Stalin Notes and Quiz 2 Study guide

Student Learning Objective- Students will be able to explain the causes and effects of Stalin's regime in the USSR.

World Regions and Cultures 11- Stalin Notes (733-737)

1. Go to page 437 of “Our World”.  How is the Communist party supposed to work?

Members of the Soviet Communist party are supposed to ________________ the Communist Party Congress, and they elect Central Committee, and they elect Politburo, and they elect the General Secretary

2. What really ended up happening?

The General Secretary _______________to the subordinate groups and there were NO elections

3. How does this explain How Stalin got in power and Stalin in general?

When Vladimir Lenin died, Joseph Stalin, the general Secretary of the ________________ party started ________________ and did not let ________________ happen

4. Explain the appearance of the Allies on page 441.

GB's Winston Churchill, USA's FDR and USSR's Joseph Stalin...Stalin looks confident.  Churchill did not get re-elected and FDR died so Stalin took advantage of that and did not hold true to his promises.

5. What did WWII conference say about Eastern Europe? (Bullets at the top of 442)

• Germany would be disarmed
• Germany and ________________ were divided
• USSR received some of Poland
• Poland received some of Germany territory
• ________________ were supposed to happen in Eastern Europe

6. What are the reasons why the USSR distrusted and feared the US? (444)

• The US was the only country to possess ________________ bombs/nuclear weapons and actually use them too
• Capitalism and Communism were supposed to clash (________________ )
• Anti-________________ policies of the US were hostile
• US combined ________________ zones with FR and GB
• The US never fought NAZIs in Russia in ________________

7. What are the reasons why the US distrusted and feared the USSR? (444)

• USSR did not allow elections promised
• Communism growing in ________________  Europe (Greece, FR and Italy)
• Communism in ________________ - China, NK and Vietnam, etc
• Capitalism vs. Communism being acted out

8. What are the areas of conflict from page 444 and 445 of Our World?

________________ Race, ________________ Race, Espionage (________________ and CIA), Propaganda, Alliances (NATO vs. Warsaw Pact), Proxy Wars

9. What are the most heroic stories you have ever heard?

10. What are the most horrific stories you have ever heard?

11. What are the bloodiest battles of all time?

12. What are the bloodiest wars of all time (top 3)?

13. What country lost the most people to death and injuries in those wars?

14. Joseph Stalin’s name at birth was Iosif Vissarionovich Dzugashvili but the one he chose meant “man of ________________ ”
15. Stalin abandoned Lenin’s NEP even though it was working!  He was in a rush to catch up to countries that were “50 years ahead” or “they will crush us”.  He instituted __ year plans setting goals for hydroelectric power, steel mills, coal and oil production, chemical and machine factories, etc.  He prioritized heavy industries over consumer goods.
16. You could not go to the store, you waited in ________________ and got what everybody else received.  At one point in the Soviet Union, there was a 3 hour wait for 1 roll of toilet paper.
17. Stalin organized all farming together in ________________ Farms which was a mistake and led to massive starvation.  It was too big a country to do this with.
18. Some ________________ or wealthy farmers in the South of Russia, resisted Collectivization.  Stalin had 3,000,000 eliminated.  This was called the Anti-Kulak campaign
19. This was one of his  many ________________
20. Russia lost over 10,000,000 in ________________ which was the most deaths any country sustained
21. USSR lost over 20,000,000 men in ________________ and that was second only to China
22. Non-Aggression pact of 1939 or ________________ -Stalin Pact was infamous
23. Why did Hitler make the pact?
24. Why did Stalin make the pact?
25. The US was upset but would not have won WWII without the Soviet victories

Key Soviet WWII victories

Leningrad

Moscow

Stalingrad

Film clips:

• 1917- Bolshevik Revolution
• 1924- Death of Lenin
• 1953- Death of Joseph Stalin

Revisit- Student Learning Objective- Students will be able to explain the causes and effects of Stalin's regime in the USSR.

Activity- Students discuss to show learning.

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