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History Chapter 23 PCS
info on the start of communism
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04/14/2013

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communism
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form of socialism that advocates the violent overthrow of government and has an atheistic base
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Karl Marx
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founder of communism
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religion
Definition
what Marx considered to be the opiate of the people
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socialism
Definition
system where government owns and controls the country's resouces
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1. Man is good
2. man corrupted by enviornment
3. government's job is to control man
4. socialism achieved through democratic process
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what are the four main points of socialism?
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Communist Manifesto; 1848
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Marx's first work on communism and the year it was published
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1. history is a struggle between classes
2. private property should be abolished
3. matter is only thing that exists
4. there is no room for God
5. economics is greatest driving force
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5 main points of the communist manifesto
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working class takes over middle class and sets up a utopia
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how did Marx believe that a better society would be achieved?
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Das Kapital; 1867; Fredrick Engels
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what was Marx's second communist work and who helped him write it and when was it written?
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Darwin; gave communism scientific basis
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person that Das Kapital was dedicated to and reason why.
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Kiev
Definition
city that Russian civilization started in
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Rus
Definition
Viking tribe that took over Russia
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Vladimir the Saint
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man who introduced Christianity in Russia
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Mongols; Moscow
Definition
group that took over Russia in 1240 and where they set up the capital
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Eastern Orthodox Faith; Cyrillic Alphabet
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two things that Russia adopted that held them behind the rest of the world
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Romanov
Definition
only dynasty in Russian history
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Michael Romanov
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fist Czar of the Romanov dynasty
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Ivan III
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who drove the mongols out of russia
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Ivan IV; Ivan the terrible
Definition
who was the first Czar and what was his nickname?
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Peter the Great
Definition
Czar who tried to westernize Russia
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St. Petersburg
Definition
Russian city built to bring Russia closer to western culture
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Catherine the Great
Definition
German princess who gained land on the Black sea by winning battles on the crimeon peninsula
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Alexander I
Definition
man who represented Russia at the Congress of Vienna
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Nicholas I
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man who set up secret police to avoid revolutionary nationalism
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Alexander II
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Czar who freed the serfs
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People's Will
Definition
name of the group that assassinated Alexander II
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Alexander III
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man who blamed Jews for father's death and set up pogram
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Zionist movement
Definition
movement that caused jews to set up a jewish state in palestine
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Theodore Hertzel
Definition
man who lead the Zionist movement in Russia
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Nicholas II
Definition
the last Czar of Russia
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Russo-Japenese War and October Revolt
Definition
two events that caused Nicholas II lose prestige
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October Manifesto; Nicholas II
Definition
document that allowed a constitutional monarchy and the creation of Russian parliament and the man who signed it
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World War One
Definition
event that brought down the monarchy in Russia
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forced to abdicate the thrown by Duma
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what happened to Nicholas II after WW1
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Karinski
Definition
became leader of the new provisional government in Russia
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Mensheviks
Definition
moderate socialists
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bolsheviks
Definition
radical socialist
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Lenin
Definition
a Bolshevik who became leader after the Bolsheviks overthrew the government
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communist state
Definition
what Bolsheviks set up when they took over
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cossacks
Definition
group that opposed revolution and remained loyal to the Czar
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White Russians
Definition
Russians that made up the cossacks
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Red Russians
Definition
Russians that made up the bolsheviks
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terrorism
Definition
tactic used by lenin to force people to make the changes that he wanted
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industry was nationalized and the city people and farm people swapped places
Definition
What Lenin did to make citizens dependent on the state
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NEP
Definition
name of Lenin's economic plan
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Stalin and Trotsky
Definition
two men who fought to lead Russia after Lenin's death
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Stalin
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man who ultimately became the new communist leader after Lenin
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Five year plan
Definition
name of Stalin's plan to industrialize Russia
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20 million
Definition
number of Russians who died due to opposing Communism
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food is given to cities while farmers starve
Definition
what happens due to the famine in the 1930s
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