Russian Revolution Flashcards
When did the Russian revolution start?
1917
What does the symbol represent of the Soviet Union
Hammer (Workers) Sickle (Farmers)
What is the goal of capitalism?
Profit and have full control over it
If there is high demand and low supply price goes?
Up (high)
If there is low demand with high supply means price goes?
Down (Low)
What is capitalism?
-money and resources are privately owned for private profit
-economic decision’s are made by the free market (supply and demand)
-You are rich or poor based on how hard you work
What is socialism?
-supports social equality
-public ownership of money and resources
-rich should share some of there rich with the poor so things are less unequal
(Not pure equality)
What is communism?
-a ideology that aims for a classless and stateless society
-free access to articles of consumption
-no private property or wage labor
-no one can be rich but no one can be poor either
What years were the capitalist (rich or poor based on how hard you work) system going strong? Who suffered in this?
Mid 19th century BUT profits of businesses came at the workers expenses
Who start to question capitalism and think of other systems? Name one man specifically.
Intellectuals start to question capitalism. In 1847 Karl Marx a German philosopher was apart of an organization called “Communist League”
What does Karl Marx write that connected to communism?
He wrote the a plan called The Manifesto of the Communist Party
Marxism=Communism
What’s another word for Marxist?
Proletariat
What where the Communists political party goals?
- Abolition of private property and capitalism
- Private property and capitalism keep workers enslaved
-To end exploitation workers must abolish capitalism
What would Marx communism look like?
- No property in land
-a heavy progressive or graduated income tax
-Abolition of all rights of inheritance
-Equal obligation of all work
-Free education for all children in public schools and combination of education with industrial production
What did Marx envision for this manifesto?
-Workers revolt
-world wide economic equality
-kind of utopia
What where the 2 socialist groups the rose from Marx ideas?
The Mensheviks and The Bolsheviks
What’s was the difference between the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks?
The Mensheviks where people who wanted PEACEFUL and LEGAL change and pass communist laws slowly
Vs
The Bolsheviks where people who wanted VIOLENCE who lasted formed a political party called TheBolsheviks party led by Vladimir Lenin
Why were tensions high in Russia of 1905?
-They lost the Russo-Japanese war in 1904-05
-Major famines
-Russia had bad working conditions in factories
-Censorship (Tsar had full control)
-absolute monarchy :people have no power
What was in January of 1905?
Bloody Sunday
Father Gapon gets a petition of 1500 people to get better working conditions to show the Tsar ….The Tsar sends his military to deal with it thinking it’s a threat…soldiers kill innocent people
What did Bloody Sunday lead to?
The king agrees to a Duma. A form of parliament but has more seats for conservative supporters and the Tsar can dismiss the Duma at anytime
How long had the Romanovs been in power?
Since 1613
Who was Rasputin?
He was a monk who became an advisor to the Romanovs
What happened the day of Nicholas II formal coronation?
He gave out free bread and beer but many where trampled to death and died due to running to the free food
What did the Tsar do in 1915?
He takes personal command of the army in the war… his army is mostly mal nourished peasants with little to no weapons, there’s low morale and many deaths…People just blame the Tsar for the defeats
