World War I & Russian Revolutions

Who were the "oppressed poor" as Marx called them?

• Proletariat
• Bourgeoisie
• Soviets
• Slaves

The bourgeoisie were

• the "oppressed poor"
• the thriving middle class
• the owners of the means of production
• the strong working class

The strong and vibrant leader of the Bolshevik Revolution

• V. I. Lenin
• Josef Stalin
• Leon Trotsky
• Alexander Kerensky

Who was the "Mad Monk" that was an aide to Tsarina Alexandria before the Russian Revolution

• Rumi

• Roma

• Rasputin

• Romanov

What was the main cause of the failure of the Provisional Russian Government

• Failure to withdraw from World War I

• United States wanted to take their place in the war

• Marxism sounded cooler

• Kerensky died

General Secretary of the Communist Party and successor to Lenin in 1924

• Leon Trotsky

• Tsar Nicholas II

• Alexander Kerensky

• Joseph Stalin

When Lenin finally realized the true state of the Russian Economy, he implemented the __________ in order to gain more money for the average farmer and worker within Russia.

• Lenin's Communism
• Marx's Communism
• "War Communism"
• New Economic Policy

What was the major consequence of the February Revolution of 1917?

• A.  It forced Kerensky to surrender to the Bolsheviks. 
• B. It secured Stalin as leader of Russia. 
• C. It allowed Trotsky to negotiate peace with Germany. 
• D. It forced Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate the throne.

Which group of people revolted against the Russian revolutionary provisional government in 1917?

• A.  the Bolsheviks 
• B. the Czarists 
• C. the nobility 
• D. the clergy

Karl Marx’s slogan “. . . WORKERS OF ALL LANDS UNITE!” is associated with which economic theory?

• A.  capitalism 
• B. communism
• C. utopianism 
• D. mercantilism