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Related Issue 2: Chapter 5 Flashcards

1
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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?

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the refused to work in some of the Tsar’s factories

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What happened why the Tsar was away at war?

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The Duma was able to assert itself as the new govt

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What was the Duma made up of?

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The revolutionary political party

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What happened after Nicholas the 2nd gave up his throne to the Duma?

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He was placed under house arrest

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How was life after the Duma took power?

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  • 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
30
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What was the Bolshevik party composed of?

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Professional revolutionaries

31
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How did the Bolsheviks take over?

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Groups of armed Bolsheviks seized all control they stormed the winter palace and arrested the Duma

32
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How did the Bolsheviks satisfy the peasants?

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They took the land away from the landlords and gave it to the peasants

33
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Why did Lenin then surrender to the Germans?

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In order to get out of WW1

34
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What did Lenin give up in exchange for peace?

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Many territories that he was sure he would get back from Germany after the war

35
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Who fought against the Bolsheviks?

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  • The Whites
  • The Non-Russian Nationalities
  • Allied Troops
36
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Who were The Whites?

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Middle and upper class people who wanted the Tsar to be returned to power

37
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Why weren’t the Whites Unified?

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Some were supporters of old fashioned Tsarism and sime wanted a constitutional monarchy

38
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Who were the Non-Russian Nationalities?

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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?

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Some American, British, and French troops who tried to overthrow the Tsar

40
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What happened to the Tsar and his Family after the Bolsheviks took power?

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The Tsar and his family were executed during the civil war

41
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Who won the civil war in Russia?

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The Bolsheviks

42
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What do both dictatorships and democracies have?

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Political institutions and they build things like roads, sewers and schools

43
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What 2 most influential ideologies rejected liberalism?

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Communism and Fascism

44
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What is Communism?

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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

45
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What is Fascism?

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An extreme right wing, anti-democratic nationalist movement which led to totalitarian governments in Germany and Italy

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What is Totalitarianism?

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A govt system that seeks complete control over the public and private lives of its citizens

47
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What does totalitarianism as a government system do?

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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?

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Radical and supporting of change ex. USSR

49
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How is totalitarianism when it’s right wing?

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Reactionary and resisting of change ex. Nazi Germany

50
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What does the totalitarianism regime provide?

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An account of the past, an explanation of the present and a vision of the future

51
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what are the techniques of a dictatorship?

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Propaganda
Vision
Terror
Controlled Participation
Directing Public Discontent
52
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How is vision a technique of a dictatorship?

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What the country could be if led by a leader who could obtain the vision

53
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How is vision a technique of a dictatorship?

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The use of a set of messages designed to influence the opinions and behaviors of large numbers of people

54
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How is terror a technique of a dictatorship?

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The use of secret police and fear to keep people in

55
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How is controlled participation a technique of a dictatorship?

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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

56
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How is Directing public Discotent a technique of a dictatorship?

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The people are provided with an enemy on which they can safely unleash their frustrations

57
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How was propaganda used in the USSR?

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Communist government controlled newspapers, magazines, films and radio -glorified hard workers

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How was controlled participation used in the USSR?

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Gave citizens the ability to vote to make them feel like they had a voice. Only communist names on the ballot

59
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How was indoctrination used in the USSR?

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Education and the young Octobrists

60
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How were mass rallies used in the USSR?

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Make the soviet people feel like they were part of something bigger than themselves -parades ti show their superior military

61
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How was propaganda used in Nazi Germany?

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Josef Goebbels controlled newspaper, magazines, films and radio

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How was Controlled Participation used in Nazi Germany?

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Spying on your neighbor, made to feel like you are contributing to society

63
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How was indoctrination used in Nazi Germany?

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Education and the Hitler Youth

64
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How were Mass Rallies used in Nazi Germany?

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Make the German people feel like they were a part of something bigger than themselves - nationalistic feelings

65
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Who were the Scapegoats used in Nazi Germany?

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Jews, Communists, Treaty of Versailles

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What were the strengths of authoritarianism?

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  • 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?

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  • 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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