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Stalin and the Soviet Union Answers

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How did the Great Purge demonstrate Joseph Stalin’s paranoia?

A
The purge targeted those who might challenge Stalin’s power.
B
Stalin used the purge to strengthen the Communist Party.
C
The purge was done in secret so the public would never know.
D
Stalin’s fear of religious practice largely motivated the purge.
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What was the main reason Joseph Stalin created collective farms?

A
Soviet farms were old-fashioned and inefficient.
B
Collective farms would create many new jobs.
C
Farmland could be turned into industrial land.
D
Wasteful crop surpluses would be eliminated.
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The “Young Pioneers” was the name of

A
a school to teach industrial skills.
B
all Soviet children under Stalin’s rule
C
a growing group of anti-Stalin activists.
D
a communist youth organization.
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Why did the Kulak class, in particular, oppose collectivization?

A
They opposed modernization and machines and clung to old farming methods.
B
They were wealthier than other peasants and therefore had the most to lose.
C
They supported workers’ rights and wanted to protect individual farmers’ jobs.
D
They were against Joseph Stalin’s Five-Year Plan and worked to undermine it.
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Why did the Soviet government's transition to collectivization result in widespread starvation?

P
Peasants were not allowed to keep food until they met government quotas.
C
Collectivization’s new methods resulted in a slowdown in crop production.
M
Many people were forced out of jobs when farms turned to collectivization.
T
The government punished former farm workers who refused industrial jobs.
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In addition to factory work, many women in the USSR were employed

a
as government officials.
i
in finance and management.
i
in healthcare and education.
a
as secret police and interrogators.
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What was Joseph Stalin’s goal in creating a command economy?

t
to gradually move to a market economy
t
to conserve limited resources
t
to shift resources toward necessities
t
to outproduce capitalist nations
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If the USSR’s economy had remained agriculture-based rather than industrialized, then

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.
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Joseph Stalin placed a high value on motherhood because he

w
wanted women to produce more workers.
r
recognized the hard work involved in parenting.
v
valued women’s overall contributions to society.
h
had great respect for his own mother.
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Which of these statements accurately describes Joseph Stalin? Choose two answers.He was less brutal than previous Russian leaders.He overthrew Lenin to become leader of the USSR.He cut steel production to improve the economy.He restricted citizens’ personal rights and freedoms.He held absolute power as a totalitarian dictator.

A
He was less brutal than previous Russian leaders.
B
He overthrew Lenin to become leader of the USSR.
C
He cut steel production to improve the economy.
D
He restricted citizens’ personal rights and freedoms.
E
He held absolute power as a totalitarian dictator.

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