Domestic Policies of the PG

Question 1

What was the first decree of the provisional government?

Answer 1

-personal freedom
-religious and political prisoners released
-police abolished.

Question 2

Why was the policy of revolutionary defensivism a problem for the provisional government?

(Policy of continuing in WW1 for the survival or the revolution.)

Answer 2

-workers wanting higher wages and lower prices
-peasants wanting the land they used.

Question 3

What percentage had the price of grain risen?

Answer 3

-by 100%

Question 4

How many factories in Petrograd had to shut?

Answer 4

568

Question 5

What general domestic problems were the provisional government facing?

Answer 5

-Opposition parties
-living/working/societal conditions
-dual authority and lack of legitimacy
-ramifications of war.