In 1917 Germany was suffering severe hunger / starvation due to the British blockade. ... Wilson was aided in his desire to arm merchant ships by one contingent factor, the February Revolution in Russia. This revolution overthrew the Russian autocracy and promised democratic reforms. This meant that the Allied cause could now be seen as totally democratic and therefore in agreement with America's own views this improved Russian relations with the U.S. ... Without this contingent factors it is hard to say whether the U.S would have entered the war, I personally believe that America would h...

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The most popular view on the origins of the Cold War would be considered to lay in the policies of the World War II, others would say that the mistrust between the two started with the Bolshevik revolution in Russia and communists gaining power. ... The Bolsheviks seize power in the "October" Revolution in 1917. ... Therefore, we could argue that the US primarily and the West as a whole were very suspicious and sometimes paranoid about Russia as soon as it has overthrew its Tsar, made a revolution and became a Soviet Union. Under the new Government Russia wants to withdraw from the World...

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Another event that occurred during World War I, and continued in the immediate years following the war, was the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the successful formation of a Communist or Socialist state in Russia. The creation of the Soviet Union and its communist government led to a fear in the U.S. that communism could spread in America and the U.S. government would be overthrown just as the Russian government and its Tsar (the Russian King) had been replaced (Tsar Nicholas II was eventually murdered by the Communists along with his entire family). ...

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At the heart of the Red Scare was the conscription law of May 18, 1917, which was put in place during World War I for the armed Forces to be able to conscript more Americans. ... In 1917, the US government made a law which gave the Secretary of Labor the power to arrest or deport any alien "advocating or teaching" destruction of property or the "overthrow of government by force." ... Palmer used the laws set down in 1917 to deport members of the IWW. ... There, Russian immigrants identified with the Bolshevik revolution in Mother Russia because of their similar lives of poverty and squalor. ...

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Conflict and mistrust between the West and the Soviet Union is possible to trace as far back as 1917 when the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia led to the creation of the world's first communist state. ... The official ideology of the USSR stated the inevitability of conflict with western capitalist states and class struggle would lead to a world revolution. ... Germany had invaded Russia twice this century and should not be allowed to recover. ... (Berlin would be in the Russian zone). ... It was agreed that Russia should get Polish territory east of the Curzon line, land taken from Bolsh...

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Following almost a century of alliance, Americans and Russians disagreement came to the front line when in 1917 the Communists seized power, and established the Soviet Union. ... The new Cuban government, under Fidel Castro confiscated private property, sent agents to initiate revolutions in several Latin American countries, and established diplomatic and economic ties with leading socialist powers, such as USSR In June Congress had passed legislation enabling President Dwight D. to take retaliatory steps against Cuba. ... When it came to Communism the U.S. has almost completed its plan with t...

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Americans feared that that the Russian Revolution of 1917 would inspire a similar revolution in the United States (Aboukhadijeh). ... In 1917, a literary test was enacted for all immigrants that wanted to enter the US. ...

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With the rise of The Communist Revolution in 1917, the Soviet Union developed awkward relations with the United States. ... President Truman then made a rather offensive statement to the Soviet Union claiming them to be just like Hitler's regime was, "There isn't any difference between the totalitarian Russian government and the Hitler government they are all alike. ... e hand at Russian cities and industrial centres. ... Castro's 26th July Movement, was established to overthrow Fulgencio Batista, and to create the Cuban Revolution. ...

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The next event that pushed the US into the war was the Russian Revolution, in which Russia withdrew from the war, this meant the Allies lost a major part of their team, and without the United States, Germany would have surely won. In April 1917 Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany. ...

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In 1917 he proclaimed American's entrance into World War I a crusade to make the world "safe for democracy." ... The Treaty of 1814 was concluded between France on the one hand and Britain, Russia, Austria, and Prussia on the other after the first abdication of NApoleon I. ... Below his country, the Mexican Revolution was in full swing. ...

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