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15 Cards in this Set
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Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks? |
Lenin |
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What communist group was led by Lenin and started a revolution in Russia and took control in 1917? |
Bolsheviks |
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What happened on Bloody Sunday? |
Russian workers were killed by soldiers for peacefully protesting |
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Who was the Siberian peasant who claimed to heal the czar’s son and was invited to live with the royal family and be an advisor to the czar? |
Rasputin |
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Government that takes total control over every part of society (public and private)- |
totalitarianism |
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What are the four main ways a totalitarian ruler keeps their power? |
Police terror, indoctrination, propaganda and censorship, persecution |
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Who was the totalitarian leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin? |
Joseph Stalin |
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What scientist developed the theory of relativity? |
Albert Einstein |
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What type of painting tried to put real life items in a dream like setting (Salvador Dali’s clocks)? |
Surrealism |
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Where were most of the movies produced in the U.S. during the 1920s? |
Hollywood |
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What did the majority of people have in their homes for news and entertainment in the 1920s? |
Radio |
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What type of movies did they have before 1927? |
Silent (no sound) |
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What type of passenger transportation became popular in the 1920s? |
Airplane |
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What are three labor-saving devices used by housewives in the 1920s? |
Refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, electric irons |
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Who was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic? |
Charles Lindbergh |
