Stalin & Soviet Union – Flashcards

Soviet farms were old-fashioned and inefficient. Collective farms would create many new jobs. Farmland could be turned into industrial land. Wasteful crop surpluses would be eliminated.

as government officials. in finance and management. in healthcare and education. as secret police and interrogators.

a school to teach industrial skills. all Soviet children under Stalin's rule a growing group of anti-Stalin activists. a communist youth organization.

A. the unemployment rate among men would have been much lower. B. women would have been much less in demand in the workforce. C. crop productivity would have led to larger, better nourished populations. D. children would not have had to leave school early to work in factories.

Peasants were not allowed to keep food until they met government quotas. Collectivization's new methods resulted in a slowdown in crop production. Many people were forced out of jobs when farms turned to collectivization. The government punished former farm workers who refused industrial jobs.

wanted women to produce more workers. recognized the hard work involved in parenting. valued women's overall contributions to society. had great respect for his own mother.

They opposed modernization and machines and clung to old farming methods. They were wealthier than other peasants and therefore had the most to lose. They supported workers' rights and wanted to protect individual farmers' jobs. They were against Joseph Stalin's Five-Year Plan and worked to undermine it.

maintain peace with the rest of Europe. implement change without using violence. unite the country and make it strong. bring the Communist Party into power.

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the pursuit of higher education. Soviet ideology. Russian history and culture. intellectual rigor.