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Bourgieosie-middle class
Proletariat-the working class Class conflict- tension and antagonism that exists in a society- According to Marx, society is divided between two groups. Who are they?
between bourgieosie - What proposals does Marx claim will end inequality? inequality inherent in capitalism
- According to Marx, society is divided between two groups. Who are they?
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Khodynka Tragedy-a crowd rush that occurred- What kind of leader was Tsar Nicholas? he was a weak leader who backed down when his country wasn't okay.
- Was he prepared to be Tsar? no he wasn't prepared
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Clergy- someone who works in the church or temple St. Peterson/Petrograd- the city of Russia- Why were the Russian people protesting? the worker weren't making a good amount to live, they didn't have many political rights
- Where were they protesting? for fair wages, 8 hour work day, trade unions,
- What happened to the protesters? soldiers open fired, killing and hurting hundreds of demonstrators
- Why is it called Bloody Sunday? bcs they killed a lot of innocent people
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- How did the Russian public react to the loss to Japan? they were angry that later triggered the Russian Revolution
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- Who was Rasputin? a holy man, who influenced the Romanov family
- Who was the Tsarina? the wife of Tsar or a female monarch
- In what ways did Rasputin influence the Tsarina? said he could heal his son, he gained influence in the government
- What happened to Rasputin? he was killed on Dec 30 1916
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Abdicate- renounce one's throne- What sparked the revolution in March? issues like the incompetent leadership of Tsar Nicholas II, a backward economy
- How did women help during this part of the revolution? starting the initial protests, agitating among soldiers to turn them against the Tsarist regime
- How did the Czar respond to this? responded to the escalating unrest by first attempting to return to the capital, but his train was blocked
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- Who was Vladimir Lenin? he was a Russian politician and political theorist. he was the first head of the government of Soviet Russia
- What role does he play in the Revolution? Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
- What three things does he promise the people? peace, land, bread.
- Does he keep his promise? yes but his promises came with brutal consequences
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Bolsheviks- a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party
Mensheviks-moderate faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
Provisional government- a temporary government established to manage a state during a transitional period Soviet- Russian Union What were the goals of the Oct Revolution?
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- What did Russia give up when they signed this treaty? they gave up a lot of territory like, Poland, Finland, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
- Why did they sign the treaty? Vladimir Lenin believed Russia was too weak to fight World War I
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Red Army-the military force of the former Soviet Union White Army-coalition of anti-Bolshevik forces- Why did civil war break out in Russia? to deep political divisions following the 1917 revolutions
- What did the Red Army want? defend the Bolshevik government, consolidate communist power in Russia
- What did the White Army want? overthrow the Bolsheviks and restore a pre-revolutionary form of government in Russia
- Who won the civil war? the Red Army
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War Communism- the economic and political system implemented- What was the purpose of war communism? to support the Red Army by centralizing the economy and eliminating private enterprise
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Checka- first Soviet secret police organization- Who were leaders during the Red Terror? Vladimir Lenin, Felix Dzerzhinsky, and Leon Trotsky
- What kinds of things happened to regular people during this period? property, fines, and imprisonment
- What happened to the Romanovs? executed by the Bolsheviks
- Why do you think the Terror happened? due to a combination of external threats and internal pressures during the French Revolution
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- Who was Joseph Stalin? he was a Soviet political and revolutionary who lead the Soviet Union
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- In what ways did Lenin alter (change) Communism? by adapting Karl Marx's theories to the specific conditions of early 20th-century Russia
- Why did he do this? to adapt it to the unique conditions of early 20th-century Russia
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- What kinds of things have you learned about revolution? the hardships the people had to go through before, a lot of things change after
- Do you think the Russian people were better off before or after the Revolution? before
- What lessons do you think the Russian Revolution teaches us in the present and future? when there is widespread discontent and a failure a revolutions will happen, the importance of social and economic factors