Read the article and answer the following questions on page 15 of your notes. 

Attach this sheet to page 14 of your notebook. Follow the directions on the page. 

In class we listened to the podcast while taking notes. 

Here is the link to the audio: http://15minutehistory.org/2012/10/18/episode-1-the-february-revolution-of-1917/ 



​Here is a copy of my notes: 
EQ: what were the causes of the February revolution in Russia in 1917?
What were the 2 stages of revolution?
Feb 1917- Czar Nicholas II overthrown
October 1917- Provisional gov overthrown

What were the long term causes?

• Agricultural country
• 80-95% poor peasants
• Serbs- lived like slaves
• Treated indifferently by gov.
• Educated elite = conscious of the country
  • Organized into political parties
  • Wanted more voice in gov

What were the medium term causes?

• Autocracy- centralized power, all political power in the Czar and his advisors
• Idealists- they believed they could improve society
• Many believed gov was mishandling problems
• Socialists wanted to overthrow the gov and distribute wealth equally
• Liberal democrats wanted a constitutional monarch

Bloody Sunday

• 1905- St. Petersburg factory workers led by a priest
  • Petition for better working conditions
  • Czar refused to meet them and left the city with orders to shoot
  • Hundreds left “bleeding in the snow”
  • Led to the events in 1917
  • Brought constitutional monarchy

WWI

• Brought up the gov. Incompetence
• Disaster for russia- no food, no weapons
• Unpopular war
• Hunger increased, inflation increased
• Czar would not allow philanthropic groups to help
• Political leaders called for end of autocracy
• Nicholas II went to the war front

February Revolution

• February 23, 1917
• Women standing in line for bread met with unemployed workers and soldiers
• Turned into radical demonstrations
• Troops refused to shoot
• Nicholas forced to abdicate
• Hatred of the czar led to destruction of all symbols of the autocracy
• New gov struggled
• War continued
• Extreme parties on both left and right

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In class, we watched this video to get an idea of the "big picture". You should add 3 things you didn't know before the video to the bottom of your notes on page 11.

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Use textbook pages 246-252 to define each term

• Proletariat
• Mensheviks
• Bolsheviks
• Lenin
• Provisional Government
• Soviets
• White Army
• Red Army

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Was the Versailles Treaty peace settlement fair?
Fair:  treating someone in a way that is right or reasonable, or treating people equally and not allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment:
 
Questions to consider:
 
      How did events affect people’s lives, community, and the world?
      Is history the story told by the "winners"?
 
Requirements: 5 paragraphs
1.Intro with context and a clear claim
2.Evidence and explanation #1
3.Evidence and explanation #2
4.Evidence and explanation #3
5.Conclusion that summarizes main points
typed, in class, sources cited- at least 2 sources
 
Available Sources:
Documents-
●A- News Headlines
●B- Maps of post WWI
●C- Wilson’s 14 Points
●D- Articles of Treaty of Versailles
●E- Comparison of 14 points and Treaty of Versailles
●F- Germany’s Speech
●Textbook, include page numbers

Create a  T-Chart with YES on the left side and NO on the right. Brainstorm evidence from the documents and the textbook for each side. 

Include the source, the fact, and the reasoning. 

Example:
Source-Document E
Fact-Creation of the League of Nations
Reason- Yes- purpose of preventing future wars