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Who were the Bosheviaks?
A radical group that supported a small number of committed revolutionaries willing to sacrifice everything for change.
What is a Totalitarianism Government?
A government that takes total, centralized, state control over every aspect of public and private life.
What was the May 4 Movement?
A series of demonstrations on May 4, 1919 in cities throughout China, starting with over 3,000 angry students gathered in the center of Beijing.
What is the Rowlatt Acts?
Laws imposed by Britain on Indians (in 1918) that allowed the government to jail protesters without trial for as long as two years. To Western-educated Indians, denial of a trial by jury violated their individual rights.
Who was Rasputin?
A self-described “holy man,” he claimed to have magical healing powers.
What is a collective farm?
Government-owned farms, in which over 25 million privately owned farms in the USSR were combined.
What is the Kuomintang?
Known as the Nationalist Party, this group pushed for modernization and nationalization.
Who is Mohandas K. Gandhi?
Leader of the independence movement in India. When the British failed to punish the officers responsible for the Amritsar massacre, he urged the Indian National Congress to follow a policy of noncooperation with the British government.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
A cold, hard and impersonal person, he was a Bolshevik who by 1928 was in total command of the Communist Party.
What are the key traits of a totalitarian state?
They use methods of control that include the use of terror, indoctrination, propaganda, censorship, and religious or ethnic persecution.
What problems did the new Republic of China face?
Chinese intellectuals turned against Sun Yixian’s belief in Western democracy in favor of Lenin’s brand of Soviet communism.
What is civil disobedience?
The deliberate and public refusal to obey an unjust law, and nonviolence as the means to achieve independence.
What groups made up the Red Army and the White Army?
The Bolsheviks were the Red Army. The White Army was composed of groups who supported the return to rule by the czar, others who wanted democratic government, and socialists who opposed Lenin’s style of socialism.
How did daily life under Stalin’s rule change the lives of women in the Soviet Union?
Soviet women’s lives became more difficult because they were expected to work full-time, while also being responsible for child rearing and maintaining their households.
How did the Treaty of Versailles trigger the May Fourth Movement?
Allied leaders gave Japan old Chinese territories.
How did Gandhi’s tactics of civil disobedience affect the British?
Gandhi’s tactics of civil disobedience took an economic toll on the British. They struggled to keep trains running, factories operating, and overcrowded jails from bursting.
Why did industrialization lead to unrest in Russia?
The growth of factories brought new problems, such as terrible working conditions, miserably low wages, and child labor. The government outlawed trade unions.
How did the Soviet economy change under the direction of Stalin?
Stalin did a good job of boosting the economy, but as the production of resources increased, the production of consumer goods decreased.
What started the civil war in China?
In April 1927, Nationalist troops moved into Shanghai and killed many Communist leaders and trade union members in the city streets. Similar killings took place in other cities.
How did newly found petroleum supplies change the new nations in Southwest Asia?
The newly found oil led to rapid and dramatic economic changes and development. Because oil brought huge profits, Western nations tried to dominate this region.