3. Causes of the Revolution
Learning Objectives
1. Understand the history of autocratic
rule in Russia between 1825 & 1917.
2. Make a chart that identifies the many
failures of Czarist rule in Russia.
3. Create a visual that shows how the
revolution was like a firecracker with a
very long fuse.

4. Kickoff Question: Causes of the Revolution

5. Main Idea: Causes of the Revolution

6. History of Autocracy: Czar Has Total Power
Bloody Sunday = Soldiers Fire on Workers
Police Watch Schools, Prisoners Sent to Siberia
Industrialization Makes Workers Unhappy
Czar Censors Materials, Documents, Letters
Karl Marx: Proletariat Overthrow/Rule Country
Russo-Japanese War = Losses and Revolt
World War I = The Final Blow
Don’t Question Czar, Worship, Speak ‘Wrong’
Russian Revolution: The Firecracker With a Very Long Fuse – 1825 - 1917
Causes of the Revolution

8. Can’t Question Authority Jews Became Target of
Pogroms ‘Organized Violence’
Only Speak Russian Raised Taxes to Industrialize
Only Russian Orthodox
Church
Bad Working Conditions, Low
Wages, Child Labor
Imposed Strict Censorships Workers Not Allowed to
Unionize
Secret Police Watch Public Losses of Land / Life During
Russo – Japanese War
Spies in Schools &
Universities
Bloody Sunday Kills
Protesting Workers in 1905
Political Prisoners Sent to
Siberia
Unprepared and Embarrassed
in World War I

9. Connecting the Notes: Causes of the Revolution

10. Exit Slip Question: Causes of the Revolution

12. Lenin & the Bolshevik Revolution
Learning Objectives
1. Identify the differences between the
Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks.
2. Create a chart outlining the evolution
of communist thought throughout the
revolution.
3. Design the front page of a newspaper
covering the course and scope the
Russian Revolution.

13. Kickoff Question: Lenin & the Bolshevik Revolution

14. Main Idea: Lenin & the Bolshevik Revolution

15. Marxists Split Into Two Groups
Reds Win, Lenin Afraid of Nationalism= USSR
March Rev: No ‘Bread & Fuel’ Czar Steps Down
Germany Brings Back Lenin to Stir Unrest
Bolsheviks: Small # of Committed Radicals
Lenin Bolshevik ‘Reds’ = ‘Peace, Land, Bread’
Red vs. White Civ. War for Power: 14 Mil Dead
Bolshevik Change to Communist-Stalin Leader
Mensheviks: Moderate, Broad Support for Rev.
A ‘Dictatorship of the Communist Party’, Not a ‘Dictatorship of the Proletariat’
Lenin & the Bolshevik Revolution

16. Marx Lenin

17. Marx Lenin
History was the story of class
struggle.
History was the story of class
struggle.
The struggle Marx saw was
between capitalists and the
proletariat (the workers).
The struggle Lenin saw was
capitalists against the
proletariat & the peasants.
The proletariat’s numbers would
become so great & their
condition so poor that a
spontaneous revolution would
occur.
The proletariat and the peasants
were not capable of leading a
revolution and needed the
guidance of professional
revolutionaries.
The revolution would end with a
“dictatorship of the proletariat”-
the communal ownership of
wealth.
After the revolution, the state
needed to be run by a single
party with disciplined, centrally
directed administrators in order
to ensure its goals.

18. Connecting the Notes: Lenin & the Bolshevik Revolution

19. Exit Slip Question: Lenin & the Bolshevik Revolution

21. Stalin and Totalitarianism in Russia
Learning Objectives
1. Describe how Stalin transformed the Soviet
Union after Lenin’s death.
2. Build a chart that shows all the ways Stalin
controlled the Soviet Union.
3. Sketch a small illustration representing
each of the seven traits of totalitarianism.

22. Kickoff Question: Stalin and Totalitarianism in Russia

23. Main Idea: Stalin and Totalitarianism in Russia

24. Totalitarianism: Every Aspect Public/Private
Agricultural Rev. = Large Collective Farms
“Enemies of The State” Are to Blame
Great Purge: 1934-1938 – 13 Million Dead
Also Use Propaganda, Censorship, Persecution
Command Economy: Gov Makes All $ Decisions
Five Year Industrialization Plan: Up To Speed
Ind. Creativity = Threat to Conformity
Use Police Terror, Indoctrination (Mold Minds)
Stalin Builds, Transforms, and Controls the Soviet Union
Stalin and Totalitarianism in Russia

25. Methods of Control Example
Police State
Propaganda &
Censorship
Education &
Indoctrination
Religious Persecution

26. Methods of Control Example
Police State Use tanks, armored cars to stop
riots. Monitor phones, read mail,
arrests at night.
Propaganda &
Censorship
Controlled all newspapers,
movies, radio, and information.
Glorified achievements of
communism.
Education &
Indoctrination
Controlled all school from
preschool to college. Insisted
that youth support communism.
Religious Persecution Replace religion with communist
ideals. Religion = superstition.

27. Ideology
Sets Goals of State
Justify Gov. Actions
State Control Indiv.
Demand Loyalty
Deny Basic Liberties
Dynamic Leader
Unites People
Encourages Support
Dictator / 1 Party Rule
Exercises Absolute
Authority
Method Of Enforcement
Police Terror, Indoctrination
Censorship, Persecution
Modern Technology
Mass Communication
to Spread Propaganda
State Control Society
Biz, Labor, Housing,
Religion, Education
Personal

28. Exit Question: Stalin and Totalitarianism in Russia