Transcript File - Ms. McGuire World History II Grade 9

Do Now
Objective: Identify
the main ideas of
Stalin’s policies and
the rise of Soviet
Russia
Language Objective:
Take notes using
graphic organizers
Do Now:
Who was in charge of
Russia after the fall of
tsar? What sort of
government did this
person implement
(put into place)?
Bolsheviks in Power
1917: Lenin orders
all farmland to be
distributed among
the peasants and
gave control of the
factories to the
workers
Lenin’s Economic Reforms
Russian Economy in bad
shape
NEP- New Economic Policy
Lenin introduced a little bit of
capitalism
The government still kept
control of major industries
and banks
Lenin’s Political Reforms
Lenin creates the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR)
Control of countries
around Russia
Bolsheviks renamed their
party the Communist Party
Created a new constitution
Review Question:
How did Lenin
change Russia
economically?
How did Lenin
change Russia
politically?
STOP!
What was the Main Idea of
What We Just Learned?
Write it in the LEFT column
v.
Trotsky (right) wanted to overthrow capitalism across
the world
Stalin (left) wanted to work on Communism in Russia
first
Stalin put his supporters into top jobs and isolated
Trotsky in his own party
Stalin v. Trotsky cont…
Trotsky was kicked out of
Russia
Stalin sent an assassin to
kill him later
Stalin becomes Dictator
After forcing
Trotsky out Stalin
focused on
modernizing
Russia’s economy
Review Question:
Who did Stalin kick out of power?
STOP!
What was the Main Idea of
What We Just Learned?
Write it in the LEFT column
Modernizing Russia’s Economy
Stalin wanted the
government to control the
whole economy
command economy:
a system where the
government makes all
economic decisions
NO private business
Five Year Plans
Three Five-Year Plans (1928-1939)
PURPOSE: RAPIDLY Industrialize Russia
More industrial production: build
factories, improve railroads, bring in
electricity
Five Year Plans
The five-year
plans set
unrealistic quotas
to increase the
creation of steel,
coal, oil, and
electricity
USSR’s Industrial Revolution
Because the government was so focused
on producing things like steel and
electricity they were not making things
like clothes and food
Not enough housing, food, clothing and
other goods
The gov’t controlled every aspect of the
worker’s life
From 1928-1937, industrial production
increased by 25%
Review Question:
What was the purpose of Stalin’s
Five Year Plans?
What problems did this cause?
STOP!
What was the Main Idea of
What We Just Learned?
Write it in the LEFT column
Agricultural Revolution
1925- Gov’t takes over
private farms
Peasants resisted the
gov’t and Stalin used
terror and violence to
force the peasants to
work
What was Collectivisation?
Collectivisation
Stalin took all farmland and set up huge state-run farms called
collectives (
Peasants kept enough for themselves and sold the rest to the
government
Could not own land or sell food privately
Had fixed hours and wages
Government provided homes, food, fuel, and clothing for the
peasants
Review Question:
How did Stalin
change
agriculture?
STOP!
What was the Main Idea of
What We Just Learned?
Write it in the LEFT column
Weapons of Totalitarianism
1) Terror
Monitored telephone
lines, read mail,
planted informers
People who disagreed
with Stalin or the
Communist Party
“disappeared”
Lavrent Beria
(right): head of
secret police
Weapons of Totalitarianism
In 1934, Stalin launched the Great Purge, a campaign
of terror that was directed at eliminating anyone who
threatened his power
Sent people to “gulags”- forced labor camps in Siberia.
Weapons of Totalitarianism
2) Propaganda & Cult of
Personality
Propaganda to promote
Communism
The ideal of Stalin as a perfect
ruler. The ideal man
Supported youth groups to
brainwash young people
Weapons of Totalitarianism
Soviet newspapers and
radio only broadcast the
glories and successes of
Communism
Soviet Realism was an
artistic styles that praised
Soviet way of life
Weapons of Totalitarianism
3) Censorship
Stalin would not tolerate
individual creativity that
threatened conformity
Gov’t controlled all
newspapers, movies,
radio and other sources
of information
Weapons of Totalitarianism
4) Religious Persecution
Communists aimed to replace
religious teachings with the
ideals of Communism
Secular culture
Persecuted churches,
synagogues and mosques
Education
5. Education:
The government
controlled all education
School children learned
the virtues of the
Communist Party
Review Question:
Name 5 ways that
Stalin controlled
people in the
USSR.
STOP!
What was the Main Idea of
What We Just Learned?
Write it in the LEFT column
Closure:
Complete the
“Summary” section of
your Cornell Notes