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What is the definition of a gulag?

a political uprising

a terror campaign

a labor camp

a police raid

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What was the main reason Joseph Stalin created collective farms?

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.

Under Joseph Stalin, the main purpose of Soviet education was to

produce loyal citizens who contributed to the economy.

enable the USSR to surpass other countries intellectually.

develop future government leaders to extend Stalin’s legacy.

help individuals better themselves and enrich their lives.

Why did the Soviet government's transition to collectivization result in widespread starvation?

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.

If Joseph Stalin had set lower production quotas for his first Five-Year Plan, he would have

won more public support for his command economy.

achieved better results and conserved resources.

achieved less impressive results, but at less cost to workers.

met his goals, but workers would have worked longer hours.

Altering photographs was part of Joseph Stalin’s effort to

promote democracy.

censor the Communist Party.

persecute visual artists.

change historical facts.

Why did the Kulak class, in particular, oppose collectivization?

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.

In addition to factory work, many women in the USSR were employed

as government officials.

in finance and management.

in healthcare and education.

as secret police and interrogators.

Joseph Stalin believed he needed absolute authority in the USSR in order to

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.

What was Joseph Stalin’s goal in creating a command economy?

to gradually move to a market economy

to conserve limited resources

to shift resources toward necessities

to outproduce capitalist nations

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