Russian Revolution

Which of the following people would be most in favor of the government described below?

• John Locke

• Czar Nicholas II

• Karl Marx

• Montesquieu

Which of the following quotes express support for the illustration below?

• “I want everyone to know that I will devote all my strength to maintain the principle of absolute autocracy, as firmly and as strongly as did my late father.”

• "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"

• "Working men and women! Mothers and fathers! Widows and orphans! Wounded and crippled! To all who are suffering from the war or ill consequence of the war, we cry out: WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!"

• “Peace, land, and bread.”

Which of the following is a true statement regarding Soviet society?

• There were no social classes

• Farm workers made up the new elite

• Communist party members made up a privileged group

Source A: Nicholas II, diary entry (21st January, 1905): There was much activity and many reports. Since yesterday, all factories and workshops in St. Petersburg have been on strike. Troops have been brought in to strengthen the garrison. The workers have conducted themselves calmly hitherto. At the head of the workers’ union is some priest.

Source B: Nicholas II, diary entry (22nd January, 1905): A painful day. There have been serious disorders in St. Petersburg because workmen wanted to come up to the Winter Palace. Troops had to open fire in several places in the city; there were many killed and wounded. God, how painful and sad.

What is the best use of these diary entries for a historian?

• To describe the effects of World War I on Russian workers

• To explain the causes of November Revolution

• To explain the reasons behind the death of Rasputin

• To describe the events of Bloody Sunday

". . . The replacement of the bourgeois by the proletarian state is impossible without a violent revolution. The abolition of the proletarian state, i.e., of all states, is only possible through 'withering away.' . . ."      

 — V. I. Lenin, “State and Revolution”

This quotation is associated with the principles of

• imperialism

• capitalism

• communism

• militarism

Lenin was able to win the support of the Russian people to his cause with the promise of

• Nationalism

• Peace, Land, and Bread

• Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity

• Militarism

The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 was a major turning point in history because

• Russia became the first nation with a Communist economic system

• it was the last revolution in the 20th century

• Russia ceased to be an important force in world affairs

• the royal family was exiled to Mexico

A key principle of the economic theory of Communism is

• restoration of a bartering system

• organization of workers’ unions

• government ownership of property

• privatization of business

The conditions caused by this chart led to

• Lenin implementing the New Economic Policy to rebuild the Soviet economy.

• Stalin immediately seizing power and beginning the Five Year Plan.

• Communist defeat in the Russian Civil War.

• A return of Czar Nicholas II to power.

Which group would express support for the message of this cartoon?

• Bolsheviks

• Nobles

• Clergy

• Those loyal to the Czar