1. AKA Socialism, Marxism or Command Economy
Communism
AKA Socialism, Marxism or Command Economy

26. Communism grew as a response to:

27. Capitalism
which resulted in rich and poor

32. Imperialism
which exploited weaker nations

34. Nationalism
which caused conflicts and wars

36. Founding Fathers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
19th century German philosophers
wrote the Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital (Capital)

42. Basic Ideas of Communism
Individual ownership of property ends.
All property is owned communally by all of the people.
Government controls the whole economy.
Economic decisions are made to benefit the people as a whole.

43. Everyone is expected to contribute to the economy based upon his ability and to receive goods and services based upon his needs.
A classless society in which everyone is equal is created.
Religion, “the opiate of the masses,” is abandoned.
Communism is spread around the world creating a stateless society.

44. Communist Terms Proletariat- working class Bourgeoisie- merchant class
Means of Production- factories
Classless Society- everyone is equal
Dictatorship of the Masses- strong communist government that benefits the working class

45. Using the Terms
The ___________ will rise up and seize the __________ from the __________ and then create a __________ to help build a new ___________.

46. The proletariat will rise up and seize the means of production from the bourgeoisie and then create a dictatorship of the masses to help build a new classless society.

47. The Bolsheviks led the Russian Revolution of 1917.
created the Soviet Union, the first communist nation.

49. Vladimir Lenin

53. Joseph Stalin

58. Leon Trotsky

62. Communism in China
In 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the birth of the People’s Republic of China.

67. Communism in Cuba
Fidel Castro led a revolution in Cuba in 1959.