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WWI
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Vladimir Lenin | Exiled revolutionary Inspired by Karl Marx Leader of the Bolsheviks Promised " Peace, Land, and Bread" He took power during the November Revolution in a non- violent Coup d' etat |
| March Revolution | During WWI, 1917 Protesters were rioting over lack of food, land and loss in WWI Czar Nicholas II soldiers refused to support him Abdicated his throne ( stepped down) |
| Bolshevik Revolution | November, 1917 Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks non violently took power in a coup d'etat Duma gave up power quickly |
| Russian Civil War | 1917-1922 Fought between the: Reds- Communist/ Bolsheviks Whites- Supporters of the Czar The Romanov Royal family was executed |
| " Peace, Land, and Bread" | Vladimir Lenin's slogan Peace- End of WWI Land- Peasants with their own plot of land Bread- Access to food |
| Lenin's New Economic Policy | Put large industry and all banks under communist government control Allowed some private ownership of business Capitalism--> Command Economy |
| Joseph Stalin | 1924- 1953 ( in power) Nicknamed "The Man of Steel" Ruthless totalitarian dictator Positives: Built up Soviet Industry/ Super power Negatives: Took away freedom, human rights violation |
| Great Purge | Stalin ordered the execution of all enemies of the communist party |
| Totalitarian State | Total control Total control over: Economy, Education, Industry, Government |
| Command Economy | An economic system where the government controls/ regulates all aspects of the economy EX: Banks, industry, jobs, wages and products ** Produced Heavy Industry (Tanks) NOT consumer goods |
| Five- Year Plan | A dramatic increase in industrial output, built the economy of the USSR *Heavy Industry- Tanks |
| Collectives | Stalin took private farms and consolidated them Forced farmers to live and work together Terrible failure resulting in famine* |
| Famine in Ukraine | Called the Holodomor- Ukrainian Genocide Peasants resisted Stalin's collectives As a punishment, Stalin took their grain, crops, farming equipment 3-6 million died in this famine |