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History 225

Primary Source Analysis

Worth 100 points scaled to 15% of the final grade

Read the documents using the link below, then answer the following questions. Use this worksheet to record your answers.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wON3alPgk4AH37PbLeHHD8Z94BTxtl_W/view?usp=sharing

Document 1 – Theodor Herzl “The Jewish State”

General Questions:

  • Who wrote this document?

  • What type of document is this?

  • Where was this document written/published (best guess)?

  • When was this document written?

Specific Questions:

  • In what ways is Herzl’s argument similar to the arguments of European colonialists?

  • How could Herzl’s argument be seen to reinforce the claims of anti-Semites?

  • What were the main obstacles to the realization of Herzl’s Jewish state?

Document 2 – Rosa Luxemburg “The Junius Pamphlet”

General Questions:

  • Who wrote this document?

  • What type of document is this?

  • Where was this document written/published (best guess)?

  • When was this document written?

Specific Questions:

  • What do you think were the most important factors inducing soldiers to continue to fight, even when the situation seemed hopeless?

  • Why did many socialist parties support the war, despite their pacifist platforms?

  • Why did Luxemburg believe that the war was such an important turning point for international socialism?

Document 3 – Leon Trotsky “Manifesto of the Communist International to the Workers of the World”

General Questions:

  • Who wrote this document?

  • What type of document is this?

  • Where was this document written/published (best guess)?

  • When was this document written?

Specific Questions:

  • Why did Trotsky believe so strongly in internationalism?

  • To which groups would this manifesto most likely appeal?

  • What does Trotsky mean when he speaks of “the political pimps of the bourgeoisie”?

Document 4 – Nikita Khrushchev “Khrushchev Remembers”

General Questions:

  • Who wrote this document?

  • What type of document is this?

  • Where was this document written/published (best guess)?

  • When was this document written?

Specific Questions:

  • Assess the validity of Khrushchev’s argument regarding the need for a merciless purge of all opposition.

  • What can be inferred about Stalin from this document?

  • Why does Khrushchev focus so much on Bukharin?

Document 5 – Li Dazhao “The Victory of Bolshevism”

General Questions:

  • Who wrote this document?

  • What type of document is this?

  • Where was this document written/published (best guess)?

  • When was this document written?

Specific Questions:

  • What were the most important factors that prevented revolutionary movements around the world from uniting after the First World War?

  • Based on the documents by Trotsky and Khrushchev, how accurate is Li’s reading of the Bolshevik goals?

  • Why was Bolshevism so appealing in China at this time?