SOCIALISM IN EUROPE AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

SOCIALISM IN EUROPE AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

CLASS 9 CH 2

Poll

HOW EXCITED ARE YOU FOR THIS LESSON?

• SOMEWHAT EXCITED

• NOT EXCITED

• EXCITED

• VERY EXCITED

• DONT WASTE THE TIMEEE!!!!! TEACH!!!!

AGE OF SOCIAL CHANGE

• The French Revolution opened up the possibility of creating a dramatic change in the society

• People were ‘conservatives’, ‘liberals’ or ‘radicals’.

• Liberals -Wanted a nation which tolerated all religions They were against the uncontrolled power of the dynastic rulers. They wanted rights for individuals. They argued for an elected parliamentary government, subject to laws interpreted by a well-trained judiciary that was independent of rulers and officials. They were not Democrats because they did not believe in the universal adult franchise.

AGE OF SOCIAL CHANGE

•  Radicals -Wanted a nation in which government was based on the majority of a country’s population. They disliked concentration of property in hands of a few, not the existence of private property.

• Conservatives: • They resisted change. • After the revolution, they started accepting change provided it was slow and had links and respected the past.

Multiple Choice

who were the couch potatoes?

• liberals

• radicals

• conservatives

• all of the above

• both (a) and (c)

Industries and Social Change:

• It was also the beginning of the industrial revolution

• Men, women, and children were pushed into factories for low wages.

• Liberals and radicals who were factory owners felt that efforts must be encouraged so that benefits of industrialization should be passed on to workers.

Poll

Are you happy by the kind of industrial revolution?

• yes

• no

• are baba i am not interested

now we will start with the quiz

get ready

Multiple Choice

Which of the following were important socialists of 19th century Europe?

• Rousseau and Voltaire

• Lenin and Stalin

• Charles Darwin and Spencer

• Karl Marx and Engels

Multiple Choice

Socialist formed an international body called First International

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

What were the demands made by the workers in St. Petersburg who went on a strike?

• Reduction of working time to eight hours

• Increase in wages

• Improvement in working conditions

• All the above

Multiple Choice

Why did the Tsar dismiss the first Duma within 75 days of its election?

• Because it was incapable of taking good decisions

• Because the Tsar did not want anyone to question his authority

• The term of first Duma was of 75 days only

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

What were working hours of workers?

• 8hrs

• 10-12hrs

• 15hrs

• 13hrs

Multiple Choice

Women made up………………%of factory labours

• 45%

• 30%

• 25%

• 31%

Multiple Choice

Who led the possession of workers to the event ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Russia?

• Lenin

• Stalin

• Father Gapon

• karl marx

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was the ruler of Russia in 1914?

• Louis XVI

• Tsar Nicholas I

• Tsar Nicholas II

• Louis XIV

Multiple Choice

Which of the following owned majority of the land in Russia?

• Peasants, Crown and Workers

• Workers, Tsar and Church

• Tsar, Peasants and Workers

• Nobility, Crown and Church

Multiple Choice

Which of the following groups of workers were regarded as aristocrats among workers?

• Metal workers

• Ship builders

• Weavers

• Textile workers

Multiple Choice

What percent of the Russia’s population were agriculturists?

• 35

• 70

• 85

• 75

Multiple Choice

On which of the following issues did Liberals and Radicals differ?

• Voting rights

• Dynastic rule

• Individual rights

• Representative form of government

Multiple Choice

Liberals ware opposed to

• secularism

• rights of individuals

• representative form of government

• universal adult franchise

Multiple Choice

In 19th century Europe, Conservatives

• favoured radical restructure of society

• tolerated of all religions

• opposed uncontrolled dynastic rulers

• accepted the idea of gradual change in society

Multiple Choice

Society in 18th century Europe was divided into

• castes and classes

• estates and orders

• liberals, radicals and conservatives

• religious groups

Multiple Choice

The commune of farmers was known as:

• Tsar

• Duma

• Mir

• Cossacks

Multiple Choice

The name associated with April Theses is

• Karl Marx

• Robert Owen

• Lenin

• Stalin

Multiple Choice

The main occupation of the people of Russia in the beginning of the twentieth century was

• manufacturing

• poultry farming

• fishing

• agriculture

Multiple Choice

The leader of the Bolshevik party was

• Stalin

• Lenin

• Karl Marx

• Louis Blanc