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Test 4 | HIST - Western Civilization, Quizzes of Cultural History of Europe

Russian Revolution, Rise of Fascism, WWII Class: HIST - Western Civilization; Subject: History; University: Shelton State Community College; Term: Forever 1989;

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TERM 1
Marconi
DEFINITION 1
inventer the wireless telegraph booked for the Titanic but
suddenly back out for reasons unknown.
TERM 2
Spitirtualism
DEFINITION 2
1880s-1890s Possible reaction to Charles Darwin wondered
about loved ones who had passed away 'contacted the dead'
Queen Victoria was into this scam there were societies
dedicated to this another term for this: mediums
TERM 3
Jack the Ripper
DEFINITION 3
first serial killer; never found 6-8 candidates but were never
charged All victims were female prostitutes took place in
London
TERM 4
Erik Larson
DEFINITION 4
author or parallel stories wrote the book Thunderstruck tells
the storey about Howley Harvery Crippen and Marconi
TERM 5
Thunderstruck
DEFINITION 5
Crippen-meek and mild; wife Belle Elm ore-demanding Crippen's
secretary loved him very much one day Belle disappeared, excuse
to her friends: she went back to ame rica. Police start to
investigate, finally look in the baseme nt found human skin, no
bones, teeth, organs...just skin. Dress ed the secretary as a little
boy, Marconi's wireless telegraph help ed capture him on their way
to America...captain called it in. Crippe n-executed Secretary-
acquitted
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Marconi

inventer the wireless telegraph booked for the Titanic but suddenly back out for reasons unknown. TERM 2

Spitirtualism

DEFINITION 2 1880s-1890s Possible reaction to Charles Darwin wondered about loved ones who had passed away 'contacted the dead' Queen Victoria was into this scam there were societies dedicated to this another term for this: mediums TERM 3

Jack the Ripper

DEFINITION 3 first serial killer; never found 6-8 candidates but were never charged All victims were female prostitutes took place in London TERM 4

Erik Larson

DEFINITION 4 author or parallel stories wrote the book Thunderstruck tells the storey about Howley Harvery Crippen and Marconi TERM 5

Thunderstruck

DEFINITION 5 Crippen-meek and mild; wife Belle Elmore-demanding Crippen's secretary loved him very much one day Belle disappeared, excuse to her friends: she went back to america. Police start to investigate, finally look in the basement found human skin, no bones, teeth, organs...just skin. Dressed the secretary as a little boy, Marconi's wireless telegraph helped capture him on their way to America...captain called it in. Crippen-executed Secretary- acquitted

Russia under Czar Alexander

II

mid 1800s serfs had a horrible life in Rissia 1861-serfs freed from serfdom; conditions now worse than before intellectuals became radicals(extremists) TERM 7

Nihilism

DEFINITION 7 Extremists who set out to destroy Russian society, government, and the church (Russian Orthodox) means 'Nothingness' used terror and asassination to achieve their ends worldwide Cazr Alexander II killed by Nihilist bomb touched America...McKinley 1901 TERM 8

Alexander III

DEFINITION 8 Blammed his fathers death on being too weak Exterminate all radicals and who wanted to change the government secret police found everywhere...thousands arrested and deported to Sybyria Czar dies in 1914 TERM 9

Nicholaus

II

DEFINITION 9 succeeds father (alexander III) influenced by his german wife, Alexandria Alexei(son) free bleeder also influenced by a 'holy man' Rasputin TERM 10

Rasputin

DEFINITION 10 saved Alexei's life supposedly tall with peircing gray-blue eyes. long beard/hair thick bushy eyebrows murdered: filled with tons of poison, and several gunshot wounds, and blunt force trauma, but drowned in the river

Alexander Korensky

leader of the Provissional Government moderate socialist LOST SUPPORT BECAUSE: -couldn't keep order -Bolsheviks worked against him -Tried to keep WWI commitment with Foreign Affairs -Bolsheviks screamed "Peace, Land, Bread" TERM 17

Leon

Trotsky

DEFINITION 17 organizing Bolshevik Military force TERM 18

November 1917

DEFINITION 18 Bolsheviks overthrow Provisional Gov't by force Coup De Tat- carried out by night-shock troops placed in certain key locations. bolsheviks have a tiny number of supporters/people TERM 19

John Reed

DEFINITION 19 wrote 10 Days That Shook the World hollywood turns it into a movie- Reds reds=communists pinko= leaning b/n communist and anti-communist TERM 20

Declarations by Communists when claiming

their power

DEFINITION 20 -land belinged to the state -railroads, banks, churches all nationalized-gov't take over -church no longer has priviledges -no longer able to teach in schools -attempt to destroy organized religion -all nationalities to be equal - formed special police...Cheka

Communists Opponents

russian general who still supported the Czar aristocrats who lost their estates those who still wanted a democratic government religious leaders devout peasants-resented anti- church laws TERM 22

Russian Civil War

DEFINITION 22 1918-1921 red army vs. white army possible third army- green army 15,000,000 russians died after WWI americans fought with the white army trotsky(reds) great leader-just outdid the other side TERM 23

The last of The Romanovs/Anastasia

DEFINITION 23 all were executed per Lenin's order *Anastasia survives 1980s-DNA tests prove Anastasia didn't survive, actually found the Romanovs bones in the woods TERM 24

N.E.P. New Economic

Policy

DEFINITION 24 temporay compromise with capitalism Lenin realizes that he has to retreat from harsh communist train of though 1921- 30million faced starvation TERM 25

NEPmen

DEFINITION 25 The NEPmen were businessmen and women in the young Soviet Union who took advantage of the opportunities for private trade and small-scale manufacturing created by the New Economic Policy (NEP).

5 Year Plan

1928-stalin implicates this plan few points: 1)eliminate last reminants of capitalism 2) industrialize soviet union (ussr) 3)agriculture would come under gov't control and mechanized