Unit 1 Flash Cards
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Tsar
Absolute Monarch or ruler of Russia
Proletariat
The lowest class in a society, referring mostly to industrial workers
Bourgeoisie
The middle class
Bolsheviek
Communist majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Workers Party
Karl Marx
Writer of the Communist Manifesto and Ideological leader of the party
What happened on Bloody Sunday
Thousands of discontented urban workers & poor peasants came to peacefully protest to petition the czar for better working conditions & suffrage. The czar’s guards ended up firing into the crowd, which sparked widespread strikes and uprisings. In this the Duma (Russian Congress) was allowed more power temporarily until he crushed the rest of the people revolting and then dissolved the Duma within weeks.
Who was Rasputin and what was his role in the monarchy?
He was a mystical and self proclaimed “holy man” who did very inappropriate and bad things and had inappropriate and bad behavior. His role in the monarchy was that he very much influenced them as they came for him for advice and overall served to hurt the reputation of the monarchy.
Who was Vladimir Lenin and what was his role in the Revolution?
He was the leading Marxist revolutionary committed to class struggle and revolution and his role was the leader of the Bolshevik rebels.
Why was it called the Soviet Union
Because it was a union of works councils who ran one country.
What was the result of the Russian Revolution?
It made Russia Communist.
What was Executive Order 9066?
It was the forced relocation of Japanese Americans on the west coast to internment camps.
Why does the U.S. enact a draft
To ramp up our military in terms of personnel and to spread militarism through the country.
How did businesses change their output during wartime production?
They went from making their standard products to making wartime products.
What are War Bonds?
They were loans where the people give the government money and the government gives them back the money with interest after the war.
What was the purpose of Victory Gardens?
The purpose was to get people to grow their own food so more could go to the military.
Choose two Cold War Technologies from our station’s assignment and tell me what their use was for and what their impact on the war was…
The Atomic Bomb use was to evaporate cities and create mass destruction and was used as a sign of strength. Its impact was that it ended the war and the Pacific and showed the U.S. was powerful. Higgins’s boat was used for naval invasions and its effect was that it liberated islands in the Pacific and made both D.Day’s possible making the war end much sooner if not at all.
Who was Alan Turing?
He was the head of the team of scientists, mathematics, and cryptography that were tasked with breaking the Enigma Code.
What made the Enigma Code so difficult to break?
It was difficult because it changed the letter numerous times and created an intricate cipher that could only be broken with another Enigma Machine using the same settings
What was the GI Bill?
It was a bill that provided education, unemployment compensation, low cost home and low cost business loans for soldiers coming home from war. It also spurred the growth of the economy in the 1950s.
What invention was able to allow Americans to move to the Southwest?
Air Conditioning
What was a driving force behind the economic boom of the 1950’s?
Increased consumer demand from Americans buying more goods and services and legislature that leaded to more consumer spending which increased the value of the American economy.
Who won the Presidency in 1952?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What was Truman’s Fair Deal?
It was social reform that increased minimum wage, rights for African Americans, and national health insurance through the housing act of 1949 and many other acts.
What was the 22nd Amendment?
It was an amendment that limited presidents to 2 terms or 10 years maximum with Truman as the only exception.
