Why did the Bolsheviks win/Imposing Bolshevik control

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Edexcel unit 2A
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Question 1

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There were four main reasons the Bolsheviks won
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 2

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Which is a reason the Bolsheviks won?
Answer
  • Lenin knew it was vital to act fast
  • They bribed the opposition to join them
  • Lenin's well organised takeover
  • They stole weapons and caused havoc on the streets of Petrograd

Question 3

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The Provisional Government failed to disband the Red Guard after arming them to deal with Kornilov's Revolt
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 4

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Did the Provisional Government....
Answer
  • Act immediately to the rumours of revolution
  • Misjudge the Bolsheviks and not act against the threat in time

Question 5

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The takeover was well planned and organised by Trotsky. He organised the Red Guard and volunteers from the army, the nay and the factories to work together to a careful plan.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 6

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So what did the plan entail...
Answer
  • Taking over telephone and telegraph offices and railway stations.
  • Storming Petrograd with banners, shouting for a better set of leaders

Question 7

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What were the early decrees of the Bolsheviks?
Answer
  • Capital punishment was abolished
  • In towns and countryside power was given to the local soviets
  • Gulags were set up to enforce terror
  • The Peace Decree
  • The Bread decree
  • The Land Decree
  • The Workers' Decree

Question 8

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Trotsky had the job of negotiating peace with Germany: the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Answer
  • True
  • False
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