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Question 49 · 2 pts

Which condition in France most directly contributed to the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789?

(A) A foreign invasion by Great Britain that overthrew King Louis XVI
(B) A financial crisis of the monarchy combined with an unequal tax system that placed most of the burden on the Third Estate ✓
(C) The peaceful unification of France under a single nationalist government
(D) The military conquest of the French monarchy by Napoleon Bonaparte's armies

By 1789 the French crown was effectively bankrupt while the privileged First and Second Estates were largely exempt from taxes, leaving the Third Estate to shoulder the burden and fueling widespread demands for reform.

Question 19 · 1 pt

Enlightenment ideas about natural rights and popular sovereignty most directly influenced

(A) the feudal manor system
(B) the Mongol conquests
(C) the French and American Revolutions ✓
(D) the building of the pyramids

Worked solution

$\text{natural rights} \Rightarrow \text{challenge to absolute rule}$ Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu inspired reform.

Answer: \text{French & American Revolutions}

Enlightenment thinkers argued government draws authority from the people and must protect natural rights, ideas that fueled the American and French Revolutions.

Question 51 · 2 pts

"Men are born and remain free and equal in rights." This statement, drawn from the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), most directly reflects the ideas of which intellectual movement?

(A) The Enlightenment, which emphasized reason, natural rights, and equality before the law ✓
(B) Mercantilism, which held that a nation's power depended on accumulating gold and silver
(C) The Counter-Reformation, which sought to defend Catholic doctrine against Protestantism
(D) Social Darwinism, which applied 'survival of the fittest' to human societies

Enlightenment thinkers such as Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau championed natural rights, equality, and reason, ideas that the Declaration of the Rights of Man directly put into political form.

Question 52 · 2 pts

Which statement accurately describes the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804)?

(A) It was the only successful large-scale slave revolt to create an independent state, making Haiti the first republic led by formerly enslaved people ✓
(B) It was led by Simon Bolivar to liberate the northern regions of South America from Spain
(C) It succeeded because Napoleon peacefully granted the colony its independence
(D) It ended with the restoration of French colonial rule and the re-establishment of slavery on the island

Enslaved Haitians, inspired partly by French revolutionary ideals, defeated French forces and declared independence in 1804, creating the first nation founded and led by people who had freed themselves from slavery.

Question 57 · 2 pts

An Enlightenment thinker argued in his 1748 work The Spirit of the Laws that a government's power should be divided so that, in his words, "power checks power." This idea most directly influenced which principle found in later constitutions, including that of the United States?

(A) Concentration of all authority in a single national assembly
(B) The divine right of kings to rule without limits
(C) Government controlled entirely by a hereditary nobility
(D) Separation of powers among legislative, executive, and judicial branches ✓

Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws (1748) proposed dividing government into three branches so each could limit the others, directly inspiring the checks and balances written into later constitutions.

Question 59 · 2 pts

A revolt that began in 1791 in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, led at first by the formerly enslaved general Toussaint Louverture, ended in 1804 with the creation of an independent nation. Why is this Haitian Revolution historically significant?

(A) It was the only large-scale slave revolt to succeed in creating an independent nation free of slavery ✓
(B) It kept the colony permanently under Spanish control
(C) It was led to victory by Napoleon Bonaparte
(D) It restored the French monarchy in the Caribbean

The Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) is the only successful large-scale slave uprising in history to produce a free, independent state, making Haiti the first nation to permanently abolish slavery through revolt.

Question 60 · 2 pts

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, adopted in France in 1789, proclaimed that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights" and that government exists to protect natural rights. These ideas most directly reflected the thinking of...

(A) Medieval defenders of the divine right of kings
(B) Mercantilist economists focused on gold and trade balances
(C) Supporters of the feudal system of privileged estates
(D) Enlightenment philosophers such as John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau ✓

The Declaration drew on Enlightenment concepts of natural rights and popular sovereignty, echoing Locke's rights to life and liberty and Rousseau's idea that government rests on the will of the people.

