AP world history: mexico, russia, china Flashcards

294722486	Alexander Kerensky	1881-1970 liberal revolutionary leader during the early stages of the Russian revolution of 1917 sought development of parliamentary rule, religious freedom	0
294722488	Red Army	military organization led by Leon Trotsky, Bolshevik follow of Lenin made use of people of humble background	1
294722490	New Economic Policy	NEP initiated by Lenin in 1921 allowed for some private ownership food production recovered	2
294722492	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	federal system of socialist republics established in 1923 in various ethnic regions of Russia; firmly controlled by Communist party; diminished nationalities protest under Bolsheviks; dissolved in 1991	3
294722494	Supreme Soviet	parliament elected by universal suffrage-but there was no competition between parties controlled by Communist party served to ratify party decisions	4
294722497	Josef Stalin	successor to Lenin as head of USSR (1924) strongly nationalist view of communism represented anti-Western strain of Russian tradition crushed opposition to his rule established series of 5-year plans to replace NEP led USSR through WWII	5
294722499	5 year plans	agricultural and industrial goals to modernize the Soviet Union led by Stalin included collectivization	6
294722501	collectivization	creation of large, state-run farms rather than individual holdings allowed more efficient control over peasants, though often lowered food production fostered by Stalin forced agricultural holdings	7
294722503	comintern	international office of communism under USSR dominance established to encourage the formation of communist parties in Europe and elsewhere communist international	8
294722505	the March (February) Revolution	1917; abdication of tsar wartime misery led to food shortages, conditionso f early industrialization; incomplete rural reform; unresponsive political system; Rasputin--adviser of Tsarina Alexandra	9
294722507	March 15, 1917	the Soviet, a council of workers, took over the government and arrested the tsars ministers. forced the Tsar to abdicate, ending 300 years of Romanov rule	10
294722509	Alexander Kerensky	set up a provisional government after abdication of tsar led the 'mensheviks' reactionary leader who wanted to see genuine parliamentary rule, religious freedom and political and legal changes	11
294722511	April Theses	Vadimir Lenin's plan for Russia, the Germans escorted Lenin back to Russia to partake in the Revolution Lenin exiled by Kerensky in the summer of 1917	12
294722513	the November (October) Revolution	AKA Bolshevik (Communist) Revolution Lenin promised: peace - withdrawal from WWI land - redistribution of all land, no more redemption payments bread - enough food for all Lenin = father of revolution expelled liberal leadership and brought more radical power under the Bolsheviks	13
294722514	Treaty of Brest-Litovsk	a peace treaty signed by the Bolsheviks that gave up huge sections of western Russia to Germany. nullified by Germany's defeat in WWI	14
294722515	Council of People's Commissars	headed by Lenin and drawn from Soviets across the nation Lenin shut down Parliament and replaced it with a Bolshevik-dominated Congress of Soviets	15
294722516	when was the civil war	1918-1921 (right after WWI)	16
294722517	whites	tsarist generals, religious peasants, and minority nationalities made a common cause against the communist regime Lenin responded by redistributing land and nationalization of industry	17
294722518	Red Terror	elimination of all opposition including the execution of the Royal family in July 1918	18
294722519	1923	new constitution written that set up the USSR, established the Communist party	19
294722520	trotsky exiled in ____ assassinated in ____	1927, 1940	20