Question

skillbuilder practice analyzing causes
historians analyze causes to understand why events in the past happened. historical events such as strikes and revolutions often have multiple causes. as you read the excerpts below, try to identify the reasons for the local protest that led to the march revolution of 1917. then fill in the chart. see skillbuilder handbook
passage a
the fact is that the... revolution was begun from below, overcoming the resistance of its own revolutionary organizations, the initiative being taken of their own accord by the most oppressed and downtrodden... women textile - workers... the over - grown bread lines had provided the last stimulus. about 90,000 workers, men and women, were on strike that day... throughout the entire next day, crowds of people poured from one part of the city to another... along with shouts of \down with the police\ was heard oftener and oftener a \hurrah\ addressed to the cossacks... the soldiers show indifference, at times hostility to the police. it spread excitedly through the crowd that when the police opened fire by the alexander iii monument, the cossacks let go a volley at the horse police.
leon trotsky, history of the russian revolution
passage b
the rising cost of living and the food crisis could not but serve as revolutionary factors among the masses. along with the minor issues of food, the price of bread, and the lack of goods turned into the social order. in this atmosphere political movements grew feverishly and matured quickly...
peter i. lyashchenko, history of the national economy of russia to the 1917 revolution
passage c
those nameless, austere statesmen of the factory and streets did not fall out of the sky; they had to be educated... to the question, who led the revolution? we can then answer definitely enough: conscious and tempered workers educated for the most part by the party of lenin...
leon trotsky, history of the russian revolution
what were three causes of the march revolution?
economic

political/social

other

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Explanation:

From the passages, economically, the rising cost of living and food crisis, like the high - price of bread and lack of goods, were causes. Politically/socially, the oppressive social order and political unrest, with workers' strikes and political movements growing, were factors. Other cause was the role of the party of Lenin in educating workers.

Answer:

Economic: Rising cost of living and food crisis.
Political/Social: Oppressive social order, workers' strikes and political unrest.
Other: Role of Lenin's party in educating workers.