WW1 Lesson 3 Info

Question 1

Communism

Answer 1

a political and economic doctrine that aims to replace private property and profit-based economy with public ownership

Question 2

White Russian

Answer 2

People against communist (communism)

Question 3

Red Russians

Answer 3

People for communists (communism)

Question 4

Czar Nicholas ll

Answer 4

Last emperor of Russia, and was brought over to take charge of the armed forces despite his lack of ability and training
-caused men to train with broom sticks, and were sent to the front without rifles

Question 5

Gregory Rasputin

Answer 5

-caused Czar to be cut off from events when he began to influence the czar’s wife, Alexandra

-people were made with the czarist regime, so they assassinated Rasputin

Question 6

What did the women of Russia protest?

Answer 6

“Peace and bread” and “Down to Autocracy”

Question 7

When did czar step down, why?

Answer 7

March 15, he had no army/ military to support him and back him up

Question 8

Who were the Bolsheviks?

Answer 8

A group of socialists (socialists made up the soviets), lead by Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
(known as V. l. Lenin)

Question 9

Who was shipped to Russia

Answer 9

Lenin was shipped back to Russia and began a new phase of the Russian Revolution

Question 10

What were the 3 Bolshevik Slogans

Answer 10

“Peace, Land, Bread”
“Worker control of production”
“All Power to the Soviets”

Question 11

What did the Bolsheviks rename themselves

Answer 11

The Communists

Question 12

Who didn’t like the new Bolshevik/communist government

Answer 12

people who were loyal to czar and liberal &Anti-Leninist socialists
-They were joined by the Allies

Question 13

Who won the Russian Civial War?

Answer 13

Lenin and the Communists

Question 14

Why did one side win the war over the other?

Answer 14

Red army was well disciplined fight forced, and Leon Trotskey had helped to make it into that. They all had one common goal

Disunity weakened the anti-communists, political difference was the worst. They had no common goal

Question 15

What was the Communist Revolutionary terror?

Answer 15

An “instrument” they used to keep order.
-It was a new Red secret police called Cheka

Question 16

How did the Communist Revolutionary Terror help them

Answer 16

It aimed to destroy those who didn’t approve of the new regime. The red terror added an element of fear to the communist regime

Question 17

Result of the Civil War

Answer 17

-Communist serve in total command of Russia
-Communist regime had transformed Russia into a centralized state, dominated by a single party

Question 18

Regime

Answer 18

The ruling government of a country

Question 19

What did the Allies give the Anti-communists

Answer 19

They didn’t fight with them, but they gave them material aid

Question 20

What happened July 16, 1918?

Answer 20

Czar, his wife, and their 5 children were all killed

Question 21

What army did War communism help with, and how?

Answer 21

War communism helped the Red army, by ensuring that there was regular supplies for the army

Question 22

What did the Bolshevik Forces seize on Nov. 6, and how did it affect everyone else?

Answer 22

They seized the Winter Palace, causing the government to collapse
-overthrow coincided with a meeting of the all-Russian Congress of Soviets

Question 23

What was the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?

Answer 23

A treaty signed by Lenin with Germany.
-Gave up eastern Poland, Ukraine, Finland, and the Baltic provinces