Russian Revolution and End of WW1 Flashcards
Who was the Russian czar that abdicated in 1917?
Nicholas II
After the Bolsheviks seized control of the Russian government in 1917, what did they rename themselves?
radicals
Why was the 1905 Russian Revolution semi-successful?
the Russians were then allowed to create the Duma
What was the moderate party in the Petrograd Soviet?
menshevikes
What term means “working class?”
proletariat
Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks?
Vladimir Lenin
What war resulted in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution?
Russian Civil War
What were the causes of the March 1917 revolution in Russia?
- widespread strikes broke out in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) protesting food and fuel shortages
- Czar Nicholas II ordered his troops to crush the protestors
- Duma demanded reform; the czar ordered it to disband
In the civil war that broke out after the Bolshevik Revolution, who did the Red Army fight against?
the white army
Who was the “monk” that the czarina of Russia placed her faith and trust in?
Grigori Rasputin
Why was the Duma ineffective prior to the 1917 Russian Revolution?
the czar ordered it to disband
What was Lenin’s secret police force called?
The Cheka
Who was the commander of the Red Army after the Bolshevik Revolution?
Leon Trotsky
What was the first event to start the Spring Russian Revolution during March of 1917?
widespread strikes broke out in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) protesting food and fuel shortages
What was the amount of Russia’s population lost by the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
Why did Nicholas II abdicate as czar?
Why did the Allies agree to help the White Army?
How did the U.S. react to the Communist idea of exporting the revolution?
What is a cease-fire agreement known as?
Who was the Kaiser of Germany that abdicated and left Germany after WWI?
Who was the President of the U.S. during WWI?
What is the extermination of an entire race or ethnic group known as?
What is the military strategy that uses hit-and-run tactics called?
Which countries were called the “Big Four” at the Paris Peace Conference?
What is a worldwide outbreak of a disease called?
What disease caused the pandemic that broke out in 1918?
What are the years during which WWI was fought?
What is the year in which the U.S. entered WWI?
1917
What is the date of Armistice Day, the day the fighting of WWI stopped?
11 November 1918
What is a condition that the Allies demanded from Germany for peace talks to end WWI?
What is the peace agreement that ended WWI with Germany called?
Treaty of Versailles
What is the organization that was established by the peace agreement that ended WWI?
League of Nations
What was the genocide/holocaust of WWI?
What U.S. President proposed the League of Nations for everlasting peace?
President Woodrow Wilson
What body in the U.S. government disapproved of the League of Nations?
