Cold War Unit 1 Comprehensive Review Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering all questions and concepts from Cold War Unit 1 Comprehensive Short Answer Review Test.

Joseph Stalin

The Soviet leader who took control of the Soviet regime in 1929 following the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924.

Kulak

Peasants who were targeted by the Soviet government during the campaign of Dekulakization.

Red October Revolution

The revolution in 1917 through which the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia.

Cold War Ideological Divide

The fundamental difference in political and economic ideology that created division and distrust between the US and the USSR.

Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II

The event on March 15, 1917, that brought an end to the 300-year reign of the Romanov Dynasty.

Law of Spikelets

A Soviet law passed in August 1932 that mandated the penalty of execution for stealing collective farm property.

Agricultural Collectivization

The main objective of Soviet agricultural policy during the First Five-Year Plan, which eliminated private farms in favor of state-controlled collective farming.

Free Market Democratic Values

A political and economic system in which freedom and capitalism are prioritized as the most important values.

Internal Passport System

The control method used by the Soviet government to prevent starving peasants from leaving famine-stricken rural areas in search of food.

Command Economy Priority

An economic system under communism that places primary priority on social equality.

Imperial Army Mutiny (March 1917)

The mutiny of imperial soldiers who refused Tsar Nicholas II's orders to shoot into crowds of protesters.

Soviet Famine of 1932–1933

The catastrophic outcome resulting from forced collectivization and the campaign of Dekulakization.

Lenin's Stance on the Tsar

Vladimir Lenin's refusal to offer mercy or a pardon to Tsar Nicholas II.

Interruption of the Third Five-Year Plan

The interruption and pivot of the 1938–1941 Soviet economic plan toward military armaments due to World War II and invasion.

Kolkhoz

State-run collective farms in the Soviet Union created by seizing private peasant land.

First Five-Year Plan

The Soviet economic policy from 1928–1932 that focused primarily on rapid industrialization.

St. Petersburg Strikes of March 1917

Strikes started by working women in St. Petersburg that were triggered by severe bread shortages.

Forced Labor

The method utilized by the Communist government to rapidly build massive public infrastructure projects like railways and factories.

Cheka

The Soviet secret police organization established in September 1918.

Modern Economic and Political Model of China

A modern political and economic system described as authoritarian capitalist.

Post-WWII Eastern European Buffer Zone

Satellite communist governments established in Eastern Europe by Stalin post-World War II primarily for Soviet national security.

Second Front Request

Premier Joseph Stalin's demand to Western Allies between 1941 and 1943 to open a Western European front to relieve German pressure on the Soviet Union.

Central Planning

The method by which Communist Command Economies organize resource allocation to address citizens' basic needs.

Equal Pay (Communist System)

A standard feature of a pure Communist system that reduces worker motivation to invent or put in extra effort.

Soviets

Worker and soldier councils formed during the Russian Revolution.

Romanov Dynasty

The ruling royal house that governed Imperial Russia for over 300 years until 1917.

Operation Barbarossa

The June 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union launched by Nazi Germany.

Disadvantage of Free Market Systems

The tendency of pure Democratic Free Market systems to generate wealth inequality.

Gosplan

The Soviet state planning organization responsible for setting and enforcing strict production quotas in heavy industry.

Duma

The elected parliament in Imperial and Revolutionary Russia.

Soviet Grain Exportation (1932–1933)

The action by the Soviet government of continuing to export grain abroad despite widespread rural starvation.

Market Competition

A key advantage of a Free Market system that encourages technological innovation and efficiency.

Mixed Economy

An economic structure adopted by most nations to achieve a balance between Free Market efficiency and Command Economy regulation.

Allied Second Front Delay

The delay by Western Allies in establishing a second European front, which Joseph Stalin viewed as a betrayal.