Justin Morgan
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| 337443999 | Berlin Wall ㆍㆍㆍ Fascism Nazis | Wall constructed by East German authorities in 1961 to seal off East from the West; it was breached on November 9, 1989. Another act of *Nazi fascism* | 0 | |
| 337444000 | Bolsheviks ㆍㆍㆍ Lenin Marxism | The socialist *Marxist* group that eventually united desperate revolutionary groups in Russia 1917, took control of the new government and established the Soviet Union, led by *Lenin*. | 1 | |
| 337444001 | Fidel Castro ㆍㆍㆍ Lenin Stalin | Revolutionary leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008 who gradually turned to Soviet communism and caused the Cuban Missile Crisis. This took place after the *Chinese Revolution*. Castro, *Lenin*, and *Stalin* all ruled under communism. | 2 | |
| 337444002 | Chinese Revolution ㆍㆍㆍ Mao Zedong Imperial System | Long revolutionary process in the period 1912 - 1949 that began with the overthrow of the Chinese *imperial system* and ended with the triumph of the Communist Party under the leadership of *Mao Zedong*. | 3 | |
| 337444003 | Collectivization ㆍㆍㆍ Peasants Industrialized | Process of rural reform undertaken by the communist leadership of both the USSR and China in which private property rights were abolished and *peasants* were forced onto larger and more *industrialized* farms to work and share the proceeds as a community rather than as individuals. | 4 | |
| 337444004 | Command Economy ㆍㆍㆍ Five-Year Plan Great Leap Forward | When a government directs the economy/production of a country examples include the *Five-Year Plans* of the USSR and the *Great Leap Forward*. | 5 | |
| 337444005 | Cultural Revolution ㆍㆍㆍ Mao Zedong Command Economy | Initiated by *Mao Zedong* in 1965 to restore his dominance over the pragmatists; disgraced and even killed bureaucrats and intellectuals; called off in 1968. This led to the eventual destruction of the Chinese *Command Economy*. | 6 | |
| 337444006 | Deng Xiaoping ㆍㆍㆍ Command Economy Mao Zedong | Leader of China from 1976 to 1997 whose reforms beginning in 1979 essentially dismantled the communist elements of the Chinese *command economy* created by *Mao Zedong*, while retaining authoritarian controls over the political and social structures of China. | 7 | |
| 337444007 | Five-Year Plan ㆍㆍㆍ Stalin Industrialized | State planning of industrial production in the Soviet Union implemented by *Stalin* before WWII, it worked and the USSR *industrialized* but there were many deaths as a result of poor worker conditions. | 8 | |
| 337444008 | Glasnost ㆍㆍㆍ Lenin Stalin | Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of "openness," which allowed greater cultural and intellectual freedom and ended most censorship of the media; the result was a burst of awareness of the problems and corruption of *Lenin* and *Stalin's* Soviet system. | 9 | |
| 337444009 | Great Leap Forward ㆍㆍㆍ Mao Zedong Deng Xiaoping | Major Chinese initiative (1958-1960) led by *Mao Zedong* that was intended to promote small-scale industrialization and increase knowledge of technology; in reality, it caused a major crisis and exacerbated the impact of a devastating famine. Before *Deng Xiaoping* came into the picture, twenty million died? | 10 | |
| 337444010 | Great Purges ㆍㆍㆍ Stalin Lenin | Also called the Terror, the Great Purges of the late 1930s were a massive attempt to cleanse the Soviet Union of supposed "enemies of the people"; nearly a million people were executed between 1936 and 1941, and 4 million or 5 million more were sentenced to forced labor in the gulag. This system was supported by *Stalin* and *Lenin* | 11 | |
| 337444011 | Guomindang ㆍㆍㆍ Deng Xiaoping Mao Zedong | The Chinese Nationalist Party led by Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until its overthrow by the communists in 1949. They sought to destroy *Mao Zedong's* China, similar to the opinions of *Deng Xiaoping*. | 12 | |
| 337444012 | Lenin ㆍㆍㆍ Stalin Russian Revolution | Adopted name of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (1870-1924), the main leader of Russia's communist revolution and head of the Soviet state from 1917 until his death. *Stalin* took control after his death. Lenin is famous for leading the *Russian Revolution" | 13 | |
| 337444013 | Mao Zedong ㆍㆍㆍ Cultural Revolution Great Leap Forward | Chairman of China's Communist Party and de facto ruler of China from 1949 until his death in 1976. Initiated the *cultural revolution* and the *great leap forward* | 14 | |
| 337444014 | McCarthyism ㆍㆍㆍ Stalin Mao Zedong | Wave of anticommunist fear and persecution that took place in the United States in the 1950s. Against *Stalin* and *Mao Zedong*. | 15 | |
| 337444015 | National Security State ㆍㆍㆍ Cold War | Form of government that arose in the United States in response to the *cold war* and in which defense and intelligence agencies gained great power and power in general came to be focused in the executive branch. | 16 | |
| 337444016 | New Economic Policy ㆍㆍㆍ Lenin Stalin | *Lenin's* temporary measure that allowed some capitalism within a Communist framework; food production increased under this program; ended by *Stalin*. | 17 | |
| 337444017 | Perestroika ㆍㆍㆍ New Economic Policy Stalin | Bold economic program launched in 1987 by Mikhail Gorbachev with the intention of freeing up Soviet industry and businesses. After *Stalin's* time. | 18 | |
| 337444018 | Russian Revolution ㆍㆍㆍ Lenin Dynasty | Massive revolutionary upheaval in 1917 that overthrew the Romanov *dynasty* in Russia and ended with the seizure of power by communists under the leadership of *Lenin*. Created the USSR 1917-1991. | 19 | |
| 337444019 | Solidarity ㆍㆍㆍ New Economic Policy Stalin | Trade union movement in Poland that developed into a political pressure group that supported reforms from the Communist leadership. | 20 | |
| 337444020 | Stalin ㆍㆍㆍ Lenin Russian Revolution | Name assumed by Joseph Vissarionovich Jugashvili (1878-1953), leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death; "Stalin" means "made of steel." He took over the Union after *Lenin*, who was famous for leading the *Russian Revolution*. | 21 | |
| 337444021 | Zhenotdel ㆍㆍㆍ Stalin Lenin | Women's Department of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union from 1919 to 1930; Zhenotdel worked strongly to promote equality for women. Took place during *Lenin's* rule and was dismantled by *Stalin*. | 22 | |
| 337444022 | Hungarian Revolution ㆍㆍㆍ Stalin Lenin | Or Uprising of 1956, was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the government of the USSR and its' imposed policies. Against the policies of *Stalin* and *Lenin* | 23 |
