Before the Revolution
Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Faction, a group of far-left Marxists, before the Russian Revolution?
Vladimir Lenin
Karl Marx originally believed that a proletariat revolution would occur in an organized, ____________ state.
Industrialized
Whose death begins the Battle of the Mustaches?
Vladimir Lenin's
How did Stalin's views on the role of the "Dictatorship of the Proletariat" differ from Lenin's?
While Lenin believed that the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (Vanguard Party) was temporary, Stalin believed that it's job was more permanent.
The Russian Revolution demonstrates how difficult it is for ______________ to work at a Statewide level.
Marxism
After the Revolution, the Communist Party turned the Russian Empire into the _______________.
Soviet Union (USSR)
Lenin believed that an unorganized proletariat revolution would not lead to communism, but to _______________.
Anarchism
Trotsky or Stalin: Which led the Red Army during the Russian Revolution?
Rapid Industrialization and The Collectivization of Agriculture were the two main concepts of which Stalinist Economic Agenda?
The Five Year Plan
What is the definition of a "Cult of Personality"?
The effort to create a heroic, idealized image of a leader.
The Russian Revolution occurred during what major world event?
To lead the people through the early stages of the revolution, Lenin advocated for a ___________ Party.
Vanguard
After losing the battle of the mustaches, Trotsky was assassinated by an agent of Stalin in which country?
Mexico
Peasant Farmers were forced to do what during the Collectivization of Agriculture?
Give up their land and move onto government run collective farms.
Which demographic of society is vital in creating a successful Cult of Personality?
The Youth
Who was the last Tsar of Russia?
Tsar Nicholas II
Name one of the three things that Lenin believed were obstacles to class consciousness due to their ability to "divide the proletariat against one another."
Nationalism, Ethnocentrism, Religion
Stalin's policy of "Socialism in One Country" advocated for what?
The USSR to practice Isolationist policies, and to keep their focus on domestic issues.
This group of landowners strongly opposed Collectivization, and a large number of them were either exiled or executed
The Kulaks
Stalin believed that the State should have complete control over every aspect of society, and face no political opposition. In politics, this kind of unopposed dictatorship is referred to as what form of government?
Totalitarian (Totalitarianism)
List THREE of the problems that were occurring in Russia which led the Tsar's unpopularity:
Food shortages & Famine, high inflation, high unemployment, soldiers defecting from the National Army, poor working conditions for factory workers, mass strikes
What kind of society did Lenin believe would exist when the job of the "Dictatorship of the Proletariat" was complete?
A classless, communist society in which there will be public communist self-government
Trotsky's policy of "Permanent Revolution" advocated for what?
The USSR should come to the aid of proletariat revolutions in other countries so that there would more Marxist societies around the world.
The highest percentage of deaths during the Collectivization of Agriculture occurred where?
The Ukraine
Which dictator of China borrowed Stalin's terminology and created their own "Five Year Plan"
Mao Zedong