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The Russian Civil War, War Communism, NEP
The Russian Civil War, War Communism, NEP
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The Russian Civil War, War Communism and the NEP.
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What did the Worker's Opposition want?
To work longer hours for less money, in worse conditions.
Year 10 history students to know about them
The Cheka to be harder on disobediance
Better wages + conditions, worker's control of industry
2
What was the only agreed aim of the Whites in the Civil War?
To defeat the Bolsheviks
To bring back the Tsar
To bring about revolutionary change
To create a military dictatorship
3
What was the name of the White general who controlled the South of Russia?
Yudenich
Mansfield
Denikin
Kolchak
4
During War Communism, who brought supplies to the cities, making an illegal profit?
Bagmen
Nepmen
Cheka
Kulaks
5
When did the NEP last until?
1929
1925
1928
1927
6
What three groups were involved in the Civil War?
Greens, Whites, Blues
Reds, Greens, blacks
Reds, Greens, Whites
Reds, Blacks, Purples
7
The brutality of the Cheka and fear of being punished and sent to labour camps became known as?
Red Terror
Red Alert
Red Delight
Red Fear
8
How many experienced former Tsarist officers did Trotsky bring into the Red Army?
25,000
75,000
100,000
50,000
9
Which Treaty ended the Civil War?
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Riga
The Treaty of Petrograd
The Treaty of Moscow
10
What was Lenin's job during the Civil War?
Run the Government and and organise food/indsutrial ouput
To train the Red Army
Chief tiddlywinks player
11
How did War Communism affect the towns?
More freedom for workers, wages rose
People have plenty of food and adore Lenin
Strict discipline in factories, trade unions banned.
Food rationed (200g a day), money = worthless
12
What name was given to the traders that appeared in the cities during the NEP?
Kulaks
Nepmen
Bagmen
Mepmen
13
How many people died in the famine of 1921?
3 million
10 million
5 million
1 million
14
By what year was the main White threat in the Civil War over?
1922
1919
1921
1920
15
When was an Anglo-Soviet trade agreement signed to increase trade with the West?
1922
1920
1921
1923
16
Names 3 key features of the NEP?
Larger industried allowed freedom.
Smaller companies taken under government control
Traders could buy and sell goods.
Grain requisitioning stopped, surplus could be sold.
17
How did War Communism affect the countryside?
The peasants grow so much food they gladly give the surplus.
Cheka seizes surplus food = peasants produce less grain.
Cheka politely ask the peasants for their surplus food.
18
Why was the Kronstadt Uprising so important?
It made Lenin even more sure that War Communism was great.
It allowed Trotsky to show off his military skills
"It was the flash that lit up reality' and led to the NEP
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Why did many Communists dislike the NEP?
It helped to revive industry.
It allowed a breathing space for the USSR to rebuild
It made lots of money for the Communists
Return to Capitalism, bosses/kulaks hire others, Nepmen..
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When was the Kronstadt Uprising?
March 1922
March 1921
March 1920
March 1923
