Question

Which of the following best describes how the Bolsheviks rose to power?
(1 point)
• They organized demonstrations against the government.
• They took over the provisional government after the czar abdicated.
• They refused to admit nonprofessional revolutionaries to their party.
• They used the cheka secret police to eliminate enemies.

Answer 1

They took over the provisional government after the czar abdicated.

Briefly: after the czar's February 1917 abdication the Provisional Government ruled, and the Bolsheviks seized power in the October (November) 1917 Revolution — the Cheka and repression came later to consolidate their rule.