Russian Revolution

Question 1

who eventually took over?

Answer 1

Stalin

Question 2

Who was involved in the power struggle after Lenin’s death?

Answer 2

Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin

Question 3

Peasants were allowed to sell __________ and encouraged foreign investment

Answer 3

Surplus crops

Question 4

Private ownership of small factories, farms, and businesses.

Answer 4

Private Profit

Question 5

State

Answer 5

Central Government controlled major industries, farms, banks, and communication

Question 6

New Economic Policy

Answer 6

State-controlled economy with a small-scale version of captialism

Question 7

What was the new name given to Russia

Answer 7

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Question 8

War Communism

Answer 8

The taking over all the means of production (banks, mines, factories, railroads, and farms) by force - last 5 years

Question 9

Check

Answer 9

a secret police force

Question 10

Killed (rallying symbol)

Answer 10

1918 - After the Bolshevik Revolution, the Czar and his family had been taken prisoner
In April 1918 - they moved to Yekaterinburg a mining town in Siberia

Question 11

Allies

Answer 11

The _____ and the United States sent military aid - the whites promised to defeat the Reds quickly and return Russia to World War I against the Central Powers

Question 12

Whites

Answer 12

Opponents of the Bolsheviks, Tsarist Imperial Officers, Mensheviks, Democrats, Moderate Socialists, & Nationalist groups

Question 13

Reds

Answer 13

Bolsheviks - ___ Bonners & Flag

Question 14

Treaty of Brest-Litvosk

Answer 14

Germany & Russia - Russia no longer is fighting in World War I

Question 15

Red Guards

Answer 15

November 1971 - Red Guards stormed the Winter Palace at Petrograd

Question 16

“Peace, Bread & Land”

Answer 16

Peace - End to Russia’s involvement in World War I
Bread - Symbolic of food for everyone (Russia’s black breath)
Land - Ownership of land for peasants

Question 17

Leon Trotsky

Answer 17

Another dynamic Marxist revolutionary Lenin’s right-hand man

Question 18

Mensheviks

Answer 18

Russian Marxists: Broad-Based public support, parliamentary means

Question 19

Bolsheviks

Answer 19

Majority Russian Marxists: A small group of committed revolutionaries, elite, radical change

Question 20

Vladimir IIyich Ulyanov

Answer 20

Lenin

Question 21

Soviet

Answer 21

Local councils or unions where people could voice their opinions. Workers, peasants, soldiers,…some degree of self-government

Question 22

Provisional Government

Answer 22

A temporary government under the control of the Duma.

Question 23

“Bread Bread”

Answer 23

Riots broke out over shortages of bread and fuel

Question 24

Diasters on the battlefield…Food and fuel shortages

Answer 24

World War I dragged on and defeats continued. Prices climbed

Question 25

St. Petersburg

Answer 25

In Marc 1917, Women textile workers in Petrograd led a strike

Question 26

Hemophilia

Answer 26

Alexis suffered from ______ ‘Bleeder’

Question 27

Alexis Romanov

Answer 27

Tsarevich. Heir to the throne

Question 28

Alexandra

Answer 28

German House of Hess. Ignored Tsar’s chief advisors. Relied on Rasputin

Question 29

Grigory Rasputin

Answer 29

Gypsy Holy Man. ‘Mad Monk’

Question 30

Nicholas II

Answer 30

1915 - Tsar Nicholas moved his headquarters from St. Petersburg to the front lines

Question 31

Nicholas II part 2

Answer 31

Russia had lost over 8 million men. Early victories - defeat after. Felt his presence would inspire his men to victory

Question 32

2 million

Answer 32

1915 alone, Russian casualties reached this number

Question 33

Proletariate

Answer 33

Working class poor. industrial class workers who would overthrow the owners and take control of the “means of production”

Question 34

Landing Nobles, Priest, Autocratic Tsar

Answer 34

controlled the government about 95% of the wealth. (3% of the population). Peasants. Most of the peasants lived in terrible poverty (95% of the population)