Bell Work Wednesday 4/17

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Bell WorkWednesday 4/17

• Look in your book beginning on page 867
• to find the answers
• 1. How did WWI help bring about the Russian
  Revolution?
• 2. What groups made up the Red Army and the White
  Army?
• 3. Why did the Bolsheviks rename their party the
  Communist Party?

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Revolution and Nationalism

• Chapter 30
• Sections 1 and 2

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Section 1-Revolutions in Russia
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Czars Resist Change

• Alexander III-
• Imposed harsh measures on Russian citizens which
  included
• Censorship on written documents and published
  materials
• Secret police sent to watch schools
• Teachers had to send detailed reports on each
  student
• Sent political prisoners to Siberia
• Made Russian the official language
• Made Jews the source of persecution

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Russia Industrializes

• Rapid industrialization changed the face of
  Russias economy
• The number of factories doubled between 1863 and
  1900
• By 1900 Russia was the 4th largest steel
  producing country
• The Trans-Siberian Railway-Located in Russia its
  considered the worlds longest continuous rail
  line

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Russia Industrializes

• The Revolutionary Movement Grows-
• Proletariat-Revolutionary term meaning that the
  workers would rule the country
• Marxist revolutionaries believed that the
  industrial class could overthrow the Russian
  government
• 1903-Marxists split into groups
• Mensheviks-Moderate group of Marxists
• Bolsheviks-Radical group willing to give
  everything for change

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Crises at Home and Abroad

• Bloody Sunday The Revolution of
  1905-
• Jan 22nd, 1905 200,000 workers and their families
  approached the Czars winter palace
• They had a petition asking for
• Better working conditions, more political
  freedoms and elected national legislature
• Soldiers fired upon the crowd killing about a
  thousand and injuring hundreds

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The March Revolution

• Soviets-Local councils consisting of workers,
  peasants and soldiers who held more political
  power in some cities than the actual provisional
  government.

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The Bolshevik Revolution

• Civil War Rages in Russia-1918-1920
• The Bolsheviks faced the challenge of defeating
  their enemies at home
• Red Army vs. White Army
• Red Army-Made up of the Bolsheviks and Lenins
  supporters
• White Army-Made up of different groups who either
  wanted to return to rule under the czar, form a
  democratic government or just simply hated
  Lenins policies

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The Bolshevik Revolution

• Effects of the Russian Civil War-
• Nearly 14 million Russians died from the war and
  famine
• The Red Army defeated all its opponents
• Russia became a state-controlled society

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Lenin Restores Order

• Lenins New Economic Policies-
• New Economic Policy (NEP)-
• Small-scale version of capitalism
• Allowed peasants to sell their surplus goods
  instead of giving them to the gov.
• The gov. kept control of major industries, banks
  and communication but allowed small businesses
  and farms operate under private ownership
• Communist Party-The Bolsheviks renamed their
  party this after becoming inspired by the
  writings of Karl Marx

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Lenin on Display
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Stalin Becomes Dictator

• Joseph Stalin-
• Gained complete control of the Communist Party by
  1928
• Described as a cold, hard, and impersonal.
• Took the name Stalin which means Man of Steel
• Stalin removed everyone he saw as a threat to his
  power including Leon Trotsky who was exiled in
  1929

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Chapter 30 Section 1 Terms
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Bell WorkThursday 4/18

• Look in your book beginning on page 874
• to find the answers
• 1. What are the key traits of a totalitarian
  state?
• 2. What are some ways totalitarian rulers keep
  their power
• 3. How did the Soviet economy change under
  Stalin?

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Section 2-Totalilarianism
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A Government of Total Control

• Totalitarianism- Describes a government that
  takes total, centralized, state control over
  every aspect of public and private life
• To achieve this control leaders often use
  terror, indoctrination, propaganda, censorship,
  and religious/ethnic persecution

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Stalin Builds a Totalitarian State

• Police State-
• Stalin used a police state to maintain his power
• They used tanks and armored cars to stop riots,
  tapped phone lines, read mail, and encouraged
  kids to tell the gov. if their parents made
  disloyal remarks
• Great Purge- A campaign of terror designed to
  eliminate anyone who threatened Stalins power
• Historians estimate Stalin killed
• 8 to 13 million people during the Great Purge

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Stalin Seizes Control of the Economy

• Command Economy-A system where the gov. made all
  the economic decisions
• Five Year Plans-
• Stalins plans for the development of the Soviet
  Unions Economy
• Set impossibly high goals for steel, coal, oil
  and electricity production
• Limited production of consumer goods to achieve
  this

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Stalin Seizes Control of the Economy

• An Agricultural Revolution-
• Collective Farms-Large government owned farms
  which produced food for the state
• 1928 the gov. confiscated nearly 25 million
  privately owned farms
• 5 to 10 million people died as a result of
  protests or persecution
• By 1938 90 of all Russian peasants lived on
  collective farms

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Daily Life Under Stalin

• The Good
• Soviet society saw
• Womens roles expand
• People becoming better educated
• People mastered new technical skills
• The Bad
• Soviet society saw
• Personal freedoms limited
• Consumer goods in short supply
• Dissent (complaining) was prohibited

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Daily Life Under Stalin

• Women achieved equal rights and saw social
  advances under Stalins Five-Year Plans.
• By 1950 women made up 75 of the doctors in the
  Soviet Union
• However they were also expected to take care of
  the home and raise loyal Soviet citizens

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Chapter 30 Section 2 Terms
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Bell WorkFriday 4/19

• Look in your book beginning on page 867
• to find the answers
• 1. Why did Stalin force Trotsky into exile? (Sec
  1)
• 2. Why did Stalin limit the production of
  consumer goods? (Sec 2)
• 3. Why wouldnt people be excited about living on
  a collective farm? (Sec 2)

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Chapter 30 Section 1-2 Quiz Review
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Chapter 30 Section 1-2 Quiz Review
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Chapter 30 Section 1-2 Quiz Review
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Chapter 30 Section 1-2 Quiz Review
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Chapter 30 Section 1-2 Quiz Review
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Chapter 30 Section 1-2 Quiz Review