WH Ch 23

Question 1

A form of socialism that promotes violent overthrow of government to change society; usually results in a dictator that controls the people

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communism

Question 2

communism was Formulated by

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Karl Marx

Question 3

1st to put communism into practice on a wide scale

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Vladimir Lenin

Question 4

organized communism into a pseudo-scientific format

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Friedrich Engles

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problems of history occur because the wealthy oppress the poor

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class struggle

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only the material world exists & material conditions alone determine a person’s life

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Dialectic Materialism

Question 7

the middle class property owners (opposed by Marx)

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Bourgeoisie

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lower working class (supported by Marx)

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Proletariat

Question 9

Completed & published in 1848 by Karl marx & Fredrich Engles
Laid out a program for Communist Revolution

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Communist Manifesto

Question 10

Paris commune deigned to test Marx’s communist ideology

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First International

Question 11

written by Karl Marx in 1867; basis for the ideology of Communism

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Das Kapital

Question 12

original inhabitants of Russia

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Slavs

Question 13

conquered Russia in 1240

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Mongols

Question 14

1st to take the title of czar
Brought a form of feudalism to Russia

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Ivan the terrible

Question 15

ruled for about 300 years

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Romanov Dynasty

Question 16

founded the Romanov dynasty of czars

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Micheal Romanov

Question 17

greatest Romanov ruler; modernized Russia & made St. Petersburg the new capital

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Peter Romanov

Question 18

tried to westernize Russia; expanded Russia to the Black Sea

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Catherine the Great

Question 19

czar during the Napoleonic Wars & the French invasion; claimed Alaska & the Oregon Territory during his rule

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Alexander I

Question 20

created the secret police after the December Revolt; fought in the Crimean War

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Nicholas I

Question 21

freed the serfs from feudalism but increased his power over them

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Alexander II

Question 22

brutally destroyed rebellions & attacked the Jewish people because of his father’s assasination

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Alexander III

Question 23

Weak ruler of Russia after Alexander III, Ruler during the “Bloody Sunday” incident

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Nicholas II

Question 24

war fought with Japan over Manchuria; Russia lost

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Russo-Japanese War

Question 25

an elected legislative body with limited powers (created after “Bloody Sunday”)

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Duma

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overthrow of Nicholas II and set up of a Provisional Government (February 1917)

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Russian Revolution

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leader of the Provisional Government (& Russia’s labor party)

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Alexander Kerensky

Question 28

Communist revolutionary that led the Bolsheviks (majority) against the Mensheviks (minority)

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Vladimir Lenin

Question 29

chief henchman of Vladimir Lenin

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Leon Trotsky

Question 30

councils of workers, soldiers, & peasants

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Soviets

Question 31

overthrow of the Provisional Government by Lenin to establish the world’s 1st Communist Government

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Bolshevik Revolution (November 1917)

Question 32

Lenin used the Cheka (secret police) to enforce his rule

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Red Terror

Question 33

ruling elite of the Committee party

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Central Committee

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Lenin’s organization made to spread Communism around the world

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Third International

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Lenin’s attempt to take control of all economic assets of Russia

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War communism

Question 36

Stalin’s attempt to transform Russia into an industrial superpower; collectivizing agriculture led to millions of deaths

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Five year plan

Question 37

reign of terror designed to root put threats to Stalin’s authority

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Great Purge

Question 38

The Gulag Archipelago

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn