27.3 The Russian Revolution

[Preview - Survey] In general, do you have a POSITIVE or NEGATIVE view of "communism"?

• POSITIVE - Communism is a generally good government system.

• NEGATIVE - Communism is a generally bad government system.

[p1] In which way was Russia unprepared for war?

• There were no competent military leaders.

• The country had too much coastline.

• The military underestimated the terrible winter.

• The czar abdicated & left Russia without a government.

[p1] With the czar commanding at the battlefront, his wife Alexandra made most government decisions. She was under the influence of a mystic named Grigory ______.

[p1] In March of 1917, widespread rioting broke out because the price of ____ had skyrocketed.

[p2] Which of these were slogans of the protesters who marched in March 1917?

TWO of these are correct.

• Peace and Bread

• Down with Autocracy

• Black Lives Matter

• We Want Communism

• Liberty or Death

[p2] After Czar Nicholas abdicated, the Russian provisional government made the fatal mistake of deciding to...

• continue the 300-year-old Romanov dynasty.

• sign a peace treaty with Germany.

• assassinate the czar.

• remain in World War I.

[p2] "The ___ were councils made up of representatives from workers & soldiers." These councils challenged the provisional government's authority.

[p3] What distinguished Lenin & the Bolsheviks from other Marxist political parties?

• Lenin believed only violent revolution could destroy the capitalist system.

• Lenin believed in using peaceful political methods to achieve the communist dream.

• Lenin believed that Marxism could be combined with Christian charity.

• Lenin believed that communism was only possible in Russia.

[p3] What were the Bolsheviks' THREE slogans in 1917 after Lenin returned (via Germany)?

• "Peace, Land, & Bread"

• "Worker Control of Production"

• "All Power to the Soviets"

• "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"

• "Let the Ruling Classes Tremble"

[p4] How did the Bolsheviks seize power in October-November 1917?

THREE of these are correct.

• Leon Trotsky became head of the Petrograd soviet.

• Bolshevik forces seized the Winter Palace.

• Lenin turned over power to the Congress of Soviets (though he kept real power to himself).

• A free & fair election gave the Bolsheviks a 2/3 majority in the Congress of Soviets.

• Bolshevik forces bombed the Winter Palace, killing the soviet leaders there.