Western Heritage – Ch 24 (pp. 909-917); Ch 26 (pp. pp. 984-988); Ch 27 (pp. 1002-1008); Ch 28 (pp.1057-1063)

Modern European History – Ch 25 (pp. 333-336); Ch 30 (pp.403-420)

Assignment: Know them (no written assignment here, but keep reading kids!)

1. Bolsheviks

2. Mensheviks

3. Bloody Sunday

4. October Manifesto

5. The Duma

6. Nicholas II

7. Grigori Rasputin

8. March Revolution

9. Provisional Government

10. Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies

11. V.I. Lenin

12. April Theses

13. "Peace, Land, and Bread"

14. October Revolution

15. Leon Trotsky

16. Joseph Stalin

17. Constituent Assembly

18. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

19. Reds v. Whites (Civil War)

20. War Communism

21. Kronstadt Revolt

22. New Economic Policy

23. Trotsky’s "Permanent Revolution"

24. Stalin’s "Socialism in One Country"

25. Five Year Plans

26. State Planning Commission

27. Collectivization

28. Kulaks

29. The Great Purge

30. Comintern

Answer the following questions on your own paper using complete sentences.

PART I – The Fall of the Romanovs (pp. 984-988)

1. What conditions in Russia caused great discontent and helped to bring on the Revolution?

2. Why did Tsar Nicholas II abdicate the throne in March 1917?

3. What was a "soviet"?

4. Why did the provisional government become unpopular in Russia?

5. How did the Bolsheviks change the Russian economy after seizing power in 1917?

6. What were the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk? Why did the Bolsheviks agree to sign it?

PART II - Russia Under Lenin (pp. 1002-1008)

1. Agree with or refute the following statement: "Bolshevik leaders initially only wanted to establish communism in Russia."

2. Describe the (a) politics and (b) economics of "War Communism."

3. Discuss the internal opposition faced by the Bolsheviks in the early 1920’s.

4. What economic changes did the New Economic Policy of 1921 introduce in Russia?

5. Explain how "the right wing" of Joseph Stalin and "the left wing" of Leon Trotsky disagreed regarding policy in Russia. Who won this power struggle?

6. What was the Comintern – what was its purpose? How did the Comintern affect politics in the rest of Europe?

PART III - Russia Under Stalin (pp. 1057-63)

1. What important change did the Soviet Union make in its economic policy in 1928?

2. Describe the accomplishments of Soviet industry between 1928-1940.

3. What were Stalin’s Five Year Plans? How did they work?

4. Why did Stalin decide to "collectivize" agriculture beginning in 1929?

5. Who were the "kulaks"? What role did they play in the collectivization movement?

6. Describe the impact of collectivization on the control of Soviet agriculuture.

7. What change did Stalin make in Comintern policy in 1934?

8. Whom were the "purges" of the 1930’s directed against?