russian revolution and boom and bust Flashcards
tsar nicholas 2 who he is and what did he do on bloody sunday
wasn’t authoritive enough, led to the collapse of the dynasty, the king of russia and he found the duma
provisional government what is it, how did it form and did it work
is a temporary institution, the duma formed it to keep things together until a constitual assembly was formed. it had little ability to solve problems
abdication of nicholas 2
nick abdicated for himself and his son and gave the throne to his brother, michael. michael refused then he was executed.
war communism what is it why is it important
was the economic system that existed in ussr in 1917-1920. it is the first attempt at marxist communism in russia.
russian civil war, sides and who won
red-bolsheviks, white- anti-bolsheviks, red won
new economic plan, what did it do
lenin had to give up some of his communist ideologies to repair the russian economy. he let peasants sell surplus, and allowed some private trade.
stalin & trotsky, what are the sides and who’s with who and who wins
the moderates, patient with communism and wanted to continue nep, stalin / left opposition, wanted complete communism now, trotsky/ stalin wins then expels trotsky then executes trotsky.
who is kerensky
minister of justice, he was a social revolutionary, later became the minister of war then prime minister
who is kornilov
general kornilov, commander, was a conservative. secret meetings with kerensky to send troops to petrograd because he didn’t like the soviet
what is collectivisation (5 year plan)
forcing peasant to give up their own land and work on collective farms.
what is a kulak
a peasant wealthy enough to own a farm and hire labour
does the first 5 year plan work
it meets its goals in only oil industry, it did improve production. was a 4 year plan and had unrealistic goals.
what is a gulag
concentration camps for kulaks
second 5 year plan when was it introduced and what were its flaws
was introduced in 1933, and it had to be modified in 1934.
how well did the 5 year plans do
they made seldom achievements but significantly improved the economy
tsarina alexandra, who is she and what did she do
queen of russia, was influenced by rasputin and gave the throne to him
alexei romanov
prince, son of nick. had hemophilia but nick didn’t want anyone to know because they might use it for political advantage. rasputin claimed that he cured his hemophilia.
rasputin
virtually controlled the government through alexandra, was assassinated by a right-wing group
michael romanov
nick’s brother. refused the throne, later was imprisoned and murdered.
the great purge what is it and what happened
stalin’s strategy to remove his enemies, he got rid of kulaks and executed anyone oppressing him. he also sent peasants to gulags.
what is a nepmen
businessmen in the ussr
what is isolationism and why did the us follow it
having limited involvement in world affairs the us followed it because it wished to focus on domestic development
order of presidents: roosevelt, harding, wilson, hoover, coolidge
wilson, harding, coolidge, hoover, roosevelt
what is the open door policy
little to no restrictions on immigration
