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=__ How competent was the Tsar? __= =Key terms:=
 * Tsar Nicholas II || Tsar was a leader in Russia and ruled from 1894 to 1917. ||
 * Peasants || Peasants were very poor at that time and had to work a lot in industries. They were also uneducated. ||
 * Industrialization || At that time Tsar was more into industrialization and didn't really care about the people in the country. ||
 * Romanovs || The Romanovs were the last imperial dynasty to rule over Russia. ||

=__ Bloom Questions __=

=Who was Tsar Nicholas? -Knowledge= Tsar Nicholas II ruled from 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. His reign saw Imperial Russia go from being one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. Critics nicknamed him Bloody Nicholas because of the Khodynka Tragedy, Bloody Sunday, and the anti-Semitic pogroms that occurred during his reign. Under his rule, Russia was defeated in the Russo–Japanese War. As head of state, he approved the Russian mobilization of August 1914, which marked the first fatal step into World War I and thus into the demise of the Romanov dynasty less than four years later.

=Who were the peasants? - comprehension= The peasants didnt live very well and were treated badly by soldiers. They didnt have enough food and had to work all day long. The peasants were beginning to flock to the cities in search of work and better living conditions. This was the result of Witte's industrialization policies, where industry was encouraged. They found neither, and people became motivated enough to form councils, or soviets. = = =Why was the Tsar powerful but had poor leadership? - Applying= Tsar had a strong and powerful army and he had poor leadership. Tsar used religion to make the people dumb and use is power and didn't care about the peasants. The peasants were poor and uneducated. They also had to work over time so they protested against Tsar Nicholas.

= = =What evidence can you present for the death of the Romanov family? - Analyzing= This ideo shows a great example of the death of the Romanov family. []

= = =What do you think about the policies of industrialization? - Evaluation= The policies of industrialization were bad because it didn't really help the peasants. Sergei witte introduced policies that led to rapid industrial growth, so the peasants left the land to work in industries. However, the living conditions of the peasants hardly improved. The classes at this time were clearly seen. There were the peasants, who were oppressed but did not know it, and the workers, who were also oppressed but had the power to do something about it (they went on strike). The educated middle class saw the oppression, but could not do anything. The landowners, civil servants and other upper classes were quite content to do nothing about the oppression and they sat back and let the wealth flow. The government and its associates pretended not to notice anything wrong, as did the Tsar and his associates.



= = =What if peasants knew how to read? - Synthesis= If peasants knew how to read then Russia would be more developed and as Stalin said "Education is a Weapon". Russia would be more political and they would have better jobs than just working in industries.

= = =To what extent was Tsar Nicholas responsible for the downfall of Russia?= Tsar is the main and major downfall of Russia because he had poor leadership, problems during the 1905 revolution, and opposition to the Tsar. He wasn’t very powerful at that time and was easily convinced or influenced by others. He believed in autocracy so he was unmovable so He also faced many problems during that time like the 1905 revolution and WW1. In his childhood he found that government meetings were boring and uninteresting. Peasants in Russia were overworking and so they protested. But most people think he has a good side too. He made factories and schools for Russia.

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