CH 21

• 20th century communists believed the only way to achieve their goals was through revolution
• Others believed in democracy and peaceful strategies
• 1950 - McCarthyism began in the US
• Russia was the first country to have a communist revolution
• Workers in Russia began to take their issues to the streets, expressing their anger at the “incompetence and privileges of the elite”
• Tsar Nicholas 11 was stripped from all of his power, forcing him to step down from the throne
• Ended the 3 century long Romanov dynasty in Russia 
• This gave workers more leverage and all the more reason to fight back
• workers took over factories and people began to fight and speak out for workers
• Peasants began to fight back as well, taking over their landlord's estates
• provisional goverment took over, and it was obvious that there was no one fit to lead Russia
• Many people wanted them to take Russia out of war
• government refused to do so
• created more tension for the people and started an uproar
• Bolsheviks - greatest group led by Vladimir Llyich Ulyanow(aka Lenin)
• 1921 - small Chinese communist party, the CCP was formed in order to organize country's working class
• Guomindng - CCP rival who eventually kicked CCP out of China's cities
• Mao Zedong - Leader of CCP
• Communists in China relied heavily on peasant villages for support