2. Lenin & The NEP ONQ

Name

Period

• 4th
• 5th
• 6th

How did Lenin and the Bolsheviks come to power?

• The Czar willingly gave up power to Lenin
• The Provisional Government collapsed due to incompetence and was overthrown by the Bolsheviks
• The Bolsheviks won an election against the Provisional Government
• The Czar appointed Lenin as his successor

What was one major problem with War Communism?

• It led to economic inequality between cities and the countryside
• Farmers stopped growing food due to strict centralization and forced grain requisitioning
• The government gave peasants too much control over grain production
• It eliminated the power of the military

What policy replaced grain requisitioning under the NEP?

• A grain tax allowing farmers to sell surplus
• Private land ownership
• Free market capitalism
• Collectivization

What was one negative effect of the NEP?

• The re-emergence of capitalist inequality
• The NEP led to complete industrial collapse
• Lenin abolished all forms of currency
• The Provisional Government returned to power

According to Lenin, what was the most urgent issue at the time?

• Increasing the productivity of peasant farming
• Expanding international trade
• Eliminating private land ownership
• Strengthening the military

What was Lenin’s “correct” policy for obtaining grain?

• Continue forced requisitioning from peasants
• Allow peasants to trade grain for manufactured goods
• Make all grain production state-owned
• Encourage peasants to produce less food to limit surplus

How did Lenin attempt to increase agricultural production?

• By giving peasants incentives to produce more, even if it meant allowing limited private ownership
• By immediately abolishing all forms of private property
• By making all land government-owned and collectivized
• By reducing the amount of land available for farming

What evidence suggests the NEP was successful in agriculture?

• Farmers revolted against the government
• The government stopped collecting taxes
• The Bolsheviks abandoned socialism
• Grain production increased from 38 million tons in 1921 to 78 million tons in 1926