Russian Rev
Name (2) problems that contributed to the Russian Revolution
WWI
Czar Nicholas II
Widespread Discontent
Lenin was the leader of the
Bolsheviks
How did Stalin rise to power?
Moved followers into
powerful positions
Which country sent Lenin back to Russia?
Germany
Which religion was a threat to Stalin's authority?
All of them
New name of Russia
USSR
Groups who were a threat to the czar
Questioned the czar
Worshiped outside of RO church
Didn't speak Russian
This policy was a return to private ownership (capitalism)
New Economic Policy
The purpose of this was to remove all potential threats to Stalin’s power
Great Purge
Which group was given jobs to help in Russia?
women
What did students learn in school?
Virtues of Communism
Belief in no god
atheist
3 Problems Russians faced because of Industrialization
Child Labor
Low wages
Poor conditions
These two leaders supported the idea of a worldwide Communist Revolution
Trotsky
Lenin
Stalin’s policy where peasants turned over their lands to the Soviet State
Collectivization
When writers and artists have to match what the government wants, it means their works are.....
censored
A government that makes all economic decisions
Command Economy
Name of the large public works project that helped the US economy in the Great Depression (created by FDR)
New Deal
This man was given influence in the Russian government because of his healing powers
Rasputin
Why did Lenin lose power?
he had many
strokes and died
When Stalin took control over the USSR after Lenin’s death, he transformed the Soviet Union into a…
Totalitarian State
Who was believed to be a dangerous man?
Stalin
The goal of this was to catch up with the rest of the world
5 Year Plans
President Wilson wrote these for a just and lasting peace
14 points
Alexander II encouraged the pogroms that violently persecuted the
Jews
Lenin wanted this man to be his successor
Trotsky
What did the peasants do to resist Stalin’s “move to collectives”?
Burned Crops
Killed Livestock
Successful, wealthy peasants were known as?
Kulaks
Who said "I am not yet ready to be....I know nothing of the business of ruling?"
Czar Nicholas II
Who was arrested for not meeting their quotas?
Police Officers