Russian Revolution
Who was overthrown during the Russian Revolution?
Tsar Nicholas II
Who did Trotsky work with to overthrow the Provisional Government during the October Revolution?
Vladimir Lenon
What are the two classes unique to capitalism?
The bourgeiosis and the proletariat
Why did the holocaust have more victims than the gulags?
The holocaust was an extermination while the gulags were labor camps and needed their prisoners alive.
What was the first big event that happened in the book?
The Russian Revolution
What system of government was meant to replace Russian's ruler?
Communism
Who ruined Trotsky's image in order to advance his own?
Stalin
What was the goal of The Communist Manifesto?
To critique Capitalism and call for a revolution for Communism.
Why did the gulags use the nutritional scale and the concentration camps didn't?
The gulags needed workers and this provided incentive while the concentration camps didn't care if their prisoners died.
What happened after the Russian Revolution that allowed Stalin to take power?
Lenin's death
Why did the people revolt against their ruler?
They were starved to fund the war.
What was Trotsky's lifelong goal?
A worldwide workers revolution
What was the goal of Communism as far as classes went?
A classless society
Which of the two was made public immediately after it's discovery?
The concentration camps
What was the name of the plan for Stalin to industrialize Russia?
The Five-Year Plan
What organization was the key to the success of the revolution? (Hint: mutiny)
The Russian military mutinied
After Lenin died, it was assumed that Trostsky would take over. Why did Stalin take over instead?
People were jealous of Trotsky and so they turned on him and supported Stalin instead
What class owns the means of production and which is the working class?
The bourgeois and proletariat respectfully.
Did the gulags or the concentration camps profit off their prisoners?
Trick question, it's both!
After Russian industrialized, what did they call the time when Stalin was killing everyone in a paroniod rampage?
The Great Terror