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Under Communism, all people are meant to enjoy an equal share of a country’s ______ and wealth.
Under Communism, all people are meant to enjoy an equal share of a country’s ______ and wealth.
property
Most of the wealth and power in Communist countries has often ended up in the hands of the countries’ ______.
Most of the wealth and power in Communist countries has often ended up in the hands of the countries’ ______.
leaders
Modern Communism developed as a reaction to the economic system called ______.
Modern Communism developed as a reaction to the economic system called ______.
capitalism
Under capitalism, individuals owned a country’s capital, or means of ______.
Under capitalism, individuals owned a country’s capital, or means of ______.
During the Industrial Revolution, men, women, and children were employed in miserable conditions for ______ wages.
During the Industrial Revolution, men, women, and children were employed in miserable conditions for ______ wages.
Communists wanted to create a society in which the workers, not the capitalists, owned the means of ______.
Communists wanted to create a society in which the workers, not the capitalists, owned the means of ______.
Marx published his ideas in 1848 in The Communist Manifesto, written with his friend Friedrich Engels, and later in ______.
Marx published his ideas in 1848 in The Communist Manifesto, written with his friend Friedrich Engels, and later in ______.
Marx believed that private ownership of property and control of wealth caused ______.
Marx believed that private ownership of property and control of wealth caused ______.
These problems could be solved only by replacing capitalism with ______.
These problems could be solved only by replacing capitalism with ______.
At first there would be a ‘dictatorship of the people’ to defeat all ______.
At first there would be a ‘dictatorship of the people’ to defeat all ______.
By the end of the war Soviet armies controlled much of eastern Europe, and after the war Stalin forced these countries to become ______.
By the end of the war Soviet armies controlled much of eastern Europe, and after the war Stalin forced these countries to become ______.
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