History Chapter 14 Test

The russian revolution the cruel, oppessive, unfair ruling of the czars the slow political change autocracy

Halted reforms "A"lexander="A"utocracy "autocracy, orthodoxy, nationality" political prisoners were sent to Siberia(central & eastern russia) used harsh measures made russian the official language

Alexander 3's son supported autocracy no surrendering power 2 ppl "S"upported autocracy no "S"urrendering power 2 ppl ("S"s 2 remmeber it)

AUTOcracy--auto=car, in a car u have total control a gov. in which the czar has total power

Financed russian industies boosted steel industries russia became 4th in steel producing US germany GB only produced more

Revolutionaries wanted 2 overthrow the czar wanteed radical change

Vladimir major leader of blosheviks feld 2 western europe 2 avoid arrest by the czars waited til could safely return 2 russia

Over korea and manchuria signed treaties but russia broke them Japan attacked russia japan won

Workers & families protested outside the winter palace in st petersburg carried a petition 4 better working conditions, more personal freedom, & an elected national legislature ordered soldiers fired on the crowd 500-1000 ppl died lenin called it a "dress erhursal"

Russias first parliment a mock parlliament met in may 1906 wasnted russia to become a constitutional monarchy

Claimed 2 have magical powers alexis had hemophilia, a lifethreatening disease rasputin seemed 2 ease his symptoms alexandra allowed him to make key political decisions opposed reform measurements & obtained powerful positions 4 his friends spread corruption in the royal court in 1916, nobles killed him

Started by women textile workers in Petrograd there was a citywide strike riots flared up 200,000 workers were in the streeets @ first the soldiers obeyed orders 2 shoot the workers then the soldiers sided with the workers and started to fire at the commanding officers ppl shouted "down with the autocracy"

Local councils consisting of workers, peasants, and soldiers

A temporary government

Gained control of the petrograd soviet & other major russian sity soviets the red gaurds made up of factory workers stormed the winter palace in petrograd they took over the gov. offices & arrested the leaders of the provisional gov. it was over in a matter of hours *****this ended the provisional government*****