Russian Revolution and Stalin

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Connection between WWI and the Russian Revolution

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WWI created conditions in Russia that helped trigger a revolution.

Answer explanation

The war was going badly for the Russians, which made the people one more reason to dislike the czar, who was leading the troops himself.

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Nicholas II was an AUTOCRAT. What is AUTOCRACY?

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absolute monarchy

Answer explanation

The prefix "auto" means by itself. Nicholas II ruled Russia by himself, ie, he had all the power. He was an absolute monarch.

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Slogan of the Russian Revolution?

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bread, land, peace

Answer explanation

Lenin and the Bolsheviks promised land for the peasants, enough to eat for the factory workers, and an end to World War I.

Front

Bolsheviks gained peasant support by promising to

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redistribute land

Answer explanation

The land would be taken from the rich and given out in small pieces to the peasants who always worked on the land but never owned it themselves.

Front

The revolution was a major turning point because

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Russia became the first nation with a communist system

Answer explanation

Russia became the USSR under a communist government.

Front

Comparison of the French (1789) and Russian Revolutions (1917):

Back

Political and economic inequalities often lead to demands for change.

Answer explanation

Both revolutions had similar causes - an absolute monarch, a huge divide between rich and poor, and few rights.

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Group that led the Russian Revolution.

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Bolsheviks

Answer explanation

The Bolsheviks were Lenin's communist party in 1917.

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Goal of the Bolsheviks?

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to eliminate the monarchy

Answer explanation

In a communist system, there are no social classes. The people rule.

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Censorship, one-party rule, and state over religion are traits of a

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totalitarian system

Answer explanation

A totalitarian is a dictator, like Stalin.

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Condition of Stalin's command economy:

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Government controlled agriculture via collectivization.

Answer explanation

Collectivization was part of Stalin's Five-Year Plans to take all the land from the peasants (collect it) and run massive government-controlled farms.