Lenin and the Bolsheviks Overview

The New Economic Policy of 1921 

• outlawed all capitalist activities

• allowed small business to keep a portion of the profits

• provoked armed resistance

• led to severe food shortages and a drop in price

Who were the Bolsheviks?

• soldiers in the White Army

• radical Russian communist revolutionaries

• members of the Suma, Russia's parliament

• The moderate socialists

Who was Lenin?

• the leader of the Bolsheviks

• the leader of the bourgeoise

• the tsar of Russia

• the "mad monk"

Who sought peace with Germany

• Lenin and the Bolsheviks

• Karl Marx

• Tsar Nicholas

• The Provisional Government

Which Marxist term refers to the poorest social class?

• Bourgeoisie

• Proletariat

• Bolshevik

• Duma

What was Lenin's "New Economic Policy"?

• small scale capitalism

• socialism

• communism

• autocracy

What is a Soviet

• a communist Russian

• Lenin's political party

• a person in the Soviet Union

• a council made up of soldiers, farmers, and workers

Who took over Russia, now known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) after Lenin passes away in 1924?

• Joseph Stalin

• Gregory Rasputin

• Leon Trotsky

• Vladimir Putin

What were actions taken by the Bolshevik government?

• Signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk to end Russia's involvement in WWI

• Put the Tsar on trial

• Support more democratic reforms

• Give land to peasants to get their support

Who of the following were Communists?

• Karl Marx

• Tsar Nicholas II

• The Bolsheviks

• Vladimir Lenin

• Adam Smith