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Economic Philosophy that supports the "free market", Laissez-faire (little interference from government) view
Capitalism
100
What Karl Marx called the working class
Proletariat
100
Last Tsar of the Romanov family
Nicholas II
100
Officers of the Communist party who's job it was to ensure loyalty to the party
Commissar 
100
Why did the Communists pull out of World War I?
They saw it as a capitalist rich mans war, the tsar's war.  They couldn't fight Germany anyway while trying to focus on the revolution at home.
200
Economic philosophy that desires to spread the wealth more evenly, in order to eliminate class distinction
Socialism
200
What Karl Marx called the upper middle class and the wealthy 
Bourgeoisie
200
Mas monk who influenced/controlled the Tsarina
Rasputin
200
Troops that were loyal to the Tsarist Government during the civil war were called
Whites
200
How did Lenin's New Economic Policy (N.E.P.) change the U.S.S.R.?
allowed farmers to keep some land and profits.  Allowed some private businesses but still kept big industry under government control
300
Extreme form of socialism where the government controls all capital and means of production
communism
300
Small groups of workers/ soldiers who were stationed around Russia, distributing information and ready to fight before the revolution
Soviets
300
Lenin's right hand man who was killed by an agent while in exile in Mexico
Leon Trotsky
300
Policy Lenin put in place after he realized the economy was struggling
N.E.P. (New Economic Policy)
300
What does  "U.S.S.R." stand for?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
400
Another name that socialists or communists went by in the late 1800's, early 1900's because they followed the teachings of Karl Marx
Marxists
400
The name of Vladimir Lenon's political party before they were called communists
Bolsheviks
400
Lenin's ruthless successor 
Joseph Stalin
400
This was a Treaty between Lenin and Germany during World War I

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 

400
What was the promise of the communists to the Russian people?
Bread, Land, Peace
500
A "colorful" name for Communists
Reds
500
Secret Police used by the Communists
Cheka
500
He wrote the book "Communist Manifesto" and other works in order to encourage a working class revolution
Karl Marx
500
Explain why the Allies in World War I supported the Czarists (whites) and not the Communists (Reds)
Because they needed Russia under the Royal Family and those loyal to them to fight the Germans
500
What was hypocritical about the communist revolution and government?
The Communist party did not equally distribute things as promised. They did not give the other "Republics" in the Soviet Union equal power as the Russian "Republic".  They did not allow for freedom of speech.  They used terror and secret police to control people.  Eventually under Stalin they imprisoned or killed anyone suspected of being against communism or moderate.