The First World War - Quiz Flashcards
How did students react to the 1905 Rev?
Hung red flags, protest marches; went on strike (classes cancelled 1905).
Two things did peasants did during the 1905 revolution as a reaction.
Withhold paying tax; attack landowners; withhold labour.
How did soldiers and sailors react?
Some Mutinied
What were the political parties demanding from the tsar?
Voting rights for a Duma; a constitution; freedom to speak.
What is the name of the workers’ council that formed on 13th Oct 1905?
St Petersburg Soviet.
What date did the hold a national strike that forced the tsar to act?
14th Oct 1905.
What was the response of the St Petersburg Soviet to the October Manifesto?
‘A fraud on the people, a trick of the Tsar.’
How many days before the opening of the First Duma did the tsar release his Fundamental Laws?
Four (23rd April 1906).
How many statements criticising the actions of the government did the First Duma make in the few weeks they existed?
391
The political parties and the workers became increasingly what during the time of the Dumas?
Radical (demanding change).
