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The Great Depression and Russian Revolution

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the immediate cause of the Great Depression in the United States?

a)

World War 1

b)

The Stock Market Crash

c)

Election of FDR

d)

Massive natural disasters

2.

Which best explains the Great Depression?

a)

Rise of productivity leading to enormous profits

b)

Temporary alliance of governmental parties

c)

A long business slump marked by unemployment and loss of production

d)

None of the above

3.

Who was elected in 1933 and president during most of the Great Depression?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Calvin Coolidge

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Harry Truman

4.

What was FDR's plan for the Great Depression?

a)

New Deal

b)

New Document

c)

New Economic Policy

d)

New Plan

5.

Who was the Tsar of Russia when the revolutions began to take placed?

a)

Alexander III

b)

Alexander II

c)

Nicholas II

d)

Nicholas III

6.

Which best explains Russia's industrialization?

a)

Quickly industrialized alongside Great Britain

b)

Eventually industrialized, lagged behind the others

c)

Industrialized before any other nation

d)

Never industrialized

7.

Who are the proletariat?

a)

The royal family

b)

The nobles

c)

The workers

d)

Only the peasants

8.

Who is the leader of the Bolsheviks?

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Leon Trotsky

c)

Tsar Nicholas II

d)

Joseph Stalin

9.

Marxists who favor revolution by a small committed group

a)

Proletariat

b)

Soviets

c)

Bolsheviks

d)

Mensheviks

10.

What is the duma?

a)

Parliament

b)

The tsar

c)

The workers

d)

Royal family

11.

Who was Rasputin?

a)

Priest who controlled the church

b)

Holy Man who has influence over Czarina Alexandra

c)

Noble and trusted friend of Nicholas II

d)

Noble who was left in charge while Nicholas was gone

12.

What was the major result of the March Revolution?

a)

The royal family being executed

b)

Nicholas II abdicating his throne

c)

Lenin becoming dictator

d)

The formation of the USSR

13.

Which best explains the Bolshevik Revolution?

a)

Peasants marching the streets of Petrograd

b)

Bolsheviks raiding houses and storefronts

c)

Workers taking control of the provisional government by force

d)

The execution of Nicholas II

14.

After the Bolshevik Revolution...

a)

Lenin became ruler and restored peace in Russia

b)

Lenin forced peasants off of their land

c)

Russia kept fighting in World War 1 against Germany

d)

Russia fought a 2 year long civil war

15.

What two sides fought in the Russian Civil War?

a)

Red Army and Yellow Army

b)

White Army and Blue Army

c)

Red Army and White Army

d)

White Army and Green Army

16.

What is the new name taken by the Bolsheviks?

a)

The Communist Party

b)

The Soviets

c)

The Red Army

d)

None of the above

17.

Who rules Russia as a dictator after Lenin?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Leon Trotsky