Revolutions 3/8/10 http://students.resa.net/milewski • OBJECTIVE: Demonstrate mastery of Chapters#20,21,&23. • I. Journal#31pt.A -Examine the picture on p. 717 -Answer the caption question on p.717 • II. Journal#31pt.B -notes on Russian Revolution • III. Homework due Friday 3/12/10 1.) Read Chapter#23 section#4 p.595-597 -Answer questions (1-6)* p.597 2.) Read Chapter#23 section#5 p.598-603 -Answer questions (1-7)* p.603 3.) Chapter#20,21,23 Review *Pick 4 questions of your choice NOTICE: Chapter#20,21,23 Test Friday 3/12/10
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• OBJECTIVE: Demonstrate mastery of Chapters#20,21,&23 & Examine the Rise of Stalin.
• I. Administrative Stuff-Attendance & Test Distribution
• II. Chapter#20,21,&23 Test• III. Journal#32 pt.A
-Examine the map on p.725-Answer questions (1-3) p.725
• IV.Journal#32 pt.B-notes on Stalin
• V. Homework due Wednesday 3/17/101.) Read Chapter#28 section#1 p.718-723-Answer questions (1-7)* p.7232.) Read Chapter#28 section#2 p.723-729-Answer questions (1-7)* p.729*Pick 4 questions of your choice
Stalin• Led the Soviet Union
from 1924-1953• Stalin was often
underestimated by his opponents, who wound up becoming his victims.
http://www.kurtuluscephesi.com/stalin/stalin.jpg
Collectivization & Industrialization• 1928 - collectivization of agriculture cost million
of lives• His industrialization program made his country
militarily strong but provided little material welfare for its citizens.
• The population suffered immensely during the Great Terror of the 1930s, during which Stalin and his henchmen purged the Party of 'enemies of the people' and sent millions to the Gulag system of slave labor camps.
WWII• The purges severely depleted the Red Army
officer corps, and despite many warnings, Stalin was ill prepared for Hitler's massive attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941.
• His political future hung in the balance, but he recovered to lead his country to victory.
• As usual with Stalin, the human cost was enormous, but that mattered little to him.
After WWII• The Soviet Union & the United States
became industrial giants.
• These two titans clashed over control of the world for the next forty years.
• This rivalry was know as the cold war. Each country prepared for a war with each other that never came.
Soviet Superpower• Under the leadership of
Nikita Khrushchev from 1958-1964 the Soviet Union invested heavily in space exploration.
• They had:
-the first satellite (1957)
-1st man in space (1961)
• This caused Russia to be ahead of the West for the first time in history.http://www.dictatorofthemonth.com/Kruschev/pictures_of_kruschev.htm
Economy under Soviet Control• The Soviets used a command economy.• The government controlled what was made and what
prices were.• They emphasized the production of heavy industry
(military equipment) and not light industry (consumer goods)
• Unemployment was low, but so were wages.• Consumer goods were hard to come by & expensive.• This scarcity of goods caused the black market to emerge
where goods were sold at prices higher than were dictated by the government.
Reforms• When Mikhail Gorbachev
came to power in 1985, the Soviet Union was once again behind the West in technology & the economy was in trouble.
• Perestroika – (restructuring) of the economy to allow less gov’t control.
• Glasnost – (openness) allowed people to criticize the gov’thttp://traveltorussia.biz/images/russia/history/gorbachev.jpg
1991• The Soviet Union breaks-
up. Former Soviet republics declare their independence.
• Russia becomes a republic and a capitalist economy.