Dumas

Question 1

What did Article 87 give Nicholas the power to do

Answer 1

Gave Nicholas the right “in all exceptional circumstances” to pass his own laws without consulting the Duma at all

Question 2

What was the second chamber called the state council

Answer 2

Half the members of the chamber would be chosen by Nicholas

It would have equal power as the Duma

Question 3

What power did the Duma really have

Answer 3

Had little real power and limited ability to enact laws

Question 4

What control did Nicholas continue to have

Answer 4

Remained in control of

The military
Foreign policy
Appointing ministers

Question 5

What was the liberals reaction to the Dumas

Answer 5

Liberals were dismayed

Had hoped for a universal, equal direct election

Question 6

How was the Duma biased

Answer 6

Biased towards upper classes

Question 7

What illustrates the bias towards the upper classes

Answer 7

2,000 landowners were represented by 1 deputy

90,000 workers were represented by one deputy

Question 8

What is the positive about representation

Answer 8

People were represented
Including the nationalities
Poles and Fins included

Question 9

Who won the first Duma election

Answer 9

the Kadets

Question 10

How many seats did the Kadets win

Answer 10

182

Question 11

What did the Kadets demand

Answer 11

demanded that the power’s of the Duma should be increased and elections should be universal

Question 12

What followed these demands

Answer 12

2 Months of bitter disagreement and fierce debates on issues such as civil rights and land ownership

Question 13

What was Nicholas reaction to the Kadets attitudes

Answer 13

horrified by the hostility and lack of respect

Dissolved the Duma

Question 14

What did Nicholas say about the Duma

Answer 14

“Curse the Duma it is all Wittes doing”

Question 15

How many Kadets went to Vyborg

Answer 15

200

Question 16

What did the Kadets do in Vyborg Finland

Answer 16

Issued the Vyborg manifesto
-Urging Russians to not pay their taxes

Question 17

How did the Government respond to the Vyborg manifesto

Answer 17

Closed down Kadet offices and dismissed members of the party

Question 18

What percentage of St Petersburg participated in the election

Answer 18

70%

Question 19

Who won the Second Duma

Answer 19

The left with over 200 deputies

Question 20

Who got the most deputies in the second Duma

Answer 20

Trudoviks with 104 deputies

Question 21

What was the 2nd Duma known as

Answer 21

“The Duma of national anger”

Question 22

What did the left do in the second Duma

Answer 22

Made fierce attacks on government ministers and interrupted them when they were speaking in the Duma

Question 23

What was the excuse that Nicholas used to dissolve the Duma

Answer 23

Dissolved the Duma on the excuse of supposedly discovering an assassination plot from the social democrats

Question 24

What were the 5 achievements from the 3rd Duma

Answer 24

Stolypin’s land reforms

Education law in 1908, which laid foundations for universal education, compulsory primary schools to 8 to 11 year olds

improvements in the army and navy

Restoration of the justices of the peace replacing the hated land captains

Progressive national insurance scheme-would pay sickness benefit to wroers

Question 25

What were the 3 main works of the 4th Duma

Answer 25

Continued support and money for education law of 1908

Question 26

What was the progressive bloc