Russian Revolution: Causes

This group made up 90% of Russia's population prior to the Revolution of 1905. 

• clergy
• nobles/aristocrats
• serfs/peasants
• intellectuals 

This czar lost the Crimean War. As a result, the Russian people questioned his authority. 

• Nicholas I
• Alexander II
• Alexander III
• Nicholas II

This czar freed the serfs. Consequently, he was assassinated.

• Nicholas I
• Alexander II
• Alexander III
• Nicholas II

This czar ruled over a totalitarian state. For instance, he used secret police to control religion and education.

• Nicholas I
• Alexander II
• Alexander III
• Nicholas II

He was the last Romanov Czar of Russia. 

• Nicholas I
• Alexander II
• Alexander III
• Nicholas II

Waves of organized violence against the Jewish population under Alexander III's reign. 

• duma
• pograms
• October Manifesto
• provisional government

This representative body was allowed and then quickly revoked by Czar Nicholas II after Bloody Sunday. 

• duma
• pograms
• October Manifesto
• provisional government

He was the leader of the provisional government that was unpopular because he kept Russia in WWI. 

• Lenin
• Kerensky
• Stalin
• Trotsky

He was the "Father of the Revolution" and a Bolshevik. 

• Lenin
• Kerensky
• Stalin
• Trotsky

He was the leader of the Red Guard, the Bolshevik's military force that fought during the Civil War. 

• Lenin
• Kerensky
• Stalin
• Trotsky