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Worksheets27.3 The Russian Revolution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
[Preview - Survey] In general, do you have a POSITIVE or NEGATIVE view of "communism"?
POSITIVE - Communism is a generally good government system.
NEGATIVE - Communism is a generally bad government system.
[p1] In which way was Russia unprepared for war?
There were no competent military leaders.
The country had too much coastline.
The military underestimated the terrible winter.
The czar abdicated & left Russia without a government.
[p1] With the czar commanding at the battlefront, his wife Alexandra made most government decisions. She was under the influence of a mystic named Grigory (a) .
[p1] In March of 1917, widespread rioting broke out because the price of (a) had skyrocketed.
[p2] Which of these were slogans of the protesters who marched in March 1917?
TWO of these are correct.
Peace and Bread
Down with Autocracy
Black Lives Matter
We Want Communism
Liberty or Death
[p2] After Czar Nicholas abdicated, the Russian provisional government made the fatal mistake of deciding to...
continue the 300-year-old Romanov dynasty.
sign a peace treaty with Germany.
assassinate the czar.
remain in World War I.
[p2] "The (a) were councils made up of representatives from workers & soldiers." These councils challenged the provisional government's authority.
[p3] What distinguished Lenin & the Bolsheviks from other Marxist political parties?
Lenin believed only violent revolution could destroy the capitalist system.
Lenin believed in using peaceful political methods to achieve the communist dream.
Lenin believed that Marxism could be combined with Christian charity.
Lenin believed that communism was only possible in Russia.
[p3] What were the Bolsheviks' THREE slogans in 1917 after Lenin returned (via Germany)?
"Peace, Land, & Bread"
"Worker Control of Production"
"All Power to the Soviets"
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
"Let the Ruling Classes Tremble"
[p4] How did the Bolsheviks seize power in October-November 1917?
THREE of these are correct.
Leon Trotsky became head of the Petrograd soviet.
Bolshevik forces seized the Winter Palace.
Lenin turned over power to the Congress of Soviets (though he kept real power to himself).
A free & fair election gave the Bolsheviks a 2/3 majority in the Congress of Soviets.
Bolshevik forces bombed the Winter Palace, killing the soviet leaders there.
[p4] In March 1918, Lenin signed a treaty with Germany that gave up much Russian territory. Why did Lenin do this?
Lenin expected the revolution to spread throughout Europe, making borders "irrelevant."
Lenin was secretly loyal to the German Kaiser and hoped that German settlers would replace the citizens of those territories.
Germany provided Lenin with rifles & ammunition for fighting against the provisional government's troops.
Most of the people in those territories were non-Russian speakers, so Lenin did not want them in his new state.
[p5] Why did Russia fall into civil war?
Read & think about the information in the first paragraph of this page.
The peasants were tired of waiting for land reform.
Many groups were opposed to the new Bolshevik government.
The Bolsheviks and Communists disagreed about how to run the country.
The czar led forces against the Bolshevik government.
[p5] The Communist, or Red, Army was opposed by many different groups. These anti-Communist forces were called the...
Whites.
Reds.
Rebels.
Republicans.
[p5] What happened to the old czar and his family in July 1918?
They were murdered by the local soviet.
They escaped Russia & fled to Paris.
They were killed on Lenin's orders, except one daughter escaped.
They committed suicide together using cyanide.
[p6] The Red Army commissar ____ was largely responsible for the success of the Bolsheviks.
Leon Trotsky
Josef Stalin
Nikolas Romanov
Grigory Rasputin
[p6] In contrast to the Whites, who were divided by political differences, the Communists had...
a single-minded sense of purpose, plus revolutionary zeal.
better weapons, training, & commanders.
more money and supplies for war.
the support of outside forces, especially the United States.
[p6] What was the Cheka?
The Communists' secret police, which used fear to destroy any opposition to the new regime.
The soviet election method, using color-coded pre-printed ballots.
The Communist Party's propaganda newspaper that published only news favorable to Lenin & Trotsky.
[p6] "Foreign armies on Russian soil enabled the Communists to appeal to... patriotism." What countries had troops occupying parts of Russia to help the Whites?
FOUR of these are correct.
Japan
Great Britain
United States
France
Mexico
[Review] Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks, the Russian Communist Party?
Leon Trotsky
Josef Stalin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Lenin
[Review] Which of these were CAUSES of the Russian Revolution?
Think carefully about cause-and-effect: THREE of these are correct.
Years of autocracy (absolute monarchy)
Battlefield failures in World War I
Intense shortages (especially bread) in the cities
The murder of the czar and his family
The Cheka secret police used terror
