Communism: where it began, how it spread, its ideas other than the whole "equality" thing.
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| 935147055 | Whose idea was communism? | Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, two German social philosophers. | |
| 935147056 | How did they spread communism? | Marx and Engels published a pamphlet, Communist Manifesto. | |
| 935147057 | The government and public | According to communist belief, ____ should own the land and means of production. | |
| 935147058 | Societies in history | There have always been two classes - rich and poor, oppressor and oppressed, opposing one another. This has been an endless struggle. Marx titles them the "haves" and "have nots." | |
| 935147059 | Bourgeoisie | The middle class in modern, industrialized societies. | |
| 935147060 | Proletariat | The working class | |
| 935147061 | Conflict between bourgeoisie and proletariat | Marx says that the bourgeoisie exploit, or use, the proletariat in order to enrich themselves. | |
| 935147062 | Marx's prediction | A revolution would occur, where the proletariat would rise against the bourgeoisie and form a classless society, and the gov't would own everything. | |
| 935147063 | Europe's outcome in 1800s | History did not follow the prediction of an uprising. The working class rights continued to improve. | |
| 935147064 | Communist revolutions | Communism appealed to Russia (the first to adopt Communism), China, Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, etc. | |
| 935147065 | What is religion? | Marx says, "Religion is the opiate (pain-killing drug) of the masses (people)." | |
| 935147066 | Religion in Communist countries | Countries that followed communism were atheist. There were no temples, churches, etc. and no God. |
