Power-point 5 Chapter 7: Recap

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Power-point 5 Chapter 7 Recap
Adios cruel world!

• Important study points of the lead up to
  revolution

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What were the causes of tensions and conflicts in
the OLD REGIME?

1. Economic and social inequality people wanted
   change to inequality of privileged classes
2. Rising and unmet class expectations Wittes
   reforms powerless Dumas and WW1 defeats
3. Fluctuations in economic activity economic gains
   before WW1 were impacted by the war
4. Failed attempts at economic, social and political
   reform Wittes economic reforms lowered living
   standards Saving Tsarism was resented

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Why was Nicks govt unwilling or unable to adjust
to changing circumstances?

1. Unwilling to change system of autocracy Relented
   to change only to maintain control
2. Unwilling to support radical reform Nick saw
   reform as an attack on autocratic rule which he
   wanted to keep.
3. Unable to restore link with his people Nick had
   no idea that certain events had tarnished his
   reputation
4. Unwilling to recognise govts isolation Only the
   bureaucracy and small parts of the army supported
   him
5. Unable to create a new support base Tsar needed
   to modernise the social hierarchy

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What impact did WW1 have on the revolutionary
situation?

• Nicks absence from Petrograd highlighted the
  problems of Tsarism
• Compounded existing transport, economic, social,
  military and political issues
• Tsar lost support loyalty of the ruling elite,
  workers, peasants and soldiers