1 / 10

communism

communism. “a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed” ( Merriamwebster.com ). Revolution: Basic definition. “the usually violent attempt by many people to end the rule of one government and start a new one” ( Merriamwebster.com ). Vocabulary: tsar.

tabetham
Download Presentation

communism

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. communism • “a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed” • (Merriamwebster.com)

  2. Revolution: Basic definition • “the usually violent attempt by many people to end the rule of one government and start a new one” • (Merriamwebster.com)

  3. Vocabulary: tsar • “An emperor or king.” • (Dictionary.com)

  4. Vocabulary: divine right • “the right that is supposedly given to a king or queen by God to rule a country” • (Merriamwebster.com)

  5. Vladimir lenin • “Lenin was the founder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, and the architect, builder, and first head of the Soviet Union.” • (History.com)

  6. Leon trotsky • “Communist Leon Trotsky helped ignite the Russian Revolution of 1917, and built the Red Army afterward. He was exiled and later assassinated by Soviet agents.” • (Biography.com)

  7. JOSEPH stalin • “Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. Under Stalin, the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower. However, he ruled by terror, and millions of his own citizens died during his brutal reign.” • (History.com)

  8. Tsar nicholas ii • “Nicholas II was the last tsar of Russia under Romanov rule. His poor handling of Bloody Sunday and Russia’s role in World War I led to his abdication and execution.” • (Biography.com)

  9. Russian revolution • “The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most explosive political events of the twentieth century. The violent revolution marked the end of the Romanov dynasty and centuries of Russian Imperial rule. During the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, seized power and destroyed the tradition of csarist rule. The Bolsheviks would later become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.” • (History.com)

  10. Armenian genocide • “In 1915, leaders of the Turkish government set in motion a plan to expel and massacre Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire. Though reports vary, most sources agree that there were about 2 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire at the time of the massacre. By the early 1920s, when the massacres and deportations finally ended, some 1.5 million of Turkey’s Armenians were dead, with many more forcibly removed from the country.” • (History.com)

More Related