... as a catalyst of violence for the United States. Whether it was social or individual, fear had an impact on the events that took place throughout time. This industrial revolution included the emergence of new technologies which expanded economic production. The development of mechanization instituted fear among America's laborers. Not only was mechanization displacing workers to factory positions and ... fear was the driving force behind the organization of the Pullman Strike. In 1919 a series of labor strikes, influenced by the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia of 1917, made the United S...

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The Soviet government did not have a true source of legitimacy. The Bolshevik Revolution was wanted by the people, as World War I was vastly unpopular and the weak Democratic government may have been even less popular. The skill and tact that the Communists utilized ... the time the citizens were allowed to voice their opinions, they are so fed up that all they can do is express their pent up anger. Karl Marx's vision of a revolution was predicated on a small elite exploiting a large, educated, and organized middle class that would eventually rise up and overthrow their oppressors. From her...

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... up we know as the Cold War. When Europe was thrown into World War I in 1914, Tsar Nicholas II joined with the allies and declared war on Germany. After the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 the new communist Soviet Union no longer had a struggle among imperialists, they then signed a separate peace with Germany and proclaimed their main goal, which was to overthrow world ... ...

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