Students:

Please keep in mind that the short essays on revolution are due the week of March 18th.


Revolution
Identify the following:
French Revolution: Voltaire Rousseau Causes of revolution Louis XVI Marie Antoinette Storming of the Bastille Danton
Declaration of the Rights of Man Jacobins Robespierre Napoleon


Russian Revolution: Karl Marx capitalism Friedrich Engels
Proletariat bourgeoisie The Communist Manifesto Das Kapital
Romanovs Communism Lenin Bolsheviks Alexander Kerensky Trotsky Stalin Ukraine Famine gulags

Additional: Names like Marx, Lenin, and Stalin are household names. Everyone knows a little something about them. Few Americans know much of anything at all about Antonio Gramsci. He is the leftist thinker who “won;” he advocated the capture of certain institutions--colleges and universities, parts of the government, the newspapers, and even some churches--by communism to win the cultural war. Google Antonio Gramsci, then read as you will about him. Be sure to read the article at www.freer
Define the following three concepts as precisely as possible: socialism, communism, fascism, and capitalism. Which of these definitions seem to apply to the United States today? (You will probably need to use two to cover all bases).
As you research, ask yourself what causes revolutions. What are the consequences of revolution? Write a short essay on your opinions of the usefulness of revolution.
Ray Bradbury, the author of such books as The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451, once called the United States “the most revolutionary country on the face of the earth.” In a short essay, either defend or attack that view.

Be aware that in the twentieth century many of the countries of the world--Mexico, Spain, Turkey, China, different nations in Africa, South America, and Asia--have all experienced revolution, most often with a communist government in mind.