Russian Revolution

Who ruled Russia before the Russian Revolution?

• Emperors

• Kremlin

• elected officials

• Czars

What were the cause(s) of the Russian Revolution?

• widespread poverty in the country

• scarcity of food

• massive losses in World War I

• All of the above

Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks party which overthrew the provisional government and turned Russia into a communist country.

• True

• False

Who are the proletariat?

• capitalist class who own most of society's wealth and means of production

• workers or working-class people

• Russian soldiers

• title for the rulers of Russia

Who are the bourgeoisie?

• workers or working-class people

• capitalist class who own most of society's wealth and means of production.

• peasants

• serfs

Lenin's campaign slogan was:

• peace, land , bread

• greed, blood, profits

• money, wealth, power

• By any means necessary

What year did the Russian Revolution took place?

• 1917

• 1918

• 1919

• 1920

Before the revolution, what did the people of Russia want the government to do?

• improve working conditions

• unionized factory workers

• give hawk bills to all the students

• withdraw from World War I

Which group(s) below may have supported the Bolshevik party?

• the peasants

• factory workers

• the soldiers

• all of the above

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

• abolish communism.

• bring modern technology to Russia

• redistribute land.

• develop an agricultural program.