Lesson 4

Question 1

What were the causes of Russia’s March 17th Revolution?

Answer 1

• a shortage of food

Question 2

Explain the Bolsheviks plan of action after they seized power

Answer 2

• promises of “Peace, Land, and Bread”
• promised land reform and an end to food shortages

Question 3

Describe how Lenin believed a socialist revolution could succeed

Answer 3

• an elite (small) group of reformers - the Bolsheviks - would guide the revolution in Russia

Question 4

Explain why Lenin signed a peace treaty with Germany in 1918

Answer 4

• the communists needed to focus their strength in Russia