Question

Which of the following explains why some people use 1918 as the starting date of the Russian Civil War?(1 point)
Responses

Lenin decided to disband the Constituent Assembly in 1918, which angered people because the Bolsheviks were becoming more controlling.
Lenin decided to disband the Constituent Assembly in 1918, which angered people because the Bolsheviks were becoming more controlling.

The last tsar of Russia stepped down, causing a new government to form and the Bolsheviks to begin to take over the country.
The last tsar of Russia stepped down, causing a new government to form and the Bolsheviks to begin to take over the country.

The White Army successfully conquered Ukraine, showing how powerful they were as a counter force to the Red Army.
The White Army successfully conquered Ukraine, showing how powerful they were as a counter force to the Red Army.

It was the year that the Russians got out of World War I with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, so they could focus their attention elsewhere.

Answer 1

Lenin decided to disband the Constituent Assembly in 1918, which angered people because the Bolsheviks were becoming more controlling.

(That dissolution and the Bolsheviks' seizure of power in early 1918 sparked organized armed opposition, which is why many date the Civil War from 1918.)