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Unit 2 1918 To 1921 Flashcards

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1
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When did the Civil War break out

A

Summer 1918

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2
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Who was involved in the Civil war

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Bolsheviks and mensheviks

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Who were the reds and who were the whites

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The reds were the bolsheviks and the whites were the mensheviks

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4
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What did the monarchists want

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A return of the tsar

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What did the kerenskyists want

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A return of the constituent assembly

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6
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What did the landowners want

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Their land back from the peasants

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7
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What did the reds have geographically which gave them an advantage

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Industrial cities like petrograd and Moscow

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8
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Why did the reds have easy transportation

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They controlled the railway networks

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9
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Was Trotsky a good leader to the red army

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Yes and he earned respect off his troops because of it

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10
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What did Trotsky do to ensure the loyalty of his men

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Held their families captive

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11
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Why did lenin introduce war communism

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To keep the red army controlled with food and weapons

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12
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Why were the whites communication not good

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The armies were spread over a large area

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13
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Did the white army have similar aims and were they united

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No

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What did the white army suffer from as a consequence of all their poor organization

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Low morale and mass desertions

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15
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What did strikes result in during war communism

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The death penalty

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What resulted from the peasants not wanting to sell their food because of poor price

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Lenin took their food and anyone hiding any was punished

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17
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What was the red terror

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Where hundreds of bolshevik opposers were killed by the cheka

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18
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What did the reds do to undermine the whites

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Shot the tsar and his family

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19
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How many did the cheka kill

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250 000

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20
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What was the politburo and who was in it

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A small comitee that could make decisions fast

Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin

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21
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What did the orgburo do

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Carried out the decisions made by the politburo

22
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What did war communism do to finance

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Destroyed the economy because of mass inflation

23
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What happened to industrial production under lenin

A

Declined sharply

24
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What does famine mean

A

An extreme scarcity of food

25
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Why did many people turn to cannibalism

A

Because 5 million died in a famine

26
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What happened because of the 5 million deaths

A

Oppostion to lenins government grew

27
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Why were lenins most trusted workers on strike by February 1921

A

Demanded better conditions

28
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What was the krodnstat rising

A

Where all of lenins most loyal supporters went on strike to demand better conditions

29
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How many people were killed when krondstat was put down

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10000

30
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What did krondstat convince lenin

A

War communism had to be replaced by an nep

31
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What were nepmen

A

Traders who sold goods for profit

32
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What was the nep

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A new economic policy which tried to get the economy back on track by allowing profit in factories and allowing selling of extra crops

33
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What were ehte successes of the nep

A

New currency stabilized currency
Industry recovered
Famine ended

34
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Why did people see the nep as betraying communism

A

Certain people being able to sell things for a profit is a retreat to capitalism

35
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What did increased food production do

A

Made food cheaper

36
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How did communism improve women’s lives

A

Made women equal in the workplace

Abortion introduced

37
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How was religion affected under communism

A

People were allowed to believe in whatever but kids were not taught religion in school

38
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What was komosol

A

A programme set up to encourage communist ideas in the youth

39
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How did communism affect education

A

New schools were built so more people understood the ideas of communism

40
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What did the film October do

A

Portrayed the people as the decisive factor that bolshevism seized power

41
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What did the treaty of Rapollo do

A

Established friendly relations with Russia and Germany

42
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Why did other countries open trade with russia

A

They recognized the communist government

43
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Why couldn’t Trotsky lead russia

A

He was jewish

44
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Why didn’t lenin want Stalin to be his successor

A

He didn’t view him as a suitable leader

45
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What did Stalin do to Trotsky with lenins funeral

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Told him the wrong date so Trotsky looked disrespectful and reduced his chances of success

46
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When was Trotsky expelled from the politburo

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1926

47
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What did lenin manage to restore socially for russia

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Politics, economy and social stability

48
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Would the revolution have succeeded without lenins ideas

A

Probably not

49
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Why did brutal force help lenin but make him a bad leader

A

He repressed his opposers

The cheka scared many people to death

50
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Why did lenin encourage Stalins purges in the 1930s

A

He had a cruel regime

51
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Why was it a problem that lenin didn’t name a successor

A

In the power struggle leaders only concentrated on themselves instead of the people of Russia

52
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Did lenin leave clear instructions on the future of communism ideas

A

No

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