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1
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What were the threats were made after the tsar’s 300th anniversary?

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Threats of revolution

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When were the threats being made?

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1913

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Why was the tsar’s wife not worried about the threats of revolution?

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She thought they worshiped him

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4
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What happened in March 1917?

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Revolution toppled the Romanov Dynasty

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5
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Who were the Economy Rulers?

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  • Landowning Nobles
  • Priests
  • Autocratic Tsar
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6
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Who were the people in poverty?

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The peasant population

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7
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What classes emerged once Russia began to industrialize?

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Small middle class and urban working class

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8
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What was Duma?

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-A provisional government that was elected after the revolution
-They had no real power

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9
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After the Revolution of 1905 what problems did Nicholas not solve?

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  • Political
  • Social
  • Economic
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10
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What did tzar Nicholas block?

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All attempts to limit his power

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11
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What did tsar Nicholas rely on?

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His secret police and secret forces

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12
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Why was he not the best leader(nicholas)

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  • Corrupt Bureaucracy
  • Overburdened Court System
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13
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Who did Marxist try to ignite revolution among?

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Proletariates

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14
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Who were the proletariats?

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The growing class of factory, railroad, and mine workers

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What were the impacts of WW1 on Russia?

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  • Strained resources
  • Factories could not make enough supplies
  • Transport system broke down
  • Many soldiers had no guns and amo
  • Poor leaders
  • Casualties
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16
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What did tsar Nicholas go to lead?

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He went to lead the military

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17
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Why did Nicholas leading the military not work?

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Because he was just as incompetent as the generals

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18
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Who took over for Nicholas while he was away?

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The tsarina Alexandra took over

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19
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What outbroke in 1914?

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A war outbreak

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20
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Who was Rasputin?

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A illiterate peasant who was a self-claimed holy man

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21
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Who did Rasputin have a heavy affect on?

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The tsarina Alexandra

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22
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What impact did Rasputin have on Alexandra?

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  • She was convinced that Rasputin has miraculous powers
  • She thought he helped her son who suffered from hemophilia
  • Her belief in Rasputin weakened the confidence in the government
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What did these impact lead to for Rasputin?

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His death on December 29th, 1916

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24
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Once the monarchy collapsed what did the tsar do?

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The tsar stepped down after marchers (mostly women) flooded the streets shouted “bread!”

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25
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Who advised tsar the step down?

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Military and Political leader

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26
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What did Duma set up?

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A temporary provisional government

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27
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What were middle class liberals preparing for?

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Russian Republica Constitution

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28
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What is March and November know as in Russia?

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February and October because of the new calendar 1918

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29
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Who plotted their own course of action?

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The Revolutionary Socialists

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30
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Who took charge of the socialists during this time?

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The Bolsheviks

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31
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When did Lenin adopt the name Lenin?

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When he became a revolutionary

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32
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What was Lenin’s older brother hung for

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Plotting to kill the tsar

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33
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What ideas did lenin spread?

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Marxist ideas

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34
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Who did Lenin work with on these ideas?

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Krupskaya

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35
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Where\when did they get married?

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In prison after they got arrested

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36
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Where were they exiled after prison where they continued to spread marxist ideas?

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Switzerland

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37
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What reforms did socialist think of?

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  • Higher wages
  • Increased suffrage
  • Social welfare programs
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38
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Whos ideas did Lenin adopts?

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Marxes

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39
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Who were the Bolsheviks made of?

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A small percentage of socialists

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40
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Who helped Lenin return home?

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Germanys

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41
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Why did Germany help Lenin return home?

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They saw it as a change to weaken Russia (their enemy)

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42
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What chant did Lenin lead when he returned home?

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Long live the world wide socialist revolution

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43
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Who helped lead the november revolution?

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Leon Trotsky

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44
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What did they promise the people of Russia if they rebeled?

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Peace, Land, and Bread

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45
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Who led the provisional government?

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Alexander Kerensky

46
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What did he fail at during the war effort?

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Fixing the land reform

47
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What did peasants want?

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Land

48
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What did city workers want?

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An end to shortages

49
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Who replaced to provisional government?

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Bolsheviks

50
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What was the color of the communists(Bolsheviks)

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Red

51
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Who protested against and attacked the British residents?

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The people of Amritsar City (City in Northern India)

52
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What happened on April 13th 1919?

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A larger crowd of Indians gathered in an enclosed field to meet with Reginald Dyer(general) and Dyer ordered a mass shooting and 400 Indians were killed and 1,000 Indians were injured

53
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What was the massacre called

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Amritsar Massacre

54
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Why was the Amritsar Massacre a turning point for the Indians?

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It showed India that they had to govern themselves

55
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What has Britain promised India?

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A better self government for India after WW1

56
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What did Britain do instead of what they promised India?

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They made a few small reforms

57
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What has been happening in India since 1885?

