Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution

Multiple Choice

According to Marx, who was being exploited by those who owned the means of production (the capitalists)?

• The bankers who lent the capitalists money.

• The bourgeoisie (middle class)

• The working class (labor force)

Multiple Choice

The definition of socialism is:

• A democratic state controls the means of production rather than having private companies compete for ownership

• The government redistributes the wealth of the elite to the poorest levels via force

• The state allows for natural economic growth with a hands-off approach while providing suggestive guidance toward corporations

Multiple Select

Click all examples of socialist institutions (3):

• Universal Healthcare

• Banks

• Roads

• Firefighters / Police

• Construction companies

Multiple Choice

In order for socialism to turn into communism, a state must

• declare independence from capitalism

• have enough control over the state and the economy.

Multiple Choice

Why have we never seen a true communist country?

• Because capitalism won't allow it.

• Because of human greed and corruption.

• Because the USSR and China are posers. #fake

The Russian Revolution

• ushered in the world’s first communist government

• remembered by people in the west as a radical movement that suddenly and violently overthrew the Russian Empire

• should not have surprised anyone because it grew out of social and political conditions that had been brewing for years.