Historical Background for Animal Farm

Historical Background for Animal Farm

<p> Name ______</p><p>HISTORICAL BACKGROUND FOR ANIMAL FARM</p><p>Directions: Answer the following questions. Use the handout provided in class, the internet, an encyclopedia, or a good dictionary for your research. Talk with your grandparents or other adults who remember World War II and the events leading up to the war.</p><p>1. What was the Russian system of government prior to the 1917 Russian Revolution? Who were the rulers of Russia?</p><p>2. Who were Karl Marx and Frederick Engels? How did they influence the Russian Revolution?</p><p>3. Who was Lenin? What was his role in the 1917 Revolution? What were his plans for Russia?</p><p>4. Who was Leon Trotsky? What was his role in the Russian Revolution? What was his role in government after Lenin died? How did Trotsky die?</p><p>5. Who was Josef Stalin? When did he assume leadership? How did his vision of communism differ from Trotsky’s? What were the purge trials? What kind of a leader was Stalin?</p><p>6. What was Russia’s relationship with Germany immediately preceding World War II? How did this relationship change?</p>

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