Week 6

Question 1

What was the Red Terror?

Answer 1

A campaign of repression by the Cheka targeting opponents of the Bolsheviks from 1918–1922.

Question 2

What led to the creation of the USSR in 1922?

Answer 2

ivil War victory and unification of socialist republics under centralized Bolshevik rule.

Question 3

What were the effects of War Communism on peasants?

Answer 3

Grain requisitioning, starvation, uprisings (e.g., Tambov Rebellion), and resentment.

Question 3

Why was the Kronstadt Rebellion significant?

Answer 3

It showed growing discontent even among loyal Bolshevik supporters and led to the NEP.

Question 4

10: How did the Civil War affect women and education?

Answer 4

Women gained legal rights and workforce roles; education became free and ideologically driven.