Rise of Dictators - Lenin

Whom was Lenin's brother accused of trying to assassinate?

• Nicholas II

• George III

• Rasputin

• Alexander III

What group did Lenin lead?

• Bolsheviks

• Socialists

• Christian Democrats

• Mensheviks

When did the Nicholas II abdicate and the Russian Revolution begin?

• May 1915

• March 1917

• November 1917

• January 1920

When did the Bolsheviks seize power?

• May 1917

• November 1917

• November 1919

• August 1914

What action by the Bolsheviks ended the war with Germany?

• Their victory in the battle of Tannenberg

• Their surrendering

• Their Defeat in the battle of Stalingrad

• Their signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Who sent Lenin back to Russia from Switzerland in a sealed train?

• The Germans

• The Swiss

• The English

• The French

In the ensuing civil war, the opposition to the Bolsheviks were known as what?

• The Reds

• The Loyalists

• The Monarchists

• The Whites

What was the fate of Nicholas II and his family?

• They became Marxists

• They fled to Germany

• They were all shot by the Bolsheviks

• They fled to Britain

Lenin's campaign against the peasantry was called what?

• The Great Terror

• The Red Terror

• The Great Leap Forward

• The New Economic Plan (NEP)

What did the Bolsheviks rename themselves in 1922?

• The Social Democrats

• The Communists Party

• The Socialists Party

• The Mensheviks