Question 7 · 2 pts

In 1789, members of the Third Estate in France, angered that they paid most of the taxes while having little political power, declared themselves the National Assembly and vowed not to disband until France had a constitution. This event reflects which underlying cause of the French Revolution?

(A) Opposition to the spread of Enlightenment ideas about individual rights
(B) A demand to reestablish the feudal system across the French countryside
(C) A widespread desire to restore absolute monarchy under a stronger king
(D) Resentment over an unequal social and tax system that burdened the Third Estate ✓

Worked solution

$France's Old Regime divided society into three estates, with the Third Estate paying most taxes despite having the least political power.$

$The Tennis Court Oath and formation of the National Assembly grew directly out of this resentment.$

$The revolutionaries sought to limit, not restore, absolute monarchy.$

$Enlightenment ideas about equality and rights inspired the revolution rather than being opposed by it.$

Answer: Resentment over an unequal social and tax system that burdened the Third Estate

The French Revolution was driven largely by inequality in the tax burden and lack of political voice for the Third Estate, grievances that Enlightenment ideas about natural rights and equality helped to justify challenging.

Question 8 · 2 pts

Simon Bolivar once wrote that the people of Latin America deserved to govern themselves rather than remain subject to a distant European crown. His leadership in the independence movements of the early 1800s was most directly inspired by

(A) a desire to restore the Spanish monarchy's control over its American colonies
(B) Enlightenment ideas about natural rights and self-government that had also influenced the American and French Revolutions ✓
(C) the teachings of Confucianism regarding social hierarchy and obedience
(D) an alliance with Great Britain aimed at reestablishing colonial rule in South America

Worked solution

$Bolivar was educated in Enlightenment philosophy, including ideas from Rousseau and Locke about natural rights.$

$He led movements in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru to end Spanish colonial rule, not restore it.$

$Britain did not seek to reestablish Spanish colonial rule; it generally supported Latin American independence for trade reasons.$

$Confucianism is unrelated to Latin American independence movements.$

Answer: Enlightenment ideas about natural rights and self-government that had also influenced the American and French Revolutions

Simon Bolivar and other Latin American independence leaders drew on Enlightenment principles of natural rights and self-determination, ideas that had already fueled the American and French Revolutions, to justify breaking from Spanish colonial rule.

Question 17 · 2 pts

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789) stated, in part, 'Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.' This idea most directly reflects the influence of which Enlightenment thinker's writings?

(A) Thomas Hobbes
(B) Niccolo Machiavelli
(C) John Locke ✓
(D) Adam Smith

Worked solution

$The quotation asserts natural, inborn rights and equality among people.$ Identify the idea

$John Locke argued that all people possess natural rights to life, liberty, and property, which no government may justly take away.$

$Hobbes argued people need an absolute ruler to escape a violent natural state, not that people are born free and equal.$

$Machiavelli focused on practical political power, and Smith focused on free market economics, neither addressing natural rights directly.$

Answer: John Locke

The Declaration's language echoes Locke's theory of natural rights, that all individuals are born free and equal and possess rights government must protect, an idea that directly shaped revolutionary documents in France and elsewhere.

Question 29 · 4 pts · constructed response

Read the excerpt below, based on a document adopted in France in 1789. "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. The purpose of all political association is the preservation of the natural rights of man: liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression." Task: Explain how Enlightenment ideas influenced this document and the French Revolution as a whole.

Model answer: This excerpt is from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, and it directly reflects Enlightenment ideas about natural rights and the purpose of government, especially the philosophy of John Locke, who argued that people are born with natural rights to life, liberty, and property, and that governments exist to protect those rights. Enlightenment thinkers such as Montesquieu and Rousseau also influenced the Revolution by promoting separation of powers and the idea that legitimate government comes from the consent of the governed rather than from the divine right of kings. These ideas gave French revolutionaries a philosophical justification for overthrowing the absolute monarchy of Louis XVI and the privileges of the First and Second Estates, replacing them with a government based on liberty, equality, and legal rights for citizens.

