Social Studes- Russian Revolution
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- Who was the last monarch of Russia?
- Nicholas II
- What was a Russian workers' and soliders' council called?
- Soviet
- Who was Alexander Kerensky?
- the leader of the Provisional Government
- What slogan did Lenin use to get people's support?
- "peace, land, bread"
- What group assasinated the czar and his family?
- Communists
- Who was the "Holy" man and healer who was the power behind the czarina when the czar went to the front?
- Rasputin
- What was the mixed group who opposed communism? (czarists, foreigners, parliamentary republicans...)?
- Whites
- Give 3 things that Lenin did after the Revolution in Russia
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1. Give land to the peasants
2. End participation in the war
3. Assume control of industry - Who did Stalin defeat in a power struggle?
- Trotsky
- A group of revolutionaries who believed in a fast, immediate revolution in Russia was named...
- Bolsheviks
- State 3 ways in which Stalin's rule was good
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1. Unemployment virtually disappeared
2. Russia industrialized
3. Created subsidized housing - State 3 ways Stalin's rule was unsuccessful
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1. Shortage of housing/wages fell--> unhappy people
2. People not psychologically ready for the change
3. People were scared-->mostly of the government - Who signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
- Lenin
- Who ordered the Great Purge?
- Stalin
- Who was reponsible for collectivization?
- Stalin
- Who established the Duma?
- Czar
- Who replaced War Communism with the New Economic Policy?
- Lenin
- Who abdicated when he lost the support of the army?
- Czar
- Who continued to export food during a major famine?
- Stalin
- Who was exiled from Russia for radical actions?
- Lenin
- Who was a well-meaning man, who was uninformed and ineffective ruler?
- Czar
- Who were the Mensheviks?
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group of Marxist followers; felt that Russia was not yet ready for a Revolution
Bolsheviks ended up taking power and the country went into Revolution - Who put the 5 year plan into effect?
- Stalin
- What was the basis of the 5 Year Plan?
- The 5 Year Plan was Stalin's plan for industrialization
- In Stalin's plans did he set quotes? If so, on what? Were the quotes unrealistic?
- Stalin set quotes on things such as coal and iron. The quotes were unrealistic
- Why did Stalin think that Russia could industrialize in such a shor time?
- He thought that since the people had a goal to reach then they would strive to reach it.
- Define totalitarianism?
- When a government has full control over peoples' day to day lives, where they live what they did for for a living. Russia was totalitarian.
- How did the Russian people feel about Totalitarianism?
- Unhappy because they had no rights and nothing that they could call their own.