lenin in Power

Read the shared reading, "New Economic Policy" Answer questions 1 -4.
Title: Lenin in Power Labels: Lenin, Sovnarkom, Cheka, Brest-Litovsk, Russian_Civil_War, White_Army, Red_Army


1. Read Source 20. What aspects of War Communism are the sailors most angry about? Would you expect peasants in Russia to feel the same?
The sailors are most angry about that they hoped for freedom but the result has been greater slavery. The sailors are saying that nothing has changed and they are sick of it and they want the third revolution to free workers and the soviets from communism. Yes, I would expect the peasants in Russia to feel the same way because they want the same things.

2. Does the evidence of Source 23 prove the NEP was a success? Explain your answer with reference to Sources 22, 24 and 25.
The evidence of Source 23 does prove that the NEP was a success because even though the economy and everything went down it was brought back up, according to source 23. Source 24 says that Russia was so poor and people were starving but the economy went back up and it would be beautiful. Source 25 is saying that the families in russia were so poor and they had nothing but that it was going to go up

3. From all you have found about Lenin, do you agree with Source 26? Why or why not?
Yes, I do agree with source 26 about lenin. Lenin had so many things he wanted to do with Russia to get it on its feet. He wanted to do so much for Russia so he picked up the power. He took the power and wanted to keep it. He made the April Theses which showed that he was a good leader because he was trying to start over with Russia and help them out. Source 26 is completely right saying that Lenin was a good man, and even though he had faults, he always was trying to help russia.

How did the Bolsheviks consolidate their rule?
4. Write an explanation of how the Bolsheviks made their rule more secure. Mention the following:

The Bolsheviks made their rule more secure in so many ways. The Bolsheviks showed the people that they were loyal and the people loved that. When the Red Army came in and broke up the mobs the people were so happy that they had came back. They used Propaganda which was in their favor because when people saw the propaganda they believed that the Bolsheviks were great people for fighting off the whites. They tried so hard to get support from the people and they were. The workers, and the peasants liked the Bolsheviks because they knew what they wanted. The Bolsheviks created the April These which many people liked because it was a set outline for the promise of a new society. People wanted a change and the Bolsheviks were a good one. I believe that the most important factor was Promising a new society because thats what the people wanted. This got the peoples attention, along with propaganda, because the people would see these things and believe that they were going to happen.