Comparing Marx, Lenin, Stalin Directions: Read each of the passages and then fill out the chart by checking the boxes of those that support the idea. Then answer the questions in complete sentences. VOCABULARY MARXISM LENINISM STALINISM 1. PROLETARIAT UNITE 1. PARTY LEADS THE 1. PARTY LEADS THE AND OVERTHROW THE PROLETARIAT& PEASANTS PROLETARIAT OVER THE BOURGEOISIE -Marx OVER THE BOURGEOISIE BOURGEOISIE -Lenin believes this is inevitable Lenin believes that a group of believes that a group of professional revolutionaries professional revolutionaries 2. DICTATORSHIP OF THE can lead both peasants and can lead both peasants and PROLETARIAT workers in the revolution workers in the revolution -Necessary to complete the against the bourgeoisie against the bourgeoisie...Stalin victory over the bourgeoisie agrees with Lenin 2. DICTATORSHIP OF THE 3. REVOLUTION SPREADS PARTY 2. DICTATORSHIP OF THE AROUND THE WORLD -State needs to be run by a PARY -Again, Marx felt this was single party with disciplined -Necessary to complete the inevitable. Once the proletariat centrally direct administrators victory over the started a revolution, they to ensure its goals bourgeoisie...For Stalin, this would unite against the was the most important stage. bourgeoisie in all countries 3. REVOLUTION SPREADS He felt it was necessary to AROUND THE WORLD battle the bourgeoisie and that 4. GOVERNMENT WITHERS -Again, Marx felt this was violence would be necessary AWAY inevitable. Once the proletariat to get rid of all enemies. -Once the bourgeoisie has started a revolution, they disappeared, there will be no would unite against the 3. REVOLUTION DOES NOT need for a government bourgeoisie in all NEED TO SPREAD AROUND countries...Lenin agrees THE WORLD -Stalin believed that in one “Socialism 4. GOVERNMENT WITHERS country” was possible. AWAY -Once the bourgeoisie has disappeared, there will be 4. GOVERNMENT IS no need for a government. ALWAYS NEEDED agrees Proletariat would need to be guided even with the elimination of the bourgeoisie. way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make COMMUNISM-a and transport products (such as land, oil, factories, ships, etc.) and there is no privately owned property PROLETARIAT- The labor class/industrial worker. BOURGEOISIE-(in Marxist theory) the property-owning capitalist class in conflict with the proletariat
MARXISM LENINISM STALINISM 1. PROLETARIAT UNITE AND OVERTHROW THE BOURGEOISIE -Marx believes this is inevitable 2. DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT -Necessary to complete the victory over the bourgeoisie 3. REVOLUTION SPREADS AROUND THE WORLD -Again, Marx felt this was inevitable. Once the proletariat started a revolution, they would unite against the bourgeoisie in all countries 4. GOVERNMENT WITHERS AWAY -Once the bourgeoisie has disappeared, there will be no need for a government 1. PARTY LEADS THE PROLETARIAT& PEASANTS OVER THE BOURGEOISIE believes that a group of professional revolutionaries can lead both peasants and workers in the revolution against the bourgeoisie 2. DICTATORSHIP OF THE PARTY -State needs to be run by a single party with disciplined centrally direct administrators to ensure its goals 3. REVOLUTION SPREADS AROUND THE WORLD -Again, Marx felt this was inevitable. Once the proletariat started a revolution, they would unite against the bourgeoisie in all countries...Lenin agrees 4. GOVERNMENT WITHERS AWAY -Once the bourgeoisie has disappeared, there will be no need for a government. Lenin agrees 1. PARTY LEADS THE PROLETARIAT OVER THE BOURGEOISIE -Lenin believes that a group of professional revolutionaries can lead both peasants and workers in the revolution against the bourgeoisie...Stalin agrees with Lenin 2. DICTATORSHIP OF THE PARY -Necessary to complete the victory over the bourgeoisie...For Stalin, this was the most important stage. He felt it was necessary to battle the bourgeoisie and that violence would be necessary to get rid of all enemies. 3. REVOLUTION DOES NOT NEED TO SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD -Stalin believed that “Socialism in one country” was possible. 4. GOVERNMENT IS ALWAYS NEEDED would need to be guided even with the elimination of the bourgeoisie. Comparing Marx, Lenin, Stalin Directions: Read each of the passages and then fill out the chart by checking the boxes of those that support the idea. Then answer the questions in complete sentences. VOCABULARY COMMUNISM-a way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make and transport products (such as land, oil, factories, ships, etc.) and there is no privately owned property PROLETARIAT- The labor class/industrial worker. BOURGEOISIE-(in Marxist theory) the property-owning capitalist class in conflict with the proletariat Proletariat