Worked solution

$Identify the document: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789).$

$Connect natural rights language to John Locke's philosophy (life, liberty, property).$

$Note additional Enlightenment influences: Montesquieu (separation of powers), Rousseau (social contract, consent of the governed).$

$Explain the effect: justification for overthrowing absolute monarchy and the Old Regime's privileges.$

Answer: This excerpt is from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, and it directly reflects Enlightenment ideas about natural rights and the purpose of government, especially the philosophy of John Locke, who argued that people are born with natural rights to life, liberty, and property, and that governments exist to protect those rights. Enlightenment thinkers such as Montesquieu and Rousseau also influenced the Revolution by promoting separation of powers and the idea that legitimate government comes from the consent of the governed rather than from the divine right of kings. These ideas gave French revolutionaries a philosophical justification for overthrowing the absolute monarchy of Louis XVI and the privileges of the First and Second Estates, replacing them with a government based on liberty, equality, and legal rights for citizens.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man embodies Enlightenment natural rights philosophy, particularly Locke's ideas on liberty and property and Rousseau's idea of government by consent, which together provided the intellectual foundation for overthrowing absolute monarchy in France.

Question 7 · 2 pts

A French pamphlet from 1789 declared: "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights... the goal of every political association is the preservation of the natural rights of man." This statement most directly reflects the influence of which development?

(A) Feudal traditions supporting the divine right of kings
(B) Enlightenment ideas about natural rights and government by consent ✓
(C) Mercantilist economic policies of the Old Regime
(D) The Catholic Church's authority over political affairs

Worked solution

$The quotation echoes the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen from the French Revolution.$

$Enlightenment philosophers such as Locke and Rousseau argued that people possess natural rights and governments derive authority from the consent of the governed.$

$The French revolutionaries drew directly on these ideas to justify overthrowing absolute monarchy.$

Answer: Enlightenment ideas about natural rights and government by consent

The Declaration of the Rights of Man reflects Enlightenment thought, particularly the belief in natural rights and government based on the consent of the governed, which fueled the French Revolution's challenge to absolute monarchy.

Question 16 · 2 pts

A 1789 French document states, "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights... The law is the expression of the general will." This document reflects the direct influence of

(A) mercantilist economic theory
(B) the doctrine of the divine right of kings
(C) Enlightenment ideas about natural rights and popular sovereignty ✓
(D) the feudal system of medieval Europe

Worked solution

$The quotation is from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, issued during the French Revolution.$

$Phrases like "born free and equal in rights" and "expression of the general will" echo Enlightenment thinkers such as Locke (natural rights) and Rousseau (general will, popular sovereignty).$

$Divine right of kings and feudalism represent the old order the revolutionaries were rejecting, and mercantilism concerns trade policy, not political rights, so those are eliminated.$

Answer: Enlightenment ideas about natural rights and popular sovereignty

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen translated Enlightenment philosophy, particularly ideas of natural rights and the general will, into a foundational political document of the French Revolution.

Question 28 · 4 pts · constructed response

A 1789 document declares: "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. The law is the expression of the general will. Every citizen may speak, write, and print freely." Identify the document and explain one Enlightenment idea reflected in this excerpt.

Model answer: The document is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, issued during the French Revolution. It reflects the Enlightenment idea of natural rights and popular sovereignty, drawn from thinkers like Rousseau and Locke, who argued that legitimate law comes from the general will of the people rather than from the divine right of monarchs.

Worked solution

$Key phrases: 'born free and equal in rights,' 'expression of the general will,' and freedom of speech and press.$ identify document

$These phrases come directly from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (France, 1789).$

$The phrase 'general will' directly echoes Rousseau's Enlightenment concept that legitimate government derives authority from the collective will of the people.$

$This rejected the earlier doctrine of divine right monarchy and asserted natural, universal rights, a hallmark of Enlightenment political philosophy.$

Answer: The document is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, issued during the French Revolution. It reflects the Enlightenment idea of natural rights and popular sovereignty, drawn from thinkers like Rousseau and Locke, who argued that legitimate law comes from the general will of the people rather than from the divine right of monarchs.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen translated Enlightenment ideas, especially natural rights and popular sovereignty, into a foundational revolutionary document that challenged absolute monarchy in France.

