Graded Notes Topic 12/Ln 7 (Soviet Union)

In 1928, Stalin proposed the first of several _______ which required all of the country's economic activity be aimed at building heavy industry, improving transportation, and increasing farm output. To achieve these demands, all of the countries economic activity was placed under government control.

The Soviet Union developed a ____ ____, in which government officials made all basic economic decisions. By contrast, in a capitalist system, the free market determines most economic decisions.

On _____, the government provided tractors, fertilizers, and seeds; and taught farming methods. Peasants were allowed to keep their houses and personal belongings, but all farm animals and farming tools were turned over to the State. The State controlled access to farming supplies set the price for what the goods produced would be sold.

In 1929, Stalin declared his intention to " ____ ___ ____ as a class." To this end, the government confiscated their land and sent them to forced labor camps, were thousands were executed.

Angry peasants resisted collectivization by growing just enough food for themselves. In response the government seized all their grain for the cities, purposely leaving the peasants to starve. This ruthless policy combined with poor harvests resulted in the ____ ____, with 5 to 8 million people dying in of starvation in Ukraine alone.

The ____was the system of the Soviet forced-labor camps. They housed political prisoners as well as actual criminals and became a symbol of political repression in the Soviet Union.

It is mentioned in your textbook under the section, Stalin's Great Purge, that secret police files reveal that at least ___ people were purged during the Stalin years. Some historians estimate the toll to be much greater.

Stalin tried to boost morale and faith in the communist system by making himself a godlike figure. He tried to do this by distributing propaganda, censoring opposing ideas, imposing Russian culture on minorities, and replacing religion with communist ideology. He used propaganda as a tool to build up a "___ __ ____" around himself.

The government controlled what books were published, what music was heard, and which artworks were displayed. Stalin required artists and writers to follow a style called ___ ___. Its goal was to show Soviet life in a positive light and promote hope in socialist future.

In accordance with the ideas of Marx, ____, or the belief that there is no god, became the official policy of the Soviet Union. The Communists seized most religious property, converted churches into offices and museums, and sentenced priests and religious leaders to die in prison camps. Portraits of Stalin replaced religious icons in homes.