Soviet Union Under Stalin

Ruthless Soviet Leader who industrialized and modernized the Soviet Union:

• Czar Nicholas II
• Joseph Stalin
• Vladimir Lenin
• Karl Marx

Stalin mainly used propaganda to 

• promote capitalism
• increase support for communism and himself
• wage a war against illiteracy
• wage a war against smallpox 

What is a totalitarian state?

• an economy with private ownership of businesses
• a state in which people have control over businesses
• a state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private lives
• a state in which the working class is glorified

What is a command economy?

• an ecomony with private ownership of businesses
• an economy with state ownership of businesses
• an economy where the consumer makes all economic  decisions
• an economy where the government makes all economic decisions

Joseph Stalin’s rule in the Soviet Union was characterized by the

• Introduction of democratic political institutions
• Encouragement of political beliefs 
• Establishment of a totalitarian dictatorship
• Development of a free market economy

What was the name of the wealthy farmers that Stalin accused of sabotage and tried to eliminate/kill?

• The Kulaks

• The Turks

• The Dutch

• The Magyars

What was the name of the brutal labor camps in Siberia where Stalin would send "enemies of the state"?

• Gulags

• Concentration Camps

• Internment Camps

• Veritags

Large, government owned farms were called:

• Communist Farms
• Collective Farms
• Independent Farms
• Gulags

How did Stalin’s communist party keep people in line?

• gave the people peace, land and bread.

• used secret police, torture, and violent purges to ensure obedience.

• paying them off.

• used kindness, and generosity to win the hearts of the people.

The Great Purge was a campaign to eliminate

• communism 
• opposition to Stalin's power
• anyone who promoted industrialization and literacy
• shortages of food, housing and consumer goods