Russian Revolution Targeted Check

Master the Russian Revolution! Identify causes, effects, and key players like Lenin & Czar Nicholas II.

Determine whether each statement was a cause or an effect of the Russian Revolution. Causes The people were discontent with Rasputin's influence on Alexandra. Czar Nicholas had economic and military policies that failed. Russia had no competent military leaders. In March of 1917, widespread rioting broke out because the price of bread had skyrocketed. Effects Russia fell into a civil war because groups opposed the new Bolshevik government. The Bolsheviks tried to destroy capitalism through revolution. Lenin used violence as a necessarily tool for political change. Match the person with the correct explanation of their role in the Russian Revolution. Czar Nicholas II His abdication led to the civil war and established a communist government. Bolsheviks Group led by Lenin that came to power after the fall of the czar. Rasputin Power behind the Czar's throne who hastened the Russian Revolution.