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A force which acts to stop the progress of something or make it slower

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resistance

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Having a good reason for something

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justified

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What are the 4 values of classical liberalism?

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  1. Personal Freedom
  2. Limited government
  3. Equality of rights
  4. Consent of the governed
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karl Marx believed what?

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that through revolution people could move closer to a state of society called communism.

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According to Karl Marx what is communism?

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Communism is a classless society in which all people share in the production of goods and no government is needed.

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founding values of communism

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collective ownership of the means of production

the elimination of private property and economic equality

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What is one way communism differs from democratic socialism?

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communism promotes revolutionary change rather than gradual change within a liberal democracy.

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What rights did russian ppl lack in the 1800s?

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basic rights that people in liberal democracies like France or The U.S had.

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Who had complete control over russia during the 1800s

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THE CZAR

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What happened in 1861 under Czar?

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He freed the serfs and began making liberal reforms

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what is reform?

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changes or improvements made to laws, policies or systems to fix problems.

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What is an example of a reform by Czar?

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Abolished capital punishment and created local governments with class representation.

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Why did the radical group kill Czar?

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Thought that his reforms were slow and wanted a faster change

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What was the goal of communism in the 20th century theory?

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To overthrow the wealthy and create a classles eqaul society.

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what did communist believe about private property?

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that it should be abolished

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what is the Socialist Democratic labour party? (SDLP)?

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a marxist political group formed in 1898 that was banned by the czar and forced into exile.

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What was the bloody sunday in 1905?

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protesters marched to Czar Nichola’s II palace for food and better conditions, soldiers killed many.

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what impact did Bloody sunday leave on Russia?

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sparked mass strikeds, creation of the St. Petersnurg Soviet, and lead to the October Manifesto granting civil rights.

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What did the october manifesto promise?

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civil rights, freedom of speech and religion and the creation of political parties.

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what did the 1905 revolution lead to in the long run?

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increased long support for socialism and helped set the stage for the 1917 Russian Revolution and the rise of communism

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what slogan did lenin and the Bolksheviks use to gain support?

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” peace, land, bread”

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who led the bolshevik revolution in oct 1917?

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Vladimir lenin and leon trotsky

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what is leninism?

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lenin’s ver of communism, based n karl marx ideas but with belief in a stromh communist government and use of revolution.

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what’s red terror?

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campaign led by lenin to eliminate political opponents through torture and execution

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2 groups fought in the russian civil war?
Bolshevik Red army & Anti- Bolshevik White Amry
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wchich countires supported the white army?
US. Canada, france, and britain
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positive changes under lenin's rule?
Land was given to ppl, factories were controlled by workers, gernder equality imporved.
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What were stalin's main goals as a leader of the soviet union?
to gain control, reject liberal values, and industrialize the USSR.
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what were stalin's opressive policies?
- the gulag prison camps - secret popo (NKVD) - purges - altering the soviet archives and prescribing a state view of the history of the country. - forced industriliazation - collectivization of all farms
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What's the Holodomor?
A famine in Ukraine 1932-33 caused by Stalin's collectivization- leading to millions of death
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who led the USSR in the 1980s and embraced liberal values?
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Gorbachev's two major reforms?
Glassnot (openess) and Perestroika ( economic restructing)
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what changes did Mikhail introduce?
Moves towards a market economy, private ownership, and some democratic reforms
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Political ideas of facism
- cult of the leader and elite rule - extreme nationalism - organized violence and war and military force - it is in the country's national interest to expand its territory.
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Economic ideas of Fascism:
- government- directed private enterprise economy to serve the needs and interest of the state. - anti-union/anti-wokrer's rights
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social ideas of fascism:
- ineqaulities between individual and groups of people - racial purity racial or national superiority - national strength more important than individual rights.
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first leader to use the term fascism?
Benito Mussolini (DICTATOR)
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where does the word fascism come from?
from the italian word fascio and latin word fasces, roman symbol of power.
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what political and economic systems did fascism reject?
liberal democracy and communsim
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what is a key belief of fascism about society?
that society should work together for a shared national purpose, like rebuilding the country.
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what do fascist believe about the nation's role in the world?
their nation should dominate other nation through power and discipline/
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how do fascist view ethinic and cultural groups/
focus on group distinctions and oftern promote the superiority of one group over others.
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what do fascist think is needed to achieve national domination?
discipline, obedience, and all powerful state.
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What is social Darwinism?
belief that some groups or individauls succeed over others because they are stronger or fitter
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how was Darwinsim used in the 1800s?
to support beliefs like laisses-faire capitalism and political conservatism.
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what did social darwinists say about social reform?
believed reform interfered with the natural order and justifies class divisions as "natural"
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what is eugenics?
belief in improving the human race throguh selective breeding or even genocide.
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what traits did eugenicist want to promote or discourage?
Promote traits like intelligence and athleticsim: discourage traits like illness or disability.
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how did fascist use social Darwinism and eugenics?
to justify discrimination, violence, and creating a strong, dominant nation state.
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what idea from social Darwinism motivated fascist policy?
"survival of the fittest" - the belief that nations must gith to survive.
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When was Germanu unified into one country?
in 1871 by Otto von Bismarck
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what government did germany have after world war I?
the weimar republic
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what was the treaty of versailles?
a peace treaty that ended world war 1, imposing harsh terms on Germany
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what did the treay of versailles have germany do?
accept reponsibility for the war, give up territory and pay reparations.
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how many clauses of the treaty of versailles targeted germany?
414 of 440 claues were aimed at punishing germany
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what economic problem did germany face after the treaty of versailles?
Germany was broke, couldnt pay reparations and stopped paying in 1923/.
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what caused the german mark to lose its value in the early 1920s?
the german government irresponsibly printed massive amounts of money
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what was the result of hyperinflation in Germany during the 1920s?
Prices drastically increased while the value of the makr plummeted/
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Primary economic problems in Germany during the WEimar Republic?
hyperinflation, massive unemployment, and alarge drop in living standards.
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how did the great depression affect germany?
it caused a worldwide recesssion and germany, which depended on american loans was hit hard.
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hoe did fear of commisnisn influence Germany's politics?
Many business owners and landowenrs feared a communist revolution
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what did many germans begin to question in the 1930s
whether liberal values and practices could solve thier economic and political problems
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what was hitler's fascism called?1
nazism
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what did hitler believe about race?
he believed in the superiority of the Aryan race and considered other races inferior
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spacegoats in Nazi Germany?
Jewish ppl, communist, and the Weimar government
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what gorups did hitler and the Nazis executed?
jewish, roma, people qtih disabilities, homosexuals, communist, feminist groups. and democratic socialist.
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whats the Nuremberg Laws of 1935?
Laws that defined who was considered Jewish and aimed to "Pure Aryan" Germans.
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What's Kristallnacht?
violent riot on nov 9-10 1938, nazos attacked jewish businesses, homes and synagogues.
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How did Nazism reject liberal values?
By creating a dictatoship that limited freedoms, where the state was prioritized over individual rights.

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