3.5 Stalin's Dictatorship

• Joseph Stalin became the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Lenin
• The New Economic Policy (NEP) was a key policy under Lenin's rule.


  True
• Stalin's leadership style was characterized by a cult of personality
• Stalin's repression methods included purges and show trials.


  True
• Stalin used propaganda to portray himself as a heroic and infallible
• What was Stalin's leadership style compared to Lenin's?

  Dictatorship and cult of personality
• Collectivization was a key feature of Stalin's Five-Year Plans.


  True
• The Five-Year Plans resulted in famines and repression of the peasantry
• What was Stalin's policy towards religion?

  Suppression and persecution
• Stalin's education policy emphasized ideological indoctrination and technical education to support industrialization
• Match Lenin's and Stalin's social policies with their characteristics:

  Education under Lenin ↔️ Universal literacy and vocational training

  Education under Stalin ↔️ Ideological indoctrination and technical education

  Gender equality under Lenin ↔️ Promotion of women's rights

  Gender equality under Stalin ↔️ Encouragement of traditional gender roles
• What was the primary goal of Stalin's Five-Year Plans?

  Rapid industrialization
• Lenin's key policy was the New Economic Policy, while Stalin's was collectivization
• What were the three main tools of repression used by Stalin?

  Purges, show trials, NKVD
• Stalin's collectivization policy merged small private farms into large state-run collectives
• Order the following social policies under Stalin:

  1️⃣ Emphasis on ideological indoctrination in education

  2️⃣ Encouragement of traditional gender roles

  3️⃣ Suppression of religious institutions

  4️⃣ Strict control over culture and media
• What were the two key policies introduced under Lenin's New Economic Policy (NEP)?

  Mixed economy and trade
• How did Lenin's leadership style differ from Stalin's leadership style?

  Collective vs. dictatorship
• Stalin consolidated his absolute control through political maneuvers and purges after Lenin's death.

  True
• Stalin's leadership style was characterized by a dictatorship
• Order the steps Stalin used to maintain absolute control:

  1️⃣ Repression

  2️⃣ Propaganda
• What was the purpose of Stalin's propaganda?

  Build a cult of personality
• When did Stalin implement the Five-Year Plans?

  1928
• Stalin's purges and show trials were part of his policy of repression.


  True
• Collectivization and industrialization were key policies under Stalin's leadership
• What were the ambitious production targets set by the Five-Year Plans?

  Heavy industry and infrastructure
• Stalin's use of propaganda was aimed at building a cult of personality.


  True
• What was Lenin's leadership style?

  Collective leadership
• What were two key policies under Stalin's rule?

  Collectivization and Industrialization
• What was the name of Stalin's secret police?

  NKVD
• Lenin's leadership style was more authoritarian than Stalin's.

  False
• Stalin's Five-Year Plans began in 1928
• What was the main goal of the Five-Year Plans?

  Rapid industrialization
• Stalin emphasized ideological indoctrination in education.


  True
• Stalin encouraged artistic freedom under his rule.

  False
• Lenin allowed religious freedom, while Stalin actively suppressed religious institutions.

  True
• Order the following events in Stalin's rise to power:

  1️⃣ Lenin's death in 1924

  2️⃣ Power struggle within the Communist Party

  3️⃣ Political maneuvers and purges

  4️⃣ Consolidation of absolute control
• Lenin's leadership style was collective, while Stalin's was dictatorial.


  True
• Match Lenin's and Stalin's legacies with their descriptions:

  Lenin's legacy ↔️ Founding of the Soviet Union

  Stalin's legacy ↔️ Totalitarian control and Great Purge
• Stalin used propaganda to build a cult of personality and portray himself as infallible.


  True