russian revolution and boom and bust

Question 1

tsar nicholas 2 who he is and what did he do on bloody sunday

Answer 1

wasn’t authoritive enough, led to the collapse of the dynasty, the king of russia and he found the duma

Question 2

provisional government what is it, how did it form and did it work

Answer 2

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

Question 3

abdication of nicholas 2

Answer 3

nick abdicated for himself and his son and gave the throne to his brother, michael. michael refused then he was executed.

Question 4

war communism what is it why is it important

Answer 4

was the economic system that existed in ussr in 1917-1920. it is the first attempt at marxist communism in russia.

Question 5

russian civil war, sides and who won

Answer 5

red-bolsheviks, white- anti-bolsheviks, red won

Question 6

new economic plan, what did it do

Answer 6

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.

Question 7

stalin & trotsky, what are the sides and who’s with who and who wins

Answer 7

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.

Question 8

who is kerensky

Answer 8

minister of justice, he was a social revolutionary, later became the minister of war then prime minister

Question 9

who is kornilov

Answer 9

general kornilov, commander, was a conservative. secret meetings with kerensky to send troops to petrograd because he didn’t like the soviet

Question 10

what is collectivisation (5 year plan)

Answer 10

forcing peasant to give up their own land and work on collective farms.

Question 11

what is a kulak

Answer 11

a peasant wealthy enough to own a farm and hire labour

Question 12

does the first 5 year plan work

Answer 12

it meets its goals in only oil industry, it did improve production. was a 4 year plan and had unrealistic goals.

Question 13

what is a gulag

Answer 13

concentration camps for kulaks

Question 14

second 5 year plan when was it introduced and what were its flaws

Answer 14

was introduced in 1933, and it had to be modified in 1934.

Question 15

how well did the 5 year plans do

Answer 15

they made seldom achievements but significantly improved the economy

Question 16

tsarina alexandra, who is she and what did she do

Answer 16

queen of russia, was influenced by rasputin and gave the throne to him

Question 17

alexei romanov

Answer 17

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.

Question 18

rasputin

Answer 18

virtually controlled the government through alexandra, was assassinated by a right-wing group

Question 19

michael romanov

Answer 19

nick’s brother. refused the throne, later was imprisoned and murdered.

Question 20

the great purge what is it and what happened

Answer 20

stalin’s strategy to remove his enemies, he got rid of kulaks and executed anyone oppressing him. he also sent peasants to gulags.

Question 21

what is a nepmen

Answer 21

businessmen in the ussr

Question 22

what is isolationism and why did the us follow it

Answer 22

having limited involvement in world affairs the us followed it because it wished to focus on domestic development

Question 23

order of presidents: roosevelt, harding, wilson, hoover, coolidge

Answer 23

wilson, harding, coolidge, hoover, roosevelt

Question 24

what is the open door policy

Answer 24

little to no restrictions on immigration

Question 25

what is the kkk

Answer 25

discriminatory group who discriminates against anyone who is not white orthodox

Question 26

reasons for the boom (pat got cash)

Answer 26

population growth, advertisements, technology, laisez faire, tarriffs, abundance, techniques changed, assembly line, cycle of prosperity, sales methods, higher purchase

Question 27

what is laisez faire

Answer 27

policy of letting things do their own thing, without interfering

Question 28

who is john maynard keynes and what did he do

Answer 28

he is a british economist, he suggested ways to take the us out of the depression. one of the suggestions was for the us to spend its way out of the depression.

Question 29

what were hoovervilles

Answer 29

communities made out of tarpaper shacks

Question 30

who introduced the new deal and what did it include

Answer 30

roosevelt introduced the new deal and it included fireside chats, tva, fca, nra

Question 31

what is the significance fireside chats

Answer 31

first use of radio for political purposes

Question 32

what is tva and what did it do

Answer 32

tennessee valley authority; flood control, irrigation, hydroelectricity

Question 33

what is nra and what did it do

Answer 33

national recovery administration; stabilised prices and improved labour conditions

Question 34

why did the stock market crash

Answer 34

people bought stock on margin, then couldn’t pay back.

Question 35

what is the nautrality act

Answer 35

made the sale and delivery of armaments based on cash