Test 2 WC

Arrange the following historical events from the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union in order:

A.  Joseph Stalin rises to power and forces Leon Trotsky into exile

B.  World War I began during the summer of 1914

C.  Russians were killed while peacefully protesting in St. Petersburg on "Bloody Sunday"

D.  the Romanov family was executed by the Red Army during Russia's Civil War

C, B, D, A

1. Russians were killed while peacefully protesting in St. Petersburg on "Bloody Sunday"

2. World War I began during the summer of 1914

3. the Romanov family was executed by the Red Army during Russia's Civil War

4. Joseph Stalin rises to power and forces Leon Trotsky into exile

Which of the following was not a reason why the Russian Revolution(s) occurred during 1917?

the Soviet Red Army fought and defeated the anti-Bolshewik White Army

Why did Vladimir Lenin adopt the slogan of "Land, bread, and peace?"

1. to convince Russians who opposed World War I to support revolution for change

2. to convince the poor, landless farmers to support a communist revolution

3. to convince Russians who suffered from food shortages to support the October Revolution

Which of the following does not describe how Russia changed during the decades following the Revolutions of 1917?

the country changed from an autocracy to a democracy, where people could elect different political parties to power

Which of the following was not associated with the totalitarian government that existed in Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union during the 1930s?

democracy and a free press

Which of the following was not associated with the Soviet Union's communist system ("hands-on") of the 1930s?

its citizens experienced various rights, including freedom of speech and the press

What would be the most appropriate title for the picture on the right?

"The Romanovs: Russia's Last Royal Family"

Based upon the cartoon on the right, ________ had the greatest influence over Russia before the Revolutions of 1917.

Grigory Rasputin

Eventually, the cartoon on the right's central (or main) historical figure ____

was murdered by a relative of Russia's royal family

The flag on the right's symbols were the hammer and the sickle which represented the Soviet Union's _____

industrial workers and the agricultural farmers

Which of the following is the poster on the right an example of?

propaganda

Based upon its message, which of the following would be the best title for the poster on the right?

"Joseph Stalin: Steering the Soviet Union to Greatness"

Released in the early- 1900s, what economic system did the cartoon on the right criticize?

capitalism (laissez-faire)

According to the cartoon on the right, which of the following groups labor (work) was responsible for holding the "Capitalist System" up and creating the wealth?

farmers and industrial workers

When considering the cartoon's message on the right, which of the following people from the Russian Revolution's era would not support the cartoon's message?

a bourgeois factory owner

Identify whether the following events are a resulted from or followed Russia's February Revolution or October Revolution of 1917:

After three hundred years of the Romanov Dynasty, the Czar was forced to abdicate the Russian throne

February

Identify whether the following events are a resulted from or followed Russia's February Revolution or October Revolution of 1917:

The Bolsheviks overthrew Russia's Previsional Government under the Duma.

October

Identify whether the following events are a resulted from or followed Russia's February Revolution or October Revolution of 1917:

Russia signed the Brest-Litovsk Treaty and withdrew from World War I.

October

Identify whether the following events are a resulted from or followed Russia's February Revolution or October Revolution of 1917:

Between 1918 and 1921, the Red Army fought and defeated the White Army during Russia's Civil War.

October

Under Prime Minister Alexander Kerensky, the Provisional Government took control of the government and Russia remained in WWI

February

Which cities were in the Bolshevik territory as of October 1919

Petrograd, Moscow, Samara, Kazan, Perm, Yekaterinburg

Near, or in, which of the following cities did the westernmost civil war battle take place?

Brest-Litovsk

Which bodies of water were used by the White Army and their allies during the Russian Civil War?

Barents Sea and the Black Sea

Nicholas II

Rassia's last Czar, who was executed with his family during July of 1918

Vladimir Lenin

the Bolshevik revolutionary who led them to power during 1917; leader of the Soviet Union's Communist Party until his death during of 1924

the Kulaks

farmers who refused to collectivize their farmlands, and as a result. were punished and sent to Soviet gulags

Joseph Stalin

the communist revolutionary who became the Soviet Union's ruthless totalitarian dictator during the 1930s

Leon Trotsky

the Russian revolutionary who was forced into exile during the late-1920s, and eventually murdered by a Soviet agent in Mexico

Alexander Kerensky

as the Prime Minister of Russia's legislative Duma, he served as the leader of Russia's Provisional Government as a result of the February Revolution of 1917

the Bolsheviks

this communist group seized control over Russia's govemment during October of 1917

Censorship

under this, the Soviet Union's government restricted speech and the press, including the arts and literature