Russian Rev.
Russian word for "dictator", the leaders of Russia in the buildup to the Revolution
Czar
This global war, and Russia's failures during it, largely served as the final turning point in the Russian people turning against the Czarist Government
World War I
These two revolutionaries led peasant uprisings in the North and South of Mexico and remained influential figures for the peasantry throughout the Mexican Revolution
Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata
Victoriano Huerta forcing Francisco Madero to resign from the Presidency and having him executed would be an example of this type of tension
The Russian Social Workers' Democratic Party (Social Democrats) was split into these two groups meaning "minority" and "majority"
Bolsheviks (majority, headed by Lenin) and the Mensheviks (minority)
Describe the major issues of life under President (Dictator) Porfirio Diaz leading up to the 1910 Revolution
1. Lower and middle class Mexicans were poor, powerless, and had no ability to change
2. Wealth, power, and LAND went to upper class Mexicans or foreign influences (imperialism)
3. Diaz had continued rigging elections and silencing any critics or challengers to his power
Mexican lower (peasants) and middle class revolting against their establishment due to low quality of life and lack of power, land, and influence would be an example of this type of tension
Elite vs the Masses
Leader of the Bolsheviks, spent much of the 1900s exiled from Russia but returned in time for the 1917 October Revolution in which he ended up in power
Vladimir Lenin
An event that was supposed to be a peaceful protest with a petition meant for Czar Nicholas II that turned into a massacre of the large group outside the Winter Palace
Bloody Sunday
The first leader of Mexico following the reign of Diaz. He lost support of those who helped him reach power when he failed to carry out the land reforms the peasantry had demanded
Francisco Madero
Dictatorship vs Democracy
Following the 1905 Revolution, Nicholas II finally agreed to share some of his power and give citizens more rights and liberties through an elected assembly called the ___________
Duma
The major issue Serfs had with their emancipation (freedom) under Czar Alexander II
Those who received the land they had been working on for generations, had to pay prices they could not afford for that land after emancipation
This document, implemented by Venustiano Carranza sounded great on paper, but was not properly implemented in Mexican life until the 1930s
The Constitution of 1917
The Constitution of 1917 called for increased rights and liberties for citizens as well as land reforms, in reality the system largely stayed the same leading to the removal of Carranza from leadership. This would be an example of what tension
Liberal (increasing rights and liberties for citizens) vs Conservative (these changes not taking place and the system remaining the same)
The creator of the Communist Manifesto, this man heavily inspired the calls for Socialism and reform in Russia during this time period
Karl Marx
The name of the economic policy implemented under Lenin following the October Revolution. This policy saw the government take total control of private businesses and industries, deciding what was to be produced and where it would be distributed
War Communism
Becoming President following the failures of Carranza under Mexico's first "fair and peaceful election", it is with this man's rise to Presidency that many consider the Mexican Revolution to be over
Alvaro Obregon
Nationalism (power, wealth, and land staying in Mexico) vs Imperialism (power, wealth, and land going to foreign investors)