What authority did congress have to regulate religious practices in the territores

yes

explanation:

why

on november 6 and 7, 1917 (or october 24 and 25 on the julian calendar, which is why the event is often referred to as the october revolution), leftist revolutionaries led by bolshevik party leader vladimir lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d'état against the duma's provisional government.

a stronger central government  

its what they are

the conservative movement opposed the women´s suffrage like josephine jewell dodge comanding the national association opposed to woman suffrage.