Question 5 · 2 pts

"Men are born and remain free and equal in rights... The principle of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation." This excerpt from a document of the French Revolution reflects which Enlightenment idea?

(A) Social Darwinism, the belief that societies evolve through survival of the fittest
(B) Divine right of kings, the belief that monarchs rule by God's will
(C) Popular sovereignty, the belief that governmental authority comes from the people ✓
(D) Mercantilism, the belief that colonies exist to benefit the mother country

Worked solution

$Identify the key phrase: 'sovereignty resides essentially in the nation.'$

$Recognize this rejects the traditional monarchy's claim to authority from God.$

$Match this idea to the Enlightenment concept of popular sovereignty, drawn from thinkers like Rousseau.$

$Eliminate divine right (opposite idea), mercantilism, and social Darwinism, which are unrelated economic/social theories.$

Answer: Popular sovereignty, the belief that governmental authority comes from the people

This excerpt is from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), which asserted that political authority belongs to the nation and its people rather than to a monarch, embodying the Enlightenment principle of popular sovereignty.

Question 18 · 2 pts

The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789) states: "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights." This idea most directly reflects the influence of which Enlightenment thinker?

(A) Niccolo Machiavelli
(B) John Locke ✓
(C) Martin Luther
(D) Thomas Hobbes

Worked solution

$John Locke argued that all people possess natural rights to life, liberty, and property that governments must protect.$

$This directly influenced the French Revolution's Declaration of the Rights of Man, which proclaimed natural, equal rights for all citizens.$

$Hobbes argued people need a strong absolute ruler to avoid chaos; Machiavelli focused on practical, sometimes ruthless political power; Luther's ideas concerned religious reform, not natural rights.$

Answer: John Locke

Locke's theory of natural rights, life, liberty, and property, provided the philosophical foundation for the language of equality and rights used in the French Declaration of the Rights of Man.

Question 10 · 2 pts

In the early 1800s, a military leader led campaigns that helped end Spanish colonial rule in present-day Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, earning the nickname "the Liberator." This leader was

(A) Napoleon Bonaparte
(B) Miguel Hidalgo
(C) Toussaint L'Ouverture
(D) Simon Bolivar ✓

Worked solution

$The description matches military campaigns across northern and western South America in the early 19th century.$ Region and era

$Toussaint L'Ouverture led Haiti's revolution in the Caribbean, not South America; Hidalgo led Mexico's independence movement; Napoleon was a French emperor.$

$Simon Bolivar led independence campaigns across Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, earning the title "the Liberator."$

Answer: Simon Bolivar

Simon Bolivar was the key military and political leader of independence movements across northern South America in the early nineteenth century, distinguishing him from Haiti's Toussaint L'Ouverture and Mexico's Miguel Hidalgo, who led separate independence struggles.

Question 17 · 2 pts

In 1789, a French document proclaimed: "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights... The principle of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation." Which Enlightenment idea most directly influenced this statement?

(A) Natural rights and popular sovereignty ✓
(B) Social Darwinism
(C) Divine right of kings
(D) Mercantilism

Worked solution

$The document quoted is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789).$

$"Born free and equal in rights" reflects natural rights philosophy (Locke, Rousseau).$

$"Sovereignty resides in the nation" reflects the idea that legitimate government derives from the people, not a monarch.$

Answer: Natural rights and popular sovereignty

The Declaration of the Rights of Man was directly shaped by Enlightenment thought, particularly the concepts of natural rights and popular sovereignty, which justified replacing absolute monarchy with government based on the will of the people.

