APE Topic Eighteen Discussion 93

1. Explain why the middle class supported Russian involvement in the war.
2. Explain why life at the Czar’s court was bizarre.
3. Describe the rise of the Petrograd Soviet.
4. Explain why the Czar abdicated.
5. Explain how “peace, land, and bread” related to Lenin’s plan for Russia.
6. Describe the coup that led to Lenin’s leadership of the Soviet Union.
7. Outline the immediate concerns of Lenin’s government.
8. Explain how majority rule was “over-ruled” in Russia.
9. Explain how Lenin achieved peace, but did not achieve peace.
10. Explain how Lenin achieved bread.
11. Explain how Lenin achieved land.
12. Explain how Trotsky saved the revolution for Lenin.
13. Describe the purpose of the Red Terror.
14. Evaluate the legitimacy of the Communist government.