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15 Cards in this Set
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Marxism
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Theory that workers will have a revolution and take over a country.
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Collectivization
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Stalin's policy for controlling agriculture (all food belonged to all)
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Socialism
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Cooperation drives the economy and the state owns most/all means of production.
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Trotsky
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Lenin's second in command and unsuccessfully tried to fight Stalin.
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Capitalism
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System that encourages compitition and allows private ownership.
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Communism
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Political system where one party holds power and makes decisions that are based on establishing equality in society.
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Purges
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Stalin used to kill most off the officers in the military and political threats.
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Proletariat
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Marx called on these people to overthrow the oppressive Burgeoise (secret police)
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Stalin
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Successor of Lenin.
Created famine. Killed 20 mil. Violent Communist |
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Siberia
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Place where many prison camps were located
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Command Economy
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State is complete of the economy
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Gulag
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Labor camps - people who opposed Stalin.
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Socialist Realism
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Propaganda that glorified Stalin.
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Kulak
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A person persecuted under Stalinism for owning land privately.
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Democracy
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Political system in which power is divested in the people.
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