Case Study: Stalin's Show Trials (Leaving Cert History): Quizzes
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When was the Trial of the Sixteen held?
When was the Trial of the Sixteen held?
August 1936
What was the Trial of the Sixteen in relation to the Moscow Show Trials?
What was the Trial of the Sixteen in relation to the Moscow Show Trials?
The first trial
Who was Grigory Zinoviev?
Who was Grigory Zinoviev?
A former close associate of Lenin
What role did Lev Kamenev play in the Bolshevik Party?
What role did Lev Kamenev play in the Bolshevik Party?
A prominent Bolshevik and Lenin ally
Which of these was NOT one of the charges against the defendants?
Which of these was NOT one of the charges against the defendants?
Corruption
What does it mean that the trial outcome was predetermined?
What does it mean that the trial outcome was predetermined?
The verdict was decided before trial
How were confessions obtained from the defendants?
How were confessions obtained from the defendants?
Through coercion and torture
How many of the sixteen defendants were found guilty?
How many of the sixteen defendants were found guilty?
All sixteen
What happened to the defendants after the trial?
What happened to the defendants after the trial?
Executed shortly after
Who said 'The enemies of the people must be destroyed like mad dogs'?
Who said 'The enemies of the people must be destroyed like mad dogs'?
Stalin's propaganda message
What effect did the trial have on the Communist Party and Soviet populace?
What effect did the trial have on the Communist Party and Soviet populace?
It instilled fear
With which exiled leader were the defendants accused of plotting?
With which exiled leader were the defendants accused of plotting?
Leon Trotsky