Rise of Stalin

Vladimir Lenin led a revolutionary group to seize power and to turn Russia into a communist state. This group was known as the:

• Bolsheviks

• Mensheviks

• Tsars

• Leninists

Which of these is Stalin?

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The common symbol of Communism is the hammer and sickle. The hammer represents the __________________ and the sickle represents the ________________________.

• carpenters; doctors

• doctors; carpenters

• agricultural workers; factory workers

• factory workers; agricultural workers

What is the name of the Soviet propaganda newspaper?

• Prada

• Prata

• Pravda

• Pranada

Which are the three main reasons why Stalin rose to power?

• The Party did not disclose Lenin's Testament

• Trotsky was unpopular in the Politburo

• Stalin bribed his rivals

• Stalin manipulated the Party

Why did the main Party members not want to disclose Lenin's Testament to the public after Lenin had died?

• Lenin wrote fake news in the Testament and they did not want the public to think that Lenin was wrong.

• Lenin praised Trotsky in the Testament and they did not want the public to know that Lenin favoured Trotsky.

• Lenin criticized Stalin in the Testament they did not want the public to know that Lenin disliked Stalin.

• Lenin criticized all of them in the Testament and they did not want to be embarrassed.

Which are the three reasons why Trotsky was unpopular in the Politburo?

• Trotsky was very powerful and was seen as the biggest threat to his rivals

• Trotsky criticized Lenin's New Economic Policy publicly and was seen as disloyal to Lenin

• Trotsky's idea of spreading the revolution to the rest of the world was not convincing to the rest of the Party

• Trotsky formed a powerful alliance with Kamenev, Zinoviev, and Stalin

Which of the following was NOT a method that Stalin used to pretend to be close to Lenin?

• He organized Lenin's funeral

• He was Lenin's right hand man

• He gave Party members impression that Lenin favored and trusted him.

• He gave Trotsky the wrong date for Lenin's funeral

Stalin was the Secretary-General of the Communist Party. Which of the following were THREE of the powers that he enjoyed?

• He could get as much money as he wanted

• He controlled the Cheka (secret police)

• He could appoint and re-assign Party members

• He could expel his rivals (e.g. Trotsky)

Which year did Stalin finish consolidating his power so that he could become the Supreme Leader of the USSR?

• 1927

• 1928

• 1929

• 1930