AQA AS Level History- Struggle for Power in the USSR

A quiz on the struggle for power following the death of Lenin- Chapter 1 in the textbook. This quiz covers the actions of the Communist Party and major Bolsheviks frm 1924-1929.

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1. Why did the Right Wing support Stalin in 1925?

  • Stalin and Bukharin became close friends
  • They believed that Socialism in One Country fit with their wish to end the NEP
  • They belived his policy of Socialism in One Country fit with their wish for gradual industrialisation
  • They wanted to defeat the Left Wing
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2. Who joined together to form the United Opposition in 1926?

  • Stalin, Bukharin and Molotov
  • Stalin, Kamenev and Zinoviev
  • Kamenev, Zinoviev and Trotsky
  • Stalin, Trotsky and Kamenev

3. Who wrote the article "Lessons of October" in 1924?

  • Trotsky
  • Bukharin
  • Stalin
  • Kamenev

4. In what year did Lenin die following a series of strokes?

  • 1924
  • 1917
  • 1923
  • 1926

5. Why did Trotsky's personality stop him becoming leader of the USSR?

  • He was considered too soft
  • He was working-class and the people thought he was coarse and thuggish
  • He was arrogant and rude, and unpleasant to those he considered stupid
  • He had moodswings
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