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