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The February Russian Revolution of 1917
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3 Major Causes of the February Russian Revolution of 1917

17 February 202212 April 2022European History, History, Political Scienceby

The 20th century was one filled with significant change within the European continent, including the Russian Revolution of 1917, which consisted of two pivotal rebellions in March and November of that year. While the latter November Revolution led to the rise of a group of communists known as the Bolsheviks to power, it was the initial March Revolution that ended centuries of imperial rule in Russia. Though several distinct causes precipitated the spring revolution, it was the social, political, and economic structure of the country and the effects of World War I that terminated the Romanov dynasty, instituted a democratic republic, and launched a civil war.

La Mano de Punta del Este
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Uruguayan Politics

11 June 201912 April 2022Latin America, Political Scienceby

Controlled by Argentina and Brazil to the north and northwest, and Spanish colonies along the Rio de la Plata, Uruguay declared its independence in 1810 (though it didn't truly achieve it until 1828). Unfortunately, as soon as the country gained its freedom, it lapsed into a civil war between early liberals and conservatives that lasted until the early 1850s...

European Union
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Consumerism, the European Union, and Euro-Terrorism

1 April 201812 April 2022European History, History, North American History, Political Scienceby

While consumerism began in several countries across the global as early as the seventeenth century, it boomed in the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It was this American model that was explicitly exported to the rest of the world in the 1900s, particularly Europe, as evidenced in postwar reconstruction programs such as the Marshall Plan.

President Warren G. Harding signing the Knox-Porter Resolution at the home of U.S. Sen. Joseph Frelinghuysen in Raritan on July 2, 1921. (PC: Somerset County Historical Society)
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How and why the United States Became Involved in World War I and the Aftermath

13 August 201712 April 2022European History, History, North American History, Political Science, The World, World Historyby

On June 29, 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist lobbying for a pan-Slavic nation, murdered the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, triggering a series of events that led to the Great War. By the end of the following month, nearly a century of mutual defense alliance treaties had led the majority of Europe to wage war against each other.

Gardener, Park and Catt at Suffrage House in Washington
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Women and Reform Movements in the United States

13 August 201712 April 2022History, North American History, Political Scienceby

Women became increasingly involved in a wide variety of reform movements between 1865 and 1920. What were some of these movements and what did they accomplish? Women’s suffrage grew in popularity during the Progressive Era, beginning in the late nineteenth century. One of the earliest movements that was largely spearheaded by women was that of...

How to Prevent Identity Theft
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How to Prevent Identity Theft

5 March 201712 April 2022Digital Media, Political Scienceby

Identity theft is the fraudulent and wrongful acquisition and use of a person’s private identifying information. Some of the means used by individuals to conduct identity theft are “shoulder surfing,” “dumpster diving,” and unsolicited emails (U.S. Department of Justice, 2017). A 2017 Identity Fraud study found that $16 billion was stolen from 15.4 million U.S....

Grand Mosque in Mosul, Iraq
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American Policy in the Middle East

26 February 201712 April 2022Political Science, The Middle Eastby

American policy in the Middle East through the Cold War (1947-1991) was largely motivated by the United States’ desire to check Soviet expansion and influence throughout the world. In the Middle East, this “meant preventing the Soviets from filling the void left by the end of Britain and France colonialism” (Beaver, Beaver and Wilsey, n.d.)....