1. Using Documents C, D, and E (page 2 - all numbers referred to are the big hand written page numbers) explain how Lenin and Stalin worked to secure the supremacy of the party.
Lenin secured the supremacy of the party by making it more cohesive. He made it illegal to say anything bad about the party. So by limiting the freedom of speech, he also suppressed his enemies. Document D shows that Stalin believes in order for the party to become strong it must purge itself of reformists and opportunists. These are probably just people who STalin does not like. Souce E is Bolshevik propaganda showing two men (labeled Mensheviks and Social Revolutionaries) trying to hold back a large man who represent the revolution. The message is that the Mensheviks and Social Revolutionaries were enemies of the revolution.
2. In what ways do Documents A, B and C (pages 3 - 4) support the assertion made in Document C that "Lenin wanted power, Lenin's rivals did not want it"?
Document A shows that Lenin wanted power. The whole document is about how Lenin will get power and the Provisonal government should be ignored. So clearly he wants to be in power. According to Document B shows that the rest of the Petrograd Soviet does not want power. It is essentially saying that the Provisional Government can keep ruling as long asa it gives up territorial expansion. Document C definitely supports the assertion. It shows that the Mensheviks thought there was no party willing to take power, but Lenin wanted it.
3. What can be inferred from Document D (page 4) about the following?
a: Why soldiers wanted to go home
They were mistreated, and they no longer wanted to fight. They just wanted freedom and land. They wanted to go home and be peaceful and they no longer cared for the state.
b: Why the soldiers now supported the Bolsheviks.
The Bolsheviks promised Peace Bread and Land. Those were the exact things that the soldiers wanted
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