Correct the following statements.
(i) Lenin introduced the collectivization of agriculture in Russia during the 1930s.
(ii) Members of the second estate walked out of Estate General’s meeting in France.
(iii) The constitution of 1791 granted the right to vote to all French men in France.
(iv) European superpowers provided support to Bolsheviks during the civil war in Russia.
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Answer:
(i) Collectivization, the policy adopted by the Soviet government, pursued most intensively between 1929 and 1933, to transform traditional agriculture in the Soviet Union and to reduce the economic power of the kulaks (prosperous peasants).
(ii) Members of the third estate demanded the power for each member to vote. When the king rejected the demand, member of the third estate walked out of the assembly to protest.
(iii) The franchise was restricted to “active” citizens who paid a minimal sum in taxes; about two-thirds of adult men had the right to vote for electors and to choose certain local officials directly. The constitution lasted less than a year.
(iv) The two largest combatant groups were the Red Army, fighting for the Bolshevik form of socialism led by Vladimir Lenin, and the loosely allied forces known as the White Army.