Revolutions in Russia
Revolutions in Russia
A Worldwide Depression
-Only U.S. and Japan doing financially well after WW1. XD
-U.S., booming stock market.
Postwar Europe
-Euro’s domination in world affairs and eco. fell.
(Unstable New Democracies)
-1914-1918, Euro’s last absolute rulers overthrown.
-1st new gov. in 1917, Russia. Provisional gov. which hoped to est. constit. & demo. rule. Fell to comm. dictatorship.
-Many Euro. nations had demo. govs.
-Democracies w/ lil experience. Large # of political parties in France & Italy made effective gov. hard.
-Impossible for one party to gain enough support to govern efficientlyCoalition gov, temporary alliance of several parties to form a
parliamentary majority. Parties often disagreed, coalitions did not last long.
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