Joseph Stalin and Totalitarianism

Totalitarianism is state regulation of nearly every aspect of public and private behavior.The five year plan included two goals: rapid growth of heavy industry and increased farm production through collectivization of agriculture.Secret police spied on citizens, and anyone who refused to praise Stalin and the state faced severe punishment, even death. Both Lenin and Stalin supported the idea of a world communist revolution and aided communists in other countries. In the 1920s, when some communist uprisings did occur in Europe, they were quickly suppressed. Stalin became a communism leader and wanted full control.

Film Lesson: Doctor Zhivago

The film of doctor zhivago showed how Russia wanted to become a communism country.Some of the reasons the revolution happen was because the peasents were treated unfairly.The Russian soliders deserted war in rebelled against Czar. Since they could not decide on going to war or not they had so many conflicts which made a war. A sign of communism in the movie was when people was in Zhivago house that he didnt know n when you become a communism country you share everything including houses.

Causes of WW1

Nationalism is when you support your country. The Congress oif Vienna held after Napoleons exile to elba aimed problems to Europe . Britian, Austria, prussia,and russia decided on a new Europe which mad Germany and Italy as divided states. The settlement at the end of the Franco-Prussian war left France angry at the loss of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany and keen to regain their lost territory. Large areas of both Austria-Hungary and Serbia were home to differing nationalist groups, all of whom wanted freedom from the states in which they lived. Militarism the armies of both France and Germany had more than doubled between 1870 and 1914 and there was fierce competition between Britain and Germany for mastery of the seas. The British had introduced the 'Dreadnought', an effective battleship, in 1906. The Germans soon followed suit introducing their own battleships. The German, Von Schlieffen also drew up a plan of action that involved attacking France through Belgium if Russia made an attack on Germany. The map below shows how the plan was to work.

The Opium Wars

The Opium Wars was a British trade in China and was the first drug war. China was a country by itself. The British wanted to make money and trade with China. Chinba exported tea to Britian and return got drugs. They were called the Opium Wars because they Opium was a highly addictive drug that the English were giving the Chinese. The English won the Opium wars because they had modern technology and weapons and the Chinese couldnot compare.

The" White Mans Burden "

Well in away i think we are still living the white mans burden because the united states are still at war with Iraq. In the war is nonsense and its not for the USA use its for the president use. Then again i think we are not living the white mans burden because where not fighting for what we believe to bring peace we fighting for what we want and another country like the Europeans did in Africa. Yes i do believe the analysis of the poems because that is true that you should fight for what you believe in and bring peace instead of war in it should not be no royality but a leader i do believe that part. To me the white mans burden means honor in belief towards your country your fighting for your rights to bring peace towards your country today. Yes i do believe that the U.S is imperialistic today because we have power over Iraq.

The "Scramble of Africa"

The term the "Scramble for Africa" was the term used to describe the periods of imerpialism in Europe, when Europeans tried to get to Africa. They wanted to
explore Africa for numerous of reasons, one being all their natural
resources and they also wanted to explore the Nile River. Some of the nations involved in the scramble were, France, Great Birtan, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain. Eurpoe ultimately succeeded in gaining control of Africa. They won because they were civilized, and were able to strategies their defeat.Sometimes
they used their materials or gold to buy over some Africans. The
scramble effect, affect the African people in horrible ways. They were
taken from their homelands, killed and used as slaves. Many families
were broken up andvillages were destroyed.

Film Lesson"Moutains of the moon"

Some hardships that Europeans faced was that they got dieases. They were attacked as soon as they got to Africa. There was lions and bugs. It was hard to get around and they landscape was hard to walk on. It is strange that the third largest lake in the world was named after the British queen because the Europeans went in started diving up the lands in naming places. Even though it wasnt they country or land. The name should be named after the African man since it was not the British land.The primary technological advantage Europeans had was that they were civilized. They had a full grown society. People lived in houses. Had nice cloths and a government in place. Meanwhile the Africans, still lived in small tribes. They hunted food and wore "savage like cloths" Overall Europeans were able to conqueror Africa because of they were civilized and had technology such as gun powder and riffles. These things allowed them to defeat the Africans in war.