Russian Revolution and Stalin

What was the connection between World War I and the Russian Revolution?

• WWI created conditions in Russia that helped trigger a revolution.

• WWI restored people’s confidence in the Czar.

• Opposing Russian forces cooperated to fight the foreign invaders.

• WWI gave the Czar’s army the experience to suppress the revolution.

Answer explanation

The war was going badly for the Russians, which made the people one more reason to dislike the czar, who was leading the troops himself.

Nicholas II was an AUTOCRAT. What does AUTOCRACY mean?

• absolute monarchy

• parliamentary monarchy

• military junta

• communist dictatorship

Answer explanation

The prefix "auto" means by itself. Nicholas II ruled Russia by himself, ie, he had all the power. He was an absolute monarch.

Which was the slogan of the Russian Revolution?

• liberty, equality, fraternity

• bread, land, peace

• land, liberty, property

• nationalism, democracy, and the people

Answer explanation

Lenin and the Bolsheviks promised land for the peasants, enough to eat for the factory workers, and an end to World War I.

One reason the Bolsheviks gained peasant support during the Russian Revolution was because the Bolsheviks promised to

• redistribute land

• abolish communes

• bring modern technology to Russian farms

• maintain an agricultural price-support program

Answer explanation

The land would be taken from the rich and given out in small pieces to the peasants who always worked on the land but never owned it themselves.

The revolution was a major turning point because

• Russia ceased to be an important force in world affairs

• it was the last revolution of the 20th century

• Russia became the first nation with a communist system

• the royal family was exiled to Mexico

Answer explanation

Russia became the USSR under a communist government.

A comparison of the French Revolution (1789) and the Russian Revolution (1917) illustrates that

• political and economic inequalities often lead to demands for change

• democratic governments generally result from revolutions

• revolutions are based on a single grievance

• privatization eventually leads to class struggle

Answer explanation

Both revolutions had similar causes - an absolute monarch, a huge divide between rich and poor, and few rights.

This group led the Russian Revolution.

• Anarchists

• Bolsheviks

• Fascists

• Jacobins.

Answer explanation

The Bolsheviks were Lenin's communist party in 1917.

What was the goal of the Bolsheviks?

• to end communism

• to create a fascist state

• to eliminate the monarchy

• to expand freedom of speech

Answer explanation

In a communist system, there are no social classes. The people rule.

Censorship, a one-party dictatorship, and the replacement of religious ideals with those of the state are all characteristics of a

• democratic government

• limited monarchy

• totalitarian system

• parliamentary system

Answer explanation

A totalitarian is a dictator, like Stalin.

Which condition was a result of Joseph Stalin’s command economy?

• Peasants were encouraged to sell surplus grain for personal profit.

• The production of consumer goods increased.

• Greater individual spending power for people.

• The government controlled agriculture through collectivization of farms.

Answer explanation

Collectivization was part of Stalin's Five-Year Plans to take all the land from the peasants (collect it) and run massive government-controlled farms.