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DSST Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union Test Prep - Question List

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16. Which of the following explains why the Germans and Russians signed the Treaty of Rapello in 1922?
  1. They both had Communist tendencies.
  2. Soviet expansionism had begun.
  3. They shared a common heritage and culture.
  4. Russia was not part of the Treaty of Versailles.
  5. Germany was banned from making treaties with Western Europe.
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17. After they came to power, the Bolshevik failure to adequately resolve which of the following issues resulted in the creation of anti-Bolshevik factions?
  1. The dissatisfied Mensheviks
  2. Ending serfdom
  3. World War I
  4. Food shortages
  5. German expansionism
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18.

Which of the following describes the "November Revolution" of 1917?

  1. The removal of the Czar from power
  2. The Bolshevik takeover of the government
  3. The peasants burning the farms of the wealthy
  4. The events that brought Kerensky to power
  5. The week the Russian army refused to fight in World War I
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19. The Stalinist purges were distinct from other mass persecutions of the 20th century because of which of the following?
  1. There were legitimate trials before sentencing.
  2. They occurred only in urban areas.
  3. Members of the military were immune.
  4. They were motivated by class rather than race.
  5. Virtually anyone in the Soviet Union could be a target.
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20.

Pyotr Stolypin attempted to stave off the Russian Revolution of 1917 with which of the following measures?

  1. Allowing peasants to sell land and leave their communal villages
  2. Building a strong trade union movement
  3. Significantly decreasing the powers of the Czar
  4. Restructuring taxation to ease the burden on the peasants
  5. Building schools to increase literacy
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