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The Congress party has been trying to get self-rule in the British empire\full independence

58
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Who united India across class lines?

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Mohandas Gandhi

59
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What did Gandhi do in 1914?

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He returned to India and became the leader of the Congress Party

60
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What did Gandhi do in South Africa?

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He fought against laws that discriminated against Indians

61
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Who did Gandhi inspire with his nonviolent ideas?

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Religious and Ethnic backgrounds

62
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Gandhi’s nonviolent protest caught the eyes of…

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The whole world

63
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How did Gandhi embrace Hindu traditions?

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By preaching the ancient doctrine of ahimsa

64
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What religions did Gandhi value?

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Religions that valued love

65
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Who did Gandhi admire?

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Henry David Thoreaus

66
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Who was David Thoreaus?

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A philosopher that created ideas of civil disobedience

67
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What was Gandhi influenced by?

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Democrats and Nationalism

68
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What nonviolent act did Gandhi lead against the british in the 1920’s and 30’s?

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A boycott and he made people proud of Indian industries

69
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What was the symbol Gandhi made for the Nationalist Movement?

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A spinning wheel

70
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What was the Salt March?

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  • Gandhi stood up against the British salt monopoly to gain mass support
  • Indians were forced to buy salt from monopoly
  • 78 followers marched 240 miles to the sea (March 12 1930)
  • Number of followers rose as they marched
  • Gandhi picked up a lump of sea salt and was arrest
  • After he was arrested many other Indians started to sell salt
71
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Why did people start judging Britain?

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Because of their harsh reaction and violence

72
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What did Britain start doing after they started receiving judgment?

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Slowly giving Indians more power and meeting other demands

73
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Why did the new world war break out in 1939?

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Indians were outraged by Britain postponing independence and dragging them into war
- Many Indians still helped Britain during the war

74
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What happened when the war ended in 1945

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India’s independence wouldn’t de postponed anymore

75
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Why were Muslims afraid of Hindus?

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They were afraid of Hindus majority and that lead to conflict later on

76
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What does Ahimsa mean?

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Nonviolence and reverence for all life

77
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What does Civil Disobedience mean?

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The refusal to obey unjust laws

78
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Who were the untouchables?

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Members of the lowest class

79
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What does boycott mean?

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Refusal to buy British good

80
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In July 1917 what offensive was launched against Germany?

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Kerensky offensive

81
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What did the Bolsheviks do in 1917?

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Squads of Red Guards joined with mutinous soldiers and they attacked the provisional government

82
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How long did it take for Lenin to overthrow the government?

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Days and they did it without struggle

83
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What country became the capital for the Bolsheviks and the headquarters for Kremlin?

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Moscow

84
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What did Lenin end after the got control over the government?

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Private ownership, they distributed land to the peasants

85
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What were workers given control over?

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Factories and mines

86
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What symbolized union between workers and peasants?

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A hammer and sickle entwined

87
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Cheka definition

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Secret police

88
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Soviets definition

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Council workers and soldiers

89
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Commissioner definition

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people who kept the government parties in line

90
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What did Lenin unite into the soviet union?

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The old Russian empire

91
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What kind of constitution did the communists make?

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Democratic and socialist

92
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What did the new communist constitution set up?

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An elected legislature and it gave 18 year olds the right to vote

93
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What party reigned in power?

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Communist

94
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What did this party do to enforce its will?

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Used the secret police force

95
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What did Lenin retreat from

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War communism

96
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What did Lenin’s retreat from war communism do?

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Almost caused the economy to collapse

97
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Once the factory\mine output fell what did peasants stop producing?

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Grains

98
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What allowed capitalist ventures?

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New economic policy

99
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What did the state have control on?

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  • Banks
  • Foreign trade
  • Large Industries
  • Small businesses
100
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What did the compromise with capitalism help do?

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Helped the economy recover and ended resistances of the new government

101
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What did Lenin see the NEP as?

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Temporary

102
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What were peasants forced to do under communism?

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  • Work in factories
  • Send all crop to government
  • Forced to work in labor camps in 1919
103
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If workers worked poorly what did Trotsky order?

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Shoot every 10th person

104
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What did Stalin want to return communism to?

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Pure communism

105
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What did Stalin want to build?

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Socialism

106
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Who did Stalin’s agents murder and why?

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Trotsky because he fled the country after Stalin kicked him out of the party

107
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What did Stalin do to obtain dictatorial power?

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Used ruthless measures

108
Q

What natural resource was popular in the Middle East?

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Oil

109
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Why did foreign companies move the the Middle East?

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To exploit large oil reserves

110
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Why\When did Pan- Arabism begin to grow?

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After WW1 in response to foreign influence

111
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What type of people was the Nationalist movement built on?

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Arabs

112
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What was the Nationalist movement referred to as later on?

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The golden age or Arabism

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