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• What were the workers' demands regarding their working conditions? long

  • Higher wages
  • Shorter working hours
• How long did peasants have to make redemption payments for their freedom?long

  40 years
• What was Tsar Nicholas II's involvement with factories and farms? Long

  He never visited them and lacked understanding
• Why were peasants dissatisfied with their living conditions?long

  Due to poor land division and living conditions
• What were the effects of the government's violent policies?

  They led to persecution, such as pogroms
• What was the impact of high taxation on the people?

  It had disastrous effects on their lives
• What caused anger among the working classes?

  The economic slump and high unemployment
• What were the years of the poor harvests mentioned?

  1900 and 1902 short
• What were the consequences of the poor harvests?

  Starvation and attacks on landowners' houses
• Why were middle-class people angry with the Tsar?

  He refused to share his power
• Who did people blame for losing the war against Japan?

  The Tsar *short
• What was the public's expectation regarding the war against Japan?

  They expected an easy victory
• What was the outcome of the Russian fleet's engagement with the Japanese?

  It was destroyed in under an hour (short term)
• What caused nationwide food shortages during the war?

  The war effort (short term)
• Who led the march to deliver a petition to the Tsar?

  Father Gapon (immediate cause)
• What happened to the march led by Father Gapon?

  They were slaughtered by Kossacks