10 MARK QUESTION PLANS
Which of the following was of greater importance in the Bolshevik victory in the Civil War?
White weakness
Foreign intervention
White weakness
– made up of different groups who fought as separate detachments
- only united by their desire to defeat the Bolsheviks
- scattered geographically
- lacked good military commanders, unlike the Bolsheviks who had Trotsky
Foreign intervention
- foreign supplies were limited
- was solely to keep Russia in the war, which most did not want
- allowed the Bolsheviks to appear as national saviours
Judgement – white weakness was of greater importance to the Bolshevik victory in the civil war
Which of the following was a greater threat to Nicholas II in the period 1894-1905?
Political opposition
Economic opposition
Political opposition
- growth in opposition in this period
- growth in revolutionary groups committed to revolution and overthrowing the Tsar instead
of reform
- most Russians still saw the Tsar as the little father
- opposition was divided both within and between groups
Economic opposition
- created political opposition and unrest
- economic problems caused by rapid industrialisation caused social problems in the large
cities
- agricultural problems were not solved and there was peasant upheaval over redemption
payments
Judgement – economic opposition was a greater threat to Nicholas II in the period 1894-1905
Which of the following was of greater importance in the introduction of the NEP?
The Kronstadt Rising
Famine in the countryside
The Kronstadt Rising
- it represented a serious threat to the survival of the regime
- it was led by two prominent Bolsheviks against War Communism
- Lenin saw it as a serious threat and needed to introduce economic reform to appease the
workers
- ultimately, it was crushed and so there was no need to change course
Famine in the countryside
Which of the following was of greater importance in the Bolshevik victory in the Civil War?
White weakness
Foreign intervention
White weakness
– made up of different groups who fought as separate detachments
- only united by their desire to defeat the Bolsheviks
- scattered geographically
- lacked good military commanders, unlike the Bolsheviks who had Trotsky
Foreign intervention
- foreign supplies were limited
- was solely to keep Russia in the war, which most did not want
- allowed the Bolsheviks to appear as national saviours
Judgement – white weakness was of greater importance to the Bolshevik victory in the civil war
Which of the following was a greater threat to Nicholas II in the period 1894-1905?
Political opposition
Economic opposition
Political opposition
- growth in opposition in this period
- growth in revolutionary groups committed to revolution and overthrowing the Tsar instead
of reform
- most Russians still saw the Tsar as the little father
- opposition was divided both within and between groups
Economic opposition
- created political opposition and unrest
- economic problems caused by rapid industrialisation caused social problems in the large
cities
- agricultural problems were not solved and there was peasant upheaval over redemption
payments
Judgement – economic opposition was a greater threat to Nicholas II in the period 1894-1905
Which of the following was of greater importance in the introduction of the NEP?
The Kronstadt Rising
Famine in the countryside
The Kronstadt Rising
- it represented a serious threat to the survival of the regime
- it was led by two prominent Bolsheviks against War Communism
- Lenin saw it as a serious threat and needed to introduce economic reform to appease the
workers
- ultimately, it was crushed and so there was no need to change course
Famine in the countryside
