Question

Background information: In 1917, Vladimir Lenin gave a speech in which he expressed his feelings about the provisional government.

The people need peace; the people need bread; the people need land. And they [the provisional government] give you war, hunger, no bread….We must fight for the social revolution…

–Vladimir Lenin, 1917

According to Lenin, why should the people be unhappy with the provisional government? Check any that apply.

The tsar was still in power.
Russia was still at war.
Land was still in the hands of wealthy landowners instead of the people.
Food shortages were still common, and people were hungry.

Answer 1

Choose the last three. Lenin criticizes the provisional government for continuing the war, failing to provide bread (food shortages/hunger), and not redistributing land (land remained with wealthy landowners). The tsar was not still in power — he had already abdicated.