Lenin and the Bolsheviks

1. The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 was a major turning point in history because

• Russia became the first nation with a Communist economic system

•  it was the last revolution in the 20th century

•  Russia ceased to be an important force in world affairs

•  the royal family was exiled to Mexico

2. A key principle of the economic theory of Communism is

•  restoration of a bartering system

• organization of workers’ unions

• government ownership of property

•  privatization of business

 3. A major reason many Russian people supported the Bolsheviks in the November 1917 revolution was that the Bolsheviks called for

• the abolition of all religion

• a heavy investment in industry

• the collectivization of agriculture

• an immediate peace settlement with Germany

4. ". . . The replacement of the bourgeois by the proletarian state is impossible without a violent revolution. The abolition of the proletarian state, i.e., of all states, is only possible through 'withering away.' . . ."

— V. I. Lenin, State and Revolution, 1917

This quotation is associated with the principles of

• capitalism

• imperialism

• communism

• militarism

5. The Bolshevik Party in 1917 gained the support of the peasant class because they promised them

• "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"

• abolition of the secret police

• "Peace, Land, and Bread"

•  democratic reforms in all levels of government

• Led the Russians in a second revolution (1917)

• Promised "Peace, Land, and Bread"

• Established the New Economic Policy (NEP)

6. Which leader is being described by these statements?

• Czar Nicholas II

• Nikita Khrushchev

•  Vladimir I. Lenin 

•  Mikhail Gorbachev