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Who was the Russian leader who signed a peace treaty with Germany and pulled Russia out of WW1?
Vladimir Lenin
to settle conflict between the classes, Marx wished to eliminate one of them. He chose to get rid of the _____ , or the system of _______.
Bourgeoisie, capitalism
Did Communism ultimately succeed or fail in Russia?
failed
In July 1918 the Bolsheviks _____ Tzar Nicholas II and his family.
executed
Who was the party secretary who took Lenin's place and killed Lenin's right hand man, _____, who he thought was too powerful?
Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky
What event effected Lenin's perspective when he was 17 yrs old?
His older brother, Aleksandr, plotted to assassinate the Russian tzar, but failed. He was executed which devastated Lenin. He deeply admired his brother for wanting to give Russia "political freedom"
To eliminate capitalism, Marx sought to deprive the bourgeoisie of private _______.
property
What was the symbol for Russian communism?
hammer and sickle to represent unity of workers and peasants
Within a month of the Bolshevik revolution, the civil war broke out between the "Whites and Reds." Who was the White Army? The Red Army?
Fighting for communism were the Bolshevik Red Army. Uneducated, poor, desperate
Fighting against communism were the soldiers, nobles and civilians of the White Army. They had property to lose, were educated.
Ireland was declared part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801 when British Parliament passed the _____ ___ _____
Act of Union
What did Lenin devote himself to studying when we was studying on his own?
Marxism - Karl Marx's theory of Communism
revolt
What was Lenin's revolutionary slogan?
"Peace, Land, Bread!"
How many died in the 4 year Russian Civil War between 1917-1922? How does that compare to lives lost in American Civil War?
8 to 9 million lives. 12 xs more than American
What were the Irish Catholic mad about?
British only gave protestant Irish representation in British Parliament. Catholics, who were by far the majority of Irish were not given representation until 1829
"The goal of socialism is ________"
communism
Once proletariat achieved revolt, it would need a transitional _______ government which is ____
socialist, government owned property and industry
Who founded and led the Bolshevik party?
Vladimir Lenin
USSR or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formed in ____ (year) by ___ (who) and marked the end of Russian Civil War
1922, Lenin
When was the Irish potato famine?
Marx believed all communism was rooted in an economic class struggle between the rich ____ and the poor _____
bourgeoisie and proletariat
Marx believed that once socialism balanced out the haves and have nots, by redistributing wealth, the classless, stateless, pure _______ would be achieved and mankind would exist in a freely developed ______
Communism, "association"
In 1903 the Russian Social Democratic Party divided into tow groups. The minority group, called the ______, wanted a peaceful revolution. The majority group called the ______ , wanted a forceful revolution.
Mensheviks, Bolsheviks
What were the 2 sides in the Irish Civil War?
Northern Ireland - protestant - stayed attached to Great Britain
Republic of Ireland - Catholic - held tight to independence from Great Britain
After the famine ended, spirit of nationalism and desire for independence was rekindled in the Irish. There was the ____ ________, which failed but drew attention like the Eureka Rebellion had for the Australians. Then came a Declaration of ________ January 21, 1919, then came the Irish War for ________ , which was followed by the Irish ___ ____, which ended in ___
Easter Rising, Independence, Independence, Civil War, 1924