WH russian revolution
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 false | In the March Revolution, the provisional government was overthrown by Lenin's Bolshevik party. true or false |
| continuing to participate in WWI | The major mistake of Russia's Provisional Government lay in {=continuing to participate in WWI ~choosing ineffective leadership ~redistributing land to the peasantry ~removing the nobility from government positions} |
| Lenin | The leader of the Bolsheviks was {=Trotsky ~Lenin ~Stalin ~Dumas} |
| the peasantry needed to be led in revolution | Unlike Marx, Lenin believed {=that religion should be abolished ~that the ends justifies the means ~the peasantry needed to be led in revolution ~that revolution was inevitable} |
| Lenin | "Land, bread, and peace" was a slogan used by {=Trotsky ~Nicholas II ~Marx ~Lenin} |
| 20 | At the time of the Russian Revolution, about what percent of the population lived in cities? {=80 ~20 ~50 ~5} |
| political police | The Cheka was the Russian {=political police ~imperial army ~church leaders ~Jedi council} |
| took Russia out of WWI | The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk {=stopped the Russian civil war ~took Russia out of WWI ~settled the dispute between Lenin and Kerensky ~was an arrangement of friendship between Russia and France} |
| increased agricultural production | All of the following factors helped the "Reds" during the Russian civil war except for {=Leon Trotsky's army ~intervention by foreign powers ~effective party leadership ~increased agricultural production} |
| limited capitalist business | The essence of Lenin's New Economic Policy was {=agricultural collectivization ~ limited capitalist business ~rapid industrialization ~anti-US propaganda} |
| began to collectivize farms | When Russia's more prosperous peasant farmers held back part of their crops in 1928, Stalin {=had them executed for treason ~allowed them to sell their crops for extra profit ~began to collectivize farms ~assassinated Trotsky out of frustration} |
| 10 million | It is estimated that during Stalin's collectivization drive, as many as {=one million ~500,000 thousand ~50 million ~10 million} peasants died. |
| led to the imprisonment of millions | Stalin's show-trials during the last half of the 1930s {=led to his eventual ousting from power ~left Stalin an isolated and unpopular figure ~illustrated the length to which his enemies would go to defeat him ~led to the imprisonment of millions} |
| all of the answers are correct | The Great Purge resulted in {=fear of opposition to Stalin ~complete obedience to Stalin ~Stalin solidifying political control ~all of the answers are correct} |
| got worse | Under Stalin, living standards {=got worse ~changed little ~improved only after WWII ~improved dramatically} |
| mass educational facilities | One of the chief rewards for the workers in the new Soviet Union of the 1930s was {=improved and expanded housing ~a decisive voice in public affairs ~mass educational facilities ~an efficient and effective health care system} |
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