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| Why did 200,000 people riot in Russia in March 1917(during WWI)? |
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| Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks? |
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| Why were people upset with the provisional government in Russia during WWI? |
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| The temporary government decided to continue to fight in WWI, which cost them support from both soldiers and civilians. |
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| When civil war broke out in Russia, which group was opposed to the Bolsheviks? |
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| The White Army, which was made up of different groups opposed to the Bolsheviks. |
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| What happened on “Bloody Sunday?” |
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| 200,000 workers and their families were petitioning the Czar when his soldiers were ordered to open fire on the crowd. Over a thousand people were hurt and hundreds died from the event. |
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| A self described "holy man," that was given political power by the Czar's wife. |
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| Under the rule of Alexander III, what activity would label a person dangerous? |
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| Anyone who questioned the absolute authority of the czar, worshiped outside the Russian Orthodox Church, or spoke a language other than Russian. |
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| What kind of problems arose from industrialization in Russia? |
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| Grueling working conditions in the factories, low wages, and child labor. |
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| What did Marxist revolutionaries believe would eventually happen in Russia? |
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| The industrial workers(proletariat) class would overthrow the czar and the workers would rule the country. |
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| Why does the Russian Revolution compare to the French Revolution? |
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| They both attempted to destroy the social structures of society |
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| Which two men competed for power after Lenin had a stroke? |
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| Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky. |
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| What was limited in the Soviet Union during the Five Year Plans? |
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| government control over every aspect of the public and private life. |
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| an economic system in which the government makes all economic decisions |
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| an economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people, private property does not exist, and all goods and services are shared equally. |
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| an economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit. |
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| what did the Soviet Union's Five Year plan set out to do? |
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| Increase the output of steel, oil, coal and electricity. |
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| a campaign of terror directed at eliminating anyone who threatened his power. (responsible for8-13 million deaths). |
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| government owned farms where hundreds of families worked to produce food for the state. |
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| What are the key traits of Totalitarian states? |
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| Dictatorship/one party rule, dynamic leader, ideology, and state control of society. |
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