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31 Cards in this Set
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Bolsheviks and Menchivecks
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Name the 2 Russian political parties
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Bolsheviks
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Which Russian political party is the more radical faction; supported violence
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Menchivecks
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Which Russian political party is the more moderate faction; sought to change through peaceful methods
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Vladimir Lenin
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Who led the Bolshevik party?
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St. Petersburg
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Where id Lenin's forces take over the government offices on November 7, 1917?
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Vladimir Lenin
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Who became the virtual dictator of Russia with little effort (he was the first dictator)?
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Vladimir Lenin
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Who became a strong opponent of religion and declared that atheism was a vital and inseparable part of the Marxist teaching?
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"Opium of the People"
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What did Lenin declare religion to be?
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Vladimir Lenin
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Who viewed religion and churches as tools to take advantage of the working class?
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Joseph Stalin
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Who became the second dictator of the Soviet Union?
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Joseph Stalin
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Who used the secret police and army to burn the homes of offending peasants?
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Weimar Republic
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What government group was formed in Germany at the end of WWI that most Germans did not support?
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Nazi Party aka the National Socialist German Workers Party
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A government group led by Adolf Hitler.
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Adolf Hitler
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Who suspended the republic and declared himself the dictator of Germany?
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Benito Mussolini
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Who formed the first facist party?
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Benito Mussolini
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Who promised order and stability and led thousands of followers in a march on Rome in October 1922?
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Lateran Treaties
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What were the agreements called that were signed by catholic representatives and ended Rome's opposition to the unification of Italy?
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U.S. President Woodrow Wilson
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Who led the formation of the League of Nations?
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League of Nations
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This was formed by Woodrow Wilson in hopes to achieve peace by preventing future wars. The US Senate refused to ratify the treaty that formed this League.
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1. Washington Naval Conference
2. Locarno Pact 3. Kellog-Briand Pact |
Name the three signed pacts in an effort to prevent future wars.
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Washington Naval Conference
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A pact that agreed to limit the number of war shops each could build.
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Locarno Pact
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A pact that German signed an agreement with France and Belgium recognizing her present borders with those two nations as permanent.
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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A pact where those who signed this pact agreed to settle their disputes by negotiation rather than force
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Sun Yat Sen
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Who was the leader who worked to bring reform to China; he struggled to bring unity to China through the Kuomintang or Nationalist Party.
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Chiang Kai-shek
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Who was the leader of the Kuomintang after the death of Sun Yat-Sen?
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Chinese Communist Party
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In 1927, a radical element of the Kuomintang split into what became as this group.
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Mao Zedong
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Under his influence, the Communists stirred up peasant revolts in order to undermine the conservative government of Chaing Kai-shek.
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Sun Yat-Sen (Kuomintang or Nationalist Party)
and Chiang Kai-Shek (Chinese Communitst Party) |
These two forces fought a civil war to gain control of China.
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military
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The __________ developed a strong influence in Japan during the Meiji Restoration.
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fascism
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Japan developed a form of _________ to manage the growing economy.
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economy and military
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A strong ________ and a strong ________ combined to form a military state with a growing appetite for foreign territories.
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