https://padlet.com/karlsarmiento/1e1lapm8kjsd Made By Karl for Mrs. Obol en-us 2019-04-02 15:17:24 UTC 2019-04-02 18:06:32 UTC hello@padlet.com karlsarmiento https://padlet.com/karlsarmiento/1e1lapm8kjsd/wish/347678668 By: Karl]]> 2019-04-02 15:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/karlsarmiento/1e1lapm8kjsd/wish/347678668 karlsarmiento https://padlet.com/karlsarmiento/1e1lapm8kjsd/wish/347679683 Russians faced an extreme gap between the poor and wealthy. The poor were starving and had no rights but the wealthy owned all the land and controlled the governm]]> 2019-04-02 15:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/karlsarmiento/1e1lapm8kjsd/wish/347679683 karlsarmiento https://padlet.com/karlsarmiento/1e1lapm8kjsd/wish/347717360 The poor Russians were starving and owned no land. They wanted the government to help but they did not. The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, promised peace, food, land. Many people gained hope and supported this movement. The Bolsheviks seized power in November 1917. Although Lenin has rose to power, people did not accept his rule and a civil war broke out after. ]]> 2019-04-02 16:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/karlsarmiento/1e1lapm8kjsd/wish/347717360 karlsarmiento https://padlet.com/karlsarmiento/1e1lapm8kjsd/wish/347717421 With the threat of a revolution, Tsar Nicholas II decided to establish the Duma. This new legislative assembly was meant to give more representation to the Russian people but it had limited powers. The voting rules avoided the Tsar's opponents to be elected as members and it could not change Russian policies. People were still not satisfied with it. ]]> 2019-04-02 16:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/karlsarmiento/1e1lapm8kjsd/wish/347717421 karlsarmiento https://padlet.com/karlsarmiento/1e1lapm8kjsd/wish/347717500 When Russia entered World War I, the economy started to go downhill. The had to supply the military and produce a lot of military goods. The government spent a massive amount of money on the war while ignoring internal conflict. People were starving and the were many disagreements that led to fights.]]> 2019-04-02 16:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/karlsarmiento/1e1lapm8kjsd/wish/347717500 karlsarmiento https://padlet.com/karlsarmiento/1e1lapm8kjsd/wish/347718363 The Russian Revolution started with Russian citizens being frustrated with the government. People started to form ideas of the working class controlling the government and equal rights for everyone. An important figure was Karl Marx who wrote the "Communist Manifesto". This spread the idea that the working class would eventually take over the government and equally distribute the land to the rest of the citizens. ]]> 2019-04-02 16:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/karlsarmiento/1e1lapm8kjsd/wish/347718363