Question 27 · 4 pts · constructed response

Read the statement below. "All men are born free and remain free and equal in rights... The principle of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation." (adapted from a French revolutionary document, 1789) Using the statement and your knowledge of global history, explain how Enlightenment ideas such as those expressed above influenced ONE political revolution (for example, the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, or the Latin American independence movements). Include ONE specific example of a change that resulted from the revolution.

Model answer: Enlightenment thinkers such as Rousseau and Locke argued that legitimate government rests on the consent of the governed and that people possess natural rights to liberty and equality, rather than governments being ruled by divine-right monarchs. These ideas directly inspired the French Revolution: French revolutionaries used them to justify overthrowing the absolute monarchy of Louis XVI and issuing the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in 1789, which declared men free and equal in rights and located sovereignty in the nation rather than the king. As a specific result, France abolished feudal privileges of the nobility and clergy and established a constitutional government, ending centuries of absolute monarchy.

Worked solution

$Identify Enlightenment principles: natural rights, popular sovereignty, social contract, consent of the governed.$ Background

$Link principles to revolutionary rhetoric: the quotation echoes Rousseau's idea that sovereignty belongs to the nation/people.$ Connection

$Apply to a specific revolution: French revolutionaries invoked these ideas to challenge the absolute monarchy.$ Application

$Give a concrete outcome: Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789) and abolition of feudal privileges/end of absolute monarchy.$ Result

Answer: Enlightenment thinkers such as Rousseau and Locke argued that legitimate government rests on the consent of the governed and that people possess natural rights to liberty and equality, rather than governments being ruled by divine-right monarchs. These ideas directly inspired the French Revolution: French revolutionaries used them to justify overthrowing the absolute monarchy of Louis XVI and issuing the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in 1789, which declared men free and equal in rights and located sovereignty in the nation rather than the king. As a specific result, France abolished feudal privileges of the nobility and clergy and established a constitutional government, ending centuries of absolute monarchy.

The stem paraphrases the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, a direct product of Enlightenment natural-rights and popular-sovereignty philosophy; the question asks students to trace that philosophical influence to a concrete revolutionary outcome, which is a core enduring-issue theme (Enlightenment to Revolution) on the Global II exam.

Question 56 · 2 pts

Following Napoleon's defeat, the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815) aimed primarily to

(A) Restore a balance of power among European states and reinstate conservative monarchies to guard against future revolutions ✓
(B) Establish a single unified democratic government for all of Europe
(C) Spread the ideals of the French Revolution and republican democracy across Europe
(D) Grant immediate independence to all of Europe's overseas colonies

Led by figures such as Metternich, the Congress pursued the principles of legitimacy and balance of power, restoring royal families and redrawing borders to contain France and discourage revolution.

Question 61 · 2 pts

After Napoleon's final defeat, European leaders met at the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815) under the guidance of Austria's Prince Metternich. What was a main goal of this congress?

(A) To unite Germany and Italy into single nation-states
(B) To establish democratic republics throughout the continent
(C) To spread the ideals of the French Revolution across Europe
(D) To restore a balance of power and legitimate monarchies in order to prevent future revolutions ✓

Guided by conservatism, the Congress of Vienna redrew borders for a balance of power and restored legitimate rulers displaced by Napoleon, hoping to block the further spread of revolution and nationalism.

Question 9 · 2 pts

In 1917, Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin gained mass support among war-weary Russian soldiers and peasants largely because he promised

(A) immediate industrialization and the abandonment of all land reform
(B) the continuation of the war effort until total victory over Germany was achieved
(C) "Peace, Land, and Bread", including an end to Russia's participation in World War I ✓
(D) the restoration of Tsar Nicholas II to the Russian throne

Worked solution

$By 1917, Russian soldiers and peasants were exhausted by heavy losses and food shortages caused by World War I.$

$Lenin's Bolsheviks promised peace (withdrawal from WWI), land redistribution to peasants, and bread (food).$

$This slogan directly opposed continuing the war and opposed the Tsarist government Lenin sought to overthrow.$

$After seizing power, Lenin signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in 1918, taking Russia out of the war, fulfilling this promise.$

Answer: "Peace, Land, and Bread", including an end to Russia's participation in World War I

The Bolsheviks' promise of "Peace, Land, and Bread" addressed the immediate desires of war-weary Russians, helping Lenin build the support needed to seize power in the October Revolution of 1917.

