Soviet Union Under Stalin

Stalin's "five-year plans" were aimed at

• raising the standard of living of the peasantry.

• confiscating the land of wealthy factory owners.

• building heavy industry and improving transportation.

• allowing limited capitalism to help the economy grow.

In what ways did Stalin's terror tactics harm the Soviet Union?

• The country lost many intellectual and military leaders.

• Industrial production slowed dramatically.

• Lawlessness and violence plagued the entire nation.

• Civil war threatened Stalin's government.

Why did Communists target the Russian Orthodox Church?

• because Church officials had become corrupt and abused their power

• because Stalin was a Roman Catholic

• because Stalin felt the Church promoted fascist beliefs

• because people's loyalties lay with the Church rather than the state

Which of the following best describes the Communist party in the Soviet Union?

• It was extremely popular with millions of members.

• Everyone in the country was required to be a member.

• Party members usually escaped Stalin's purges.

• A few elite groups became the party's rulers.

The goal of the Comintern was to

• establish a state-run university to train elite members of the Communist Party.

• encourage the ideals of the Communist Party and worldwide revolutions.

• promote trade with capitalist countries and encourage foreign investment.

• set domestic policy and control internal rebellion.

What policy did Stalin follow to bring agriculture under state control?

• Russification

• the Comintern

• forced collectivization

• the Great Purge

Stalin used the Great Purge and "show trials" to eliminate

• Kulaks who resisted collectivization.

• anyone he saw as a threat to his power.

• the secret police who competed for control.

• anyone who took part in the Bolshevik Revolution.

Why did Stalin target the Russian Orthodox Church?

• He saw the Church as a threat to his power.

• He favored freedom of religion.

• He wanted to enforce Russification.

• . He wanted to replace religious art with socialist realism.

How did Stalin's five-year plans affect industry and agriculture?

• They improved the output for both industry and agriculture. .

• They improved the output for agriculture but decreased industry.

• They decreased the output for both industry and agriculture.

• They decreased the output for agriculture but improved industry.

Stalin promoted socialist realism in order to

• show Soviet life positively and promote hope in a Communist future.

• root out counterrevolutionaries and send them away to the Gulags.

• show Soviet life in a realistic light and celebrate Communist victories.

• convince people outside of the Soviet Union of the value of Communist virtues.