Which of the following is the reason that Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in February 1917?
A) His generals believed that protests against the tsar in the capital threatened the war effort along the Eastern Front.
B) His generals believed that the troops along the Eastern Front were needed to fight the Ottomans,but the Tsar did not agree.
C) The Tsar abdicated because his son was desperately ill and needed his father's care.
D) The Tsar abdicated in protest over the failures of the Russian military against the German army.

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Protests against the Tsar in the capital (St. Petersburg) were growing in intensity and scale, with workers going on strike and soldiers joining the demonstrations. The Tsar's generals warned him that the unrest threatened the war effort along the Eastern Front and advised him to abdicate. Finally, he agreed to do so on March 2, 1917, ending almost 300 years of Romanov rule in Russia.

Which of the Following Is the Reason That Tsar Nicholas