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Related Issue 2: Chapter 5 Flashcards

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What is Aristocracy?

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A kind of govt in which the ruling power is unlimited

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Who was the Aristocrat in Russia?

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The Tsar

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What happens when the Tsar sets the policy?

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His chosen government would act it out. Those who refused to listen would be exiled or killed by secret police

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What did the Tsar’s want to do? What was the outcome?

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Modernize Russia. But they failed

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What did Peter do when he returned from schooling overseas?

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He attempted to industrialize Russia

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How did Peter attempt to industrialize Russia?

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He built schools for the nobility, encouraged travel, and brought ideas from around Europe to Russia

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How did Russia change Economically?

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There was a growth of cities due to the industrial revolution

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What did the Tsar do when Russia change economically?

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Created state owned factories and supplied jobs for the peasants

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What was the expansion like in Russia?

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Russia was very large and the borders seemed to grow with every new ruler

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What happened when a minority group tried to overthrow the Tsar in Russia?

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The Tsar would act ruthlessly to and squash all resistance by killing all involved or exiling them to Siberia

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Why did opposition began against the Tsar in Russia?

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Because of the awful way he treated people in Russia

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What were the revolutionary ideas against the Tsar inspired by?

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Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto

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Who were the Narodniks in Russia?

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A group who opposed the Tsar who wanted to convert people to communism

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What did Alexander the 3rd do and what was he not interested in doing?

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He only ruled Russia and was uninterested in reforming Russia

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What did Alexander the 3rd do?

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He clamped down on revolutions, forced people to speak Russians, suppressed religious freedom

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How did people react to Alexander the 3rds legislation?

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They grew more resentful of him

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Why did Resentment towards the Tsar continue to grow after Nicholas the 2nd came into power?

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  • Crop failures caused people to go hungry
  • Broken promises to reform land ownership
  • Peasants owned too much money and taxes were too high
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Who was Gregory Rasputin?

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A man who used his influence on the Tsar and Tsarina to get officials hired and fired and to make many other bad decisions

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What did the loss of the Russo-Japanese war do to Russia?

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Humiliated the Russian people, caused lives to be lost and put a strain on the economy

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What is Bloody Sunday?

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When father Gapon led a group of peaceful war protesters to the Tsar’s palace and they were killed by the Tsar’s guards

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What did WW1 do to Russia?

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  • Crippled their economy

* Caused massive death

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What did the conditions in Russia after WW1 lead to?

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The creation of a number of illegal political parties designed to bring about change

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Who were the Bolsheviks led by?

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Lenin

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what did the Bolsheviks believe?

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That change required a violent revolutions

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How did the people riot against the Tsars?
the refused to work in some of the Tsar's factories
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What happened why the Tsar was away at war?
The Duma was able to assert itself as the new govt
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What was the Duma made up of?
The revolutionary political party
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What happened after Nicholas the 2nd gave up his throne to the Duma?
He was placed under house arrest
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How was life after the Duma took power?
* The peasants in the countryside revolt because of the amount of food being taken from them to the army * The Duma was not running the country efficiently
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What was the Bolshevik party composed of?
Professional revolutionaries
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How did the Bolsheviks take over?
Groups of armed Bolsheviks seized all control they stormed the winter palace and arrested the Duma
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How did the Bolsheviks satisfy the peasants?
They took the land away from the landlords and gave it to the peasants
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Why did Lenin then surrender to the Germans?
In order to get out of WW1
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What did Lenin give up in exchange for peace?
Many territories that he was sure he would get back from Germany after the war
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Who fought against the Bolsheviks?
* The Whites * The Non-Russian Nationalities * Allied Troops
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Who were The Whites?
Middle and upper class people who wanted the Tsar to be returned to power
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Why weren't the Whites Unified?
Some were supporters of old fashioned Tsarism and sime wanted a constitutional monarchy
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Who were the Non-Russian Nationalities?
People from areas of the country that are non-Russian and they tried to gain independance
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Who were the Allied Troops?
Some American, British, and French troops who tried to overthrow the Tsar
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What happened to the Tsar and his Family after the Bolsheviks took power?
The Tsar and his family were executed during the civil war
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Who won the civil war in Russia?
The Bolsheviks
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What do both dictatorships and democracies have?
Political institutions and they build things like roads, sewers and schools
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What 2 most influential ideologies rejected liberalism?
Communism and Fascism
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What is Communism?
A system of society with property vested in the community and each member working for the common benefit and receiving according to his or her needs
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What is Fascism?
An extreme right wing, anti-democratic nationalist movement which led to totalitarian governments in Germany and Italy
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What is Totalitarianism?
A govt system that seeks complete control over the public and private lives of its citizens
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What does totalitarianism as a government system do?
Seizes and maintains control through a hierarchically organized society dictated by one leader or a small elite
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How is totalitarianism when it's left wing?
Radical and supporting of change ex. USSR
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How is totalitarianism when it's right wing?
Reactionary and resisting of change ex. Nazi Germany
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What does the totalitarianism regime provide?
An account of the past, an explanation of the present and a vision of the future
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what are the techniques of a dictatorship?
``` Propaganda Vision Terror Controlled Participation Directing Public Discontent ```
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How is vision a technique of a dictatorship?
What the country could be if led by a leader who could obtain the vision
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How is vision a technique of a dictatorship?
The use of a set of messages designed to influence the opinions and behaviors of large numbers of people
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How is terror a technique of a dictatorship?
The use of secret police and fear to keep people in
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How is controlled participation a technique of a dictatorship?
People are allowed to feel as if they are contributing to the cause -mass rallies- Conformity to the state ideology is demanded of all citizens
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How is Directing public Discotent a technique of a dictatorship?
The people are provided with an enemy on which they can safely unleash their frustrations
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How was propaganda used in the USSR?
Communist government controlled newspapers, magazines, films and radio -glorified hard workers
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How was controlled participation used in the USSR?
Gave citizens the ability to vote to make them feel like they had a voice. Only communist names on the ballot
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How was indoctrination used in the USSR?
Education and the young Octobrists
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How were mass rallies used in the USSR?
Make the soviet people feel like they were part of something bigger than themselves -parades ti show their superior military
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How was propaganda used in Nazi Germany?
Josef Goebbels controlled newspaper, magazines, films and radio
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How was Controlled Participation used in Nazi Germany?
Spying on your neighbor, made to feel like you are contributing to society
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How was indoctrination used in Nazi Germany?
Education and the Hitler Youth
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How were Mass Rallies used in Nazi Germany?
Make the German people feel like they were a part of something bigger than themselves - nationalistic feelings
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Who were the Scapegoats used in Nazi Germany?
Jews, Communists, Treaty of Versailles
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What were the strengths of authoritarianism?
* Accomplishes many of its goals in many situations * Visions that dictators paint for their countries often address the needs of the people and often result in positive circumstance for many
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What were the weaknesses of authoritarianism?
* Sacrifice individual citizens for the perceived needs of the country * Unable to change leadership in peaceful manner * Popular support disappears and spontaneous opposition arises

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