Social Revolutions

Question 1

What is social revolution?

Answer 1

Idea of proloteriat overthrowing marxists - Karl Marx - political reform not cutting it enough.

Question 2

Marxism appeal to China and Russia (3)

Answer 2

1) Duma limited in power and Russia does bad in ww1 2) China’s first pm assasinated by president who declared himself emperor - people fighting for power 3) marxism - provided model of modernisation and revolution

Question 3

Lenin views (3)

Answer 3

1)Economic backwardness advantage for revolutionaires - 2)built Bolshevik party - wanted to gain control of state and launch social revolution - redistribution of wealth 3) peasants only be awakened by rev group

Question 4

Mao views (2)

Answer 4

communism appealed to anti colonial message as china didn;t recieve anything from Versailles despite war time sacrifice 2) mao saw potential in peasants - due to not many workers - and peasant risings in past - idea to radicalise peasants

Question 5

Russia rev (3)

Answer 5

industrialisation lead to expands of wking class - join bolsheviks due to conditions terrible at home and war - men weaponless 2) feb rev - tsar abdicates - army nothing - pro gov in charge - but continued with war (bad) 3) st petersburg workers seize control - october - party launces coup and seizes gov and office civil war breaks out 3) 1922 bolshevik win - ussr formation

Question 6

China rev (2)

Answer 6

problems of versailles and self determination - comintern helped china - 1921 com party made - minority - joined natioanlist party but decided to massarce com due to fear of bolshevik coup 2) peasants take control from landlords - war weakens chinese national gov - com party win civil war in 1949

Question 7

Social revolutions cause…

Answer 7

began with republican or anti colonial revolutions in places of big working classes or peasantry