background Information

Between 1914 and the spring of 1917, the European nations engaged in a conflict that became known as World War I. While armies moved across the face of Europe, the United States remained neutral. In 1916 Woodrow Wilson was reelected President for a second term, largely because of the slogan "He kept us out of war."

Events in early 1917 would change that hope. In frustration over the effective British naval blockade, Germany broke its pledge to limit submarine warfare on February 1, 1917. In response to the breaking of the Sussex pledge, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Germany. Several weeks later, on February 24, the British presented the Zimmermann telegram to the U.S. Government in an effort to capitalize on growing anti-German sentiment in the United States. The American press published news of the telegram on March 1. On April 6, 1917, the United States Congress formally declared war on Germany and its allies.

The Zimmermann Telegram had such an impact on American opinion that, according to David Kahn, author of The Codebreakers, "No other single cryptanalysis has had such enormous consequences." It is his opinion that "never before or since has so much turned upon the solution of a secret message.
This text was adapted from the article "The Zimmerman Telegram" by Mary Alexander and Marilyn Childress.
Citation: Alexander, Mary and Marilyn Childress. "The Zimmerman Telegram." Social Education 45, 4 (April 1981): 266
Materials created by the National Archives and Records Administration are in the public domain.

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Español In January 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, Heinrich von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. This message helped draw the United States into the war and thus changed the course of history.

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During the early years of the war, US trade with the allies tripled. Because of this trade the allies cash reserves quickly ran out. This forced them to ask the US for loans.  In October 1915, the US permitted loans to the countries in the war. By 1917 we had loaned the allies $2.25 billion while loans to Germany stood at a weak $27 million.