Question 23 · 2 pts

In 1917, Vladimir Lenin promised the Russian people 'Peace, Land, and Bread' to build support for the Bolshevik Revolution. This slogan was most directly a response to which conditions in Russia at the time?

(A) Widespread war weariness, food shortages, and peasant demands for land caused by World War I and tsarist policies ✓
(B) Successful collectivization of agriculture already achieved under Tsar Nicholas II
(C) A booming industrial economy that had created a large, satisfied middle class
(D) Russia's recent decisive military victory over Germany in World War I

Worked solution

$By 1917, Russia had suffered enormous casualties and economic strain from three years of World War I.$ Background

$Food and fuel shortages in cities and continued peasant landlessness fueled deep public discontent with the tsarist government.$

$Lenin's slogan directly addressed these grievances by promising to exit the war, redistribute land to peasants, and end food shortages.$

$Russia had not won the war nor completed land reform under the tsar, and the middle class was not large or satisfied, so those conditions do not explain the slogan's appeal.$

Answer: Widespread war weariness, food shortages, and peasant demands for land caused by World War I and tsarist policies

Lenin's 'Peace, Land, and Bread' slogan succeeded because it spoke directly to the exhaustion, hunger, and land hunger created by World War I and tsarist mismanagement, mobilizing popular support for the Bolsheviks in 1917.

Question 30 · 4 pts · constructed response

Read the slogan below, used by a revolutionary leader in Russia in 1917. "Peace, Land, and Bread!" Task: Explain how conditions in Russia during World War I created support for this slogan and contributed to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.

Model answer: By 1917, Russia had suffered massive military casualties and repeated defeats fighting Germany in World War I, and the war effort had drained resources needed at home, leading to severe food and fuel shortages, especially in cities like Petrograd. Peasants wanted land redistribution, soldiers were exhausted and wanted to leave the front, and urban workers faced hunger and inflation, while Tsar Nicholas II, discredited by the war and by scandals such as Rasputin's influence, was overthrown in the March 1917 revolution. Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks used the slogan "Peace, Land, and Bread" to promise an end to Russian involvement in the war, redistribution of land to peasants, and relief from food shortages, winning the support of soldiers, peasants, and workers and allowing the Bolsheviks to seize power from the weak Provisional Government in the November 1917 revolution.

Worked solution

$Identify the context: Russia's heavy losses and economic strain from World War I.$

$Describe how the war caused shortages of food and fuel and mass casualties, discrediting the Tsar.$

$Explain how the March 1917 revolution ended the monarchy but the Provisional Government kept fighting the war, causing continued suffering.$

$Connect the slogan to Bolshevik promises that matched the needs of soldiers, peasants, and workers, enabling their rise to power in November 1917.$

Answer: By 1917, Russia had suffered massive military casualties and repeated defeats fighting Germany in World War I, and the war effort had drained resources needed at home, leading to severe food and fuel shortages, especially in cities like Petrograd. Peasants wanted land redistribution, soldiers were exhausted and wanted to leave the front, and urban workers faced hunger and inflation, while Tsar Nicholas II, discredited by the war and by scandals such as Rasputin's influence, was overthrown in the March 1917 revolution. Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks used the slogan "Peace, Land, and Bread" to promise an end to Russian involvement in the war, redistribution of land to peasants, and relief from food shortages, winning the support of soldiers, peasants, and workers and allowing the Bolsheviks to seize power from the weak Provisional Government in the November 1917 revolution.

World War I devastated Russia's economy and military, discrediting the Tsar and then the Provisional Government that continued the unpopular war; Lenin's promise of peace, land, and bread directly addressed the exhaustion, land hunger, and food shortages of soldiers, peasants, and workers, fueling Bolshevik support and the November 1917 revolution.

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