1. Communism or Capitalism –page 120
Your public high school
A child’s lemonade stand
A government that provides health care for all citizens
The local fire department
You sell a candy bar for 25 cents more than what you bought it for
Yosemite National Park

2. Warm Up-107
List 5 things you already know about Russia

3. Compare and contrast the rich and poor in Russia
Compare and contrast the rich and poor in Russia. Why might poor people favor communism over capitalism?

4. What’s Wrong With Russia?

5. Still Ruled by an Absolute ruler ( CZAR)
Social inequalities
Ruthless treatment
peasants began to revolt

6. Alexander III 1881- “Absolute Control” Censorship
Secret police in schools
Political prisoners kicked out
Only speak Russian
Only Eastern Orthodox
Pogroms

7. Nicholas II-1894 Resistant to change Doubled the factories
Trans-Siberian Railway (1904)
Seen as incompetent

8. Revolution Nears Factories= awful working conditions
Gap between rich and poor growing
Lower classes followed ideas of Karl Marx
“ Workers would rule”

9. 2 Marxist (communist ) groups form 1903
1. Mensheviks- want revolution
2. Bolsheviks- smaller revolutions and radical change
Lenin- had to flea to avoid trouble

10. Review List 2 things going wrong in Russia.
Why was Communism growing in popularity in Russia?
What were the names of the 2 newly forming communist groups in Russia?
Who lead the Bolsheviks?

11. Why Russia was Falling Apart 1904-1917

12. Russo-Jap War
Russia lost

14. Bloody Sunday-1905 500-1000 unarmed people were killed by the govt.
Nicholas was forced to give up some power (DUMA)

15. WWI Millions dead Ignored orders Soldier did not have proper materials
Little food and fuel at home

16. Review Who won the war between Japan and Russia?
What happened on Bloody Sunday?
How did WWI make things worse in Russia?

17. People have had enough…. Bring on the Revolutions

18. The March Revolution 1917 Czar steps down Lenin returns
200,000 took the streets
“Down with the autocracy”
“Down with the War”
Czar steps down
Soviets and provisional govt. rule
Lenin returns

19. The Bolshevik Revolution Fall 1917
“ All power to the Soviets”
“Peace, Land and Bread”
Red Guards storm the Winter palace and take over
A couple hours

20. Bolsheviks in Power All farmland given to peasants
Factories given to workers
Signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russia lost a lot of land
Treaty created widespread anger among Russians

21. Civil War in Russia A civil war broke out of who should rule Russia
Mensheviks (white Army) or Bolsheviks (red Army)
15 million died
It lasted 3 years
Famine was widespread
Bolsheviks won
Lenin comes back to Russia to rule

22. Review What was the purpose of the March Revolution of 1917?
Which leader came to power during the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917?
Why did the singing of The Treaty of Brest Litovsk make people angry?
Who fought during the Civil War? Who won?
How many people died during the Civil War?

23. Lenin Restores Order New economic Policy (NEP) Profit for individuals
Govt. keep control of major businesses, factories, banks…
Foreign Investment
1920 USSR- Moscow is capital
Bolshevik party =Communist party
USSR slowly recovered
Lenin died 1924

24. Review
Which leader created the NEP?
Why was the NEP good for Russia?

26. Page
Write a eulogy for Lenin. Assume he has just died and talk about his life. Be sure to include
Improvements he made to Russia
Bolsheviks
USSR
Civil War
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russia in WWI
NEP- what was it ,why was it important
Should be 1 full page

27. Warm Up- 134 1. List 4 reasons for the 1917 Revolutions
2. Who won the Japo- Russian War?
3. Why was Nicholas seen as Incompetent?
4. Why did Russia need to pull out of WWI?
5.Why were the peasants angry?
6. Who were the Bolsheviks? Who lead them?
7. Who was the Russian Civil War between? Who Won?
8. Why was Lenin’s NEP important?
9. Who was Lenin’s successor?
10. What new economic policy did Russia adopt?

28. Think of a lie you have heard from the US government and finish the following statements
1. The US government wanted the American people to think………….
The government wanted the people to think this because…………..
2. In reality we found out…….
We found out by…………….

29. Joseph Stalin

30. Stalin Becomes Dictator
Lenin believed Stalin was a dangerous man
Stalin kicked Trotsky out and took control
Wanted absolute power

31. Stalin takes total control ( totalitarian)
Stalin become a totalitarian
He wanted control of:
Business
Youth groups
Housing
Religion
Education
art
Family life
Government
military

32. Review
What is a “Totalitarian”?
List 3 things Stalin controlled.

33. Stalin controls the Economy
Command economy- govt. makes all decisions
5 year plans
Increased steel, coal and oil production
Decreased housing, food and clothing production
It worked. Production increased, but it caused many side effects
He assigned jobs, hours, pay….. Secret police killed people who did not help the Soviet Union by working

34. Stalin control Agriculture (Ag)
1928 govt. seized control of private farms
Collective Farms-govt. owned farms
Peasants revolted-
Killed livestock
5-10 million killed
Kulaks, wealthy peasants, were wiped out or sent to work camps

35. Review 1. What is the purpose of Stalin's 5 Year Plan?
2. Did his 5 year plans increase production of industrial products?
3. What were the negatives associated with Stalin’s 5 Year Plans?
4. What are Collective Farms?
5. Were Collective Farms successful? Why or why not?

36. Weapons of Stalin 8-13 million killed
Secret police used tanks and armored cars to stop riots
Monitored phone lines, read mail, planted informants
Executed millions of “traitors”
The Great Purge –1939 thousand were tried for “crimes against the Soviet state”
8-13 million killed

37. Weapons of Stalin Indoctrination- molding minds Youth groups
Propaganda
Censorship
Religious persecution
No religion
Religious relics and leaders were destroyed
                                             

38. Daily life Under Stalin
Women had more power
By 1950 women made up 75% of doctors
Motherhood- future generations of communists
Education
Govt. controlled all education
                                             

39. Review
1. How did Stalin maintain control over the people?