1. in 1881 Why Were Revolutionaries Angry?

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14.1 Revolutions in Russia

Guiding Question: What was the greatest contributing factor to the Rise of Communism in Russia

1. In 1881 why were revolutionaries angry?

Autocracy- a form of government in which the leader has total power

2. List two ways how Czar Alexander III use his autocratic rule:

3. How did Alexander III establish a uniform Russian culture?

Pogroms- organized violence against Jews in which Russian citizens looted and destroyed Jewish homes, stores and synagogues.

4. How did Nicholas II finance the industrialization of Russia?

5. Describe the Trans-Siberian Railroad:

6. Why did industrialization in Russia lead to unrest?

7. What did Marxist revolutionaries believe would be the outcome of industrial class workers overthrow of the czar?

Proletariat- workers

8. How do the Menshevik and Bolshevik ideals differ?

9. Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks and why did he flee to Western Europe?

10, Predict how the Russian losses in the Russo-Japanese war would encourage revolutions in Russia

11. Why did Russian workers and families approach the czar’s winter palace on January 22, 1905?

12. What was the czar’s response and what did this event become known as?

Duma- Russia’s first parliament

13. How did the leaders of the Duma want the government to be run and what was the czar’s response?

14. How did WWI reveal the czar’s weakness?

15. How did Rasputin impact Russia?

16. What was life like in Russia in 1916?

17. Who led the riots in March 1917 and what were their reasons?

18. What was the outcome of the March Revolution?

Provisional Government- temporary government established by the Duma after the czar was forced to step down

19. Who was the leader of the Provisional government and how did decision to continue fighting WWI cost him?

20. What are Soviets?

21. Why did Germany support Lenin’s return to Russia?

22. Why do you think people would support Lenin’s slogan of “Peace, Land, and Bread”

23. How was the Bolshevik Revolution different from the March Revolution?

24. What are three things Lenin did once the Bolsheviks were in power?

25. Why were the Russian people upset with the Bolsheviks?

26. What groups made up the White Army and what was the one thing they had in common?

27. How was the Russian Revolution more like the French Revolution than the American Revolution?

28. What were the key components of the NEP?

29. Why was Russia’s name changed to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?

30. How did the Communist party not truly create Marx’s vision of communism?

31. Describe Stalin’s rise to power:

Summary (answer the guiding question):