HW 5.6 - Joseph Stalin and Totalitarianism

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Which statement best describes the political situation in the Soviet Union immediately after Lenin's death in 1924? Options: The nation adopted a constitutional monarchy. Trotsky and his followers assumed full control of the Communist Party. Popular elections were held to choose a new General Secretary. A power struggle developed among Communist Party leaders.

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A power struggle developed among Communist Party leaders.

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A major goal of Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans was to

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transform the Soviet Union into an industrial power

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Which title best completes this graphic organizer? Options: Saddam Hussein and the Persian Gulf War, Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen) and the Defeat of the Manchu Dynasty, Joseph Stalin and the Rise of a Totalitarian State, Jawaharlal Nehru and the Modern Industrial State of India

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Joseph Stalin and the Rise of a Totalitarian State

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Which Soviet policy is most closely associated with the information in this table? Options: Lenin's New Economic Policy, Stalin's five-year plans, Brezhnev's policy of détente, Gorbachev's policy of glasnost

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Stalin's five-year plans

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Between which two years did the number of collective farms increase the most?

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1930 and 1931

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Totalitarian countries are characterized by

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government control of newspapers, radio and television

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Which condition was a result of Joseph Stalin’s command economy?

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The government controlled agriculture through collective farms.

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The main purpose of the many purges and public trials that took place in the Soviet Union in the 1930s was to

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eliminate opposition to Joseph Stalin and his government

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What is NOT a characteristic of totalitarianism? Options: citizens have individual rights and freedoms, single leader with unlimited control, the government controls the media, elimination of political opponents

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citizens have individual rights and freedoms

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Overall... which situation is characteristic of a totalitarian society?

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The freedom of speech, press, and religion are denied