Chapter 27 History Review
What was the Three Emperors' League
A conservative alliance which linked the monarchs of Austria-Hungry, Germany, and Russia against radical movements
What was the Petrograd Soviet
A mass meeting of two thousand to three thousand workers, soldiers and socialist intellectuals, modeled on the revolutionary soviets.
What was Army Order No. 1
A radical order of the Petrograd Soviet that stripped officers of their authority and placed power in the hands of elected committees of common soldiers
What was the Triple Entente
Alliance of Great Britain, France, and Russia in WWI
What was the League of Nations
An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace.
What was the most fatal decision made by Tsar Nicholas II in the time before the Russian Revolution
He decided to travel to the front and take personal command of the Russian Army
What did Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War do
It helped the Bolsheviks who could appeal to patriotic nationalism against the whites
What was the Cheka
Secret police
who did Nicholas fail to work with
The Duma
What was Lenin's party known as
The Majority group or the Bolsheviks
What is War Communism
in World War I Russia, government control of banks and most industries, the seizing of grain from peasants, and the centralization of state administration under Communist control
Who led the provisional government that formed after the fall of Nicolas II
Alexander Kerensky
Who were the Bolsheviks
Also known as the Majority group they were Lenin;s camp of the Russian party of Marxian socialism
Who was Girgori Rasputin killed by
German Mercenaries
What did Lenin's contribution to Marxist theory include
Importance of violent revolution, possibility of revolution in a socially backward country, and necessity of a small and disciplinary leadership party
What did the Petrograd Soviet's Army Order No. 1 do
It led to the total collapse of discipline in the Russian Army
What was the Black Hand and what did it do
It was an ultranationalist Serbian society whose members assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife this started the Third Balkan War
What was the Lusitania
The British passenger liner sunk by a German submarine. It carried weapons and had Americans on the boat as well. This was a major reason USA joined the fight
What was the Treaty of Versailles and what did it do
Treaty by which Germany's army was limited to 100,000 men and Germany was declared responsible for the war and had therefore to pay reparations equal to all civilian damages caused by the war.
What was the Constituent Assembly
a freely elected assembly promised by the Bolsheviks, but permanently disbanded after one day under Lenins orders after the Bolsheviks won less than one fourth of the elected delegates.
What did the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk do
it ended the war between Russia and Germany
