Revolutionary Ideas and Political Parties Flashcards
1
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Define reformist
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Believing in making small, gradual changes
2
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Define revolution
A
Believing in making large scale rapid changes
3
Q
What did reformists want?
A
Freedom of speech, assembly and the press. Right to fair trial and to provide evidence. Legalisation of trade unions, elections and political parties.
4
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What do revolutionaries?
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Removal of Tsarism and creation of an independent state or a socialist/communist revolution
5
Q
Who were Lenin’s Bolsheviks?
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Most radical of revolutionary opposition. Committed to overthrowing Tsarism and replacing it with a ‘Dictatorship of the Proletariat’
6
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Define reactionaries.
A
Believing in keeping things the same as they have always been
