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A local dictator in Mexico during the Revolution. He used violence against anyone who spoke out against him
These are the reasons that the United States entered World War 1
policy of abolishing private farms and replacing them with state collective farms
Feb 1917: Bread riots in St. Petersburg led to the _________
A term referring to the two governments that Russia had following the February Revolution—the provisional government and the Petrograd Soviet.
What were three reasons the Russians were at a disadvantage from the beginning of the war? (RR)
________________ was driven by the pursuit of "humane socialism," the romantic dream to make socialism live up to its promises and reinvigorate the party
Stalin's launch of a wave of radical economic policies which completely overhauled industrial and agricultural face of the ussr; make up 150 years of industrial production in 10 years
1921-1928: Relaxed state control over the economy, legalization of the Black Market, legalization of private trade
-Bipartisan resolve of containment-WWII victory over Fascist and post-war capitalist economy-Consumer revolution, decolonization, massive social welfare investments-Socialism=NOT a better standard of living than capitalismAll are reasons for...
The changes made by Alexander II around the 1860s that included abolishing serfdom and creating zemstovs.
a system of governance in which the ruler treats the state as personal property (state has power over all property)
Socialism consistent with the ideals in its original ideology
(end of 1930s) A campaign of terror directed at eliminating anyone who threatened Stalin's power
-Vast land space-Expeditures on army/navy-Short growth period-Limited ocean access
(Why Nationalism became a problem): -Soviet U made nationalism stronger; divided Union into republics based on nationalist identity-Gave each republic some autonomy -Party secretary had to be that nationality
An agreement between the central government and the republics of the former USSR that would give the republics more autonomy.
-Passed laws to give more autonomy to managers to respond to consumers, more market freedoms-Printed Rubles to make up for budget deficit
Fear of ethnic/neighboring republic gaining independence, Russian's tried to assimilate local elites into their circles "Russify" as many populations as possible
treaty signed in 1945 that formed an alliance of the Eastern European countries behind the Iron Curtain; USSR, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania