To what extent were the Purges caused by Stalin’s paranoia? Daniel Johnston Stromness Academy SCN: O62114657 Introduction J.Arch Getty says that “The Great Terror of the 1930s in the Soviet Union was one of the most horrible cases of political violence in modern history”[i] but was this political terror a result of Stalin’s own paranoia or a necessity to maintain control in Soviet Russia? Robert Service argues that “Nowadays‚ virtually all writers accept that he [Stalin] initiated the
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Buddhist. The population lived mainly in rural areas‚ with their lives structured around a village based society. This was the identity that Ho Chi Minh wanted to develop and express‚ and was the reason he took most of the actions he did. There were several personal factors in Ho Chi Minh’s life that led to the formation of his identity with him. He was born into a strongly nationalist family. His father ran a nationalist Vietnamese newspaper‚ which Ho was greatly exposed to as a child. He was
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fought from 1861 to 1865 between the northern and southern American states over slavery. One event in history‚ the Civil War‚ should not have occurred due to the deaths‚ assassination of Abraham Lincoln‚ Jim Crow laws‚ and reconstruction. The Civil War caused a significant amount of deaths. Because of diseases‚ battle wounds and poor quality prisons‚ “The Civil War was the deadliest war in the history of the United States.”6 The civil war produced the largest amount of deaths in an American war‚ there
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depression‚ it has always been possible to see some things which were solid and upon which you could base hope‚ but as I look about‚ I now see nothing to give ground to hope—nothing of man." This quote shows that the Great Depression was not going to be similar to any depression that had occurred and the recovery was going to be much more difficult. It also shows how discouraging the Great Depression was because everything was in ruins and there were no silver linings at the time. The uneven distribution of
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French Revolution had many struggles as new Enlightenment ideas