Early History
The Industrial Revolution began around this time.
Mid-late 1700's
This American invented the steam boat.
Robert Fulton
He was the head of the Bolshevik Party, later renamed Communist Party.
Lenin
Socialism first came into the public consciousness based upon the work of these two men.
Marx & Engels
This is the "N" in "M.A.I.N."
Nationalism
This revolution made the Industrial Revolution possible.
Agricultural
This man invented the locomotive.
Richard Trevithick
By Spring, 1917, Russia's people had lost faith in the government and in the Czar. So what did the Czar do?
He abdicated (gave up the throne).
This was Marx's term for working people, the "have-nots."
proletariat
What is imperialism?
Taking over another's land/region, then using it for your own benefit; usually making the native people 2nd class citizens, or enslaving them.
We first see the Factory System in this industry.
Textiles
This man invented the telegraph.
Samuel Morse.
In 1914, two Russian army groups were destroyed at this battle. It exposed the Russian government as inept and unready for war. What was this battle?
Battle of Tannenberg.
This was Marx's term for the ownership class.
bourgeoisie
This man invented the first true machine gun. He leased the patent to all major European powers.
Hiram Maxim
This man invented a way to make steel better and faster.
Bessemer
This man invented the steam engine.
One of the things that made Lenin and the Bolshevik Party popular was his repeating this over and over in his speeches.
"Peace, Land, and Bread!"
This early British "utopian socialist" believed that if people were given a good environment, they would stop acting selfishly. He built homes and schools for his workers.
Robert Owen.
When was the First World War? From when to when?
1914-1918.
Name 3 reasons the Industrial Revolution began in Britain.
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This man invented the cotton gin.
Eli Whitney
How did the Bolsheviks come to power in Russia, in November, 1917?
By force; at gunpoint.
Name one of the two books written by Marx and Engels.
This was Germany's plan to defeated France quickly, then turn on Russia. "France for breakfast, Russia for lunch."
The von Schlieffen Plan
This man invented a vaccine that protected people from getting smallpox.
Edward Jenner
Gregor Mendel, working with plants in the mid 1800's, invented this school of science.
genetics
By 1917, the common Russian Soldier had had enough. Groups, sometimes entire units, left their trenches and started walking home. What caused them to do this?
Shortages of food & weapons at the front, along w/ poor leadership.
According to Karl Marx, history itself is really the history of _________.
economic class struggle, proletariat v. bourgeoisie
In this type of war, like the Battle of Verdun, you simply try to kill more enemy soldiers than he is killing of yours.
battle of attrition