QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT
1. Why is bolshevism of interest to students of American democracy?
2. Explain the origin of the bolshevists.
3. How did the bolshevists come into power?
4. To what extent was the bolshevist constitution liberal?
5. To what extent did it restrict the suffrage?
6. What did the bolshevist constitution say concerning a "red" army?
7. Explain the phrase, "dictatorship of the proletariat."
8. How did the bolshevists suppress democracy in Russia?
9. Outline the steps by which the bolshevists destroyed capitalism.
10. What were the effects of this destruction?
11. Why did Lenin return to capitalism?
12. Was bolshevism given a fair trial?
13. What was the fate of bolshevist propaganda beyond Russia?