Reasons Behind the Failure of the Provisional Government
The provisional government was brought about after the fall of the
Tsarist government collapsed. This was done purely because of lack of
support for the Tsar and being the only major party. They were in
power for 8months and after making five serious errors; they were
removed from power by force. Kerensky ran the provisional government
and it was his lack of judgement, just like the Tsars stupidity and
gullibility that let him down.
The first error he made was that he made no attempt to make the
provisional government legitimate. It never held a democratic
election for fear of losing status. Even though at the start of their
reign they could have won the election and become legitimate,
Kerensky’s lack of judgement made him decide against it. When the
soviets issued ‘Order No1’ he should have taken the chance he got to
remove it as it caused him to partially lose control of the army – one
of his methods of control of the country. The officers were rendered
powerless and the balance of power was clearly seen to shift away from
Kerensky. Finally, the Duma (The Provisional Government) represented
the upper class of society and seeing as 90% of the population of
Russia were peasants this left him in no position to call an election
as even if all the people he appealed to voted for him, he still would
not win it.
Kerensky thought he was going to win the war even though the chances
were that he wouldn’t as his army was under funded with minimal
resources, awful conditions and weather and very few tactics. It
caused a huge amount of damage to the economy and the soldiers...
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...Lenin) when he had the
chance he made a clear and obvious mistake as was shown when Lenin
came back after the Kornilov affair. However hot being able to decide
on any one course of action also left him in a bad situation, trying
to go 50-50 with the peasants would not work as was shown when he
ended up with both of the bad parts (losing the land and not gaining
popularity). His lack of judgement was the stem of all his problems,
continuation of war was his choice, the Kornilov plot was his idea,
the indecision to give land to the peasantry was his plan and
underestimating the Bolshevik’s and Lenin was his judgement. I think
the point at which everything started collapsing around him was after
the Kornilov affair purely because it lost him so much support from
his army (the basis of control in Russia) and the people.
Yes, Reconstruction was doomed to fail. The first reason for this was that Lincoln started a plan or policy for Reconstruction before the Civil War was over (page 792 of our assigned readings). Lincoln said that "he intended to to deal with the defeated South "with malice toward none" and "charity for all" to "achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves (Page 792 of our assigned readings)."" The first problem with this thought is that who knows how the war would play out? Yes, Lincoln believed that this proposition would help end the war, but was that a good time to begin Reconstruction? Before the war even ended? Lincoln's plan eventually angered many Radical Republicans, and that is how the Wade-Davis Bill was introduced.
The petition charged McClellan with incompetence, as evidenced by the failure of his campaigns and their heavy losses, “And also because by recent disobedience to superior orders and inactivity he has twice imperiled the army commanded by General Pope, and while he continues to command will daily hazard the f...
decided it was a good idea and kept it in place. This would show that
because he is not the type of person that would sit around and watch the government go
Reconstruction is known as the period after the Civil war. The whole country was separated in two, people didn’t know what to do, the south was completely destroyed, and there were a lot of decisions to be made by the president. It lasted four years, and there was over half a million casualties between the union (North) and the confederate states (South). The north was declared the winner of the war after General Lee surrender in the Appomattox court house on April 9, 1865. The causes of the war was the secession of several southern states, they argued that it was up to them and it was in their rights to decide whether they should make slavery legal or illegal in their own boundaries. But the Union had other things in mind, the union wanted to decide whether or not the states were going to have slaves. This was just to make sure the country was equal on slavery and non-slavery on both sides, but states thought the union was abusing their power and being too strict on them, and that is when they decided to secede. The first state to secede was south Carolina, then they were followed by six other states, among those states were Florida, Texas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. These states got together and created the confederate states of America in February 4, 1861, and the president was Jefferson Davis, they also made a government similar to the one of the U.S. Constitution.
The Failure of the First and Second Reconstruction The First and Second Reconstructions held out the great promise of rectifying racial injustices in America. The First Reconstruction, emerging out of the chaos of the Civil War, had as its goals equality for Blacks in voting, politics, and use of public facilities. The Second Reconstruction, emerging out of the booming economy of the 1950's, had as its goals, integration, the end of Jim Crow and the more amorphous goal of making America a biracial democracy where "the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave holders will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. "
The Whigs' Lack of Political Success in the Period 1783-1815 There are a number if contributing factors, both long and short term that led to the downfall of the Whig party in the years 1783-1815. Firstly, the Whig party itself had alienated themselves from the King, George III. Unlike Pitt, whose success derived directly from the Kings favour, the Whigs had continued to express their views against royal patronage. The Whigs believed the power of the monarch should be reduced and made no attempt to hide their ambitions, during the regency crisis, that the King would not recover. The Whigs had hoped with the King replaced by the Prince of Wales they would soon be propelled into office.
The British Revolution That Didn't Happen The definition of a revolution is the complete overthrow of the system, usually by force, by people not in power. The first period of instability at this time was 1789 - the French Revolution. It's been said that "this inspired many people and ideas; in particular it influenced the British to examine their own constitution and provided confidence in the possibility of change." However, Asa Briggs believes "the main effect of the French Revolution was not to revitalise English politics at the base of society but to encourage repression from above."
The United States’ populace as a whole is too ignorant of government dealings and too unquestioning of our government, as was the populace of 1984. The entire population is blinded due to media interference such as television and propaganda, just like the telescreens and the “ten minutes hate” in 1984. Additionally, people don’t apprehend why we are at war, or who we are at war with, alike Oceana. Furthermore, the American people are dumbing down the English language to near the newspeak of 1984 without the realization due to the languid nature of man.
In 1789, the French people were being unfairly treated and revolted in order to get the changes they wanted. But they had to go over many challenging obstacles to achieve this.
According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, the word revolution is defined as "the usually violent attempt by many people to end the rule of one government and start a new one." The word revolutionary means "relating to, involving, or supporting a political revolution."
Reasons for the Failure of the First United Front in 1928 The promises of First United Front in 1923 did not bring about a long-term cooperation. By 1927, the incompatibility between the two parties began to show, culminating in a series of persecution carried out by the Nationalist Party against the CCP. The following were the reasons. One reason for the collapse was the death of Sun Yat-sen.
of control of his army he was unable to control his army and keep them
of the affairs in the way that he did - for example Ireland - as some
Why Nations Fail takes an in depth look into why some countries flourish and become rich powerful nations while other countries are left in or reduced to poverty. Throughout this book review I will discuss major arguments and theories used by the authors and how they directly impact international development, keeping in mind that nations are only as strong as their political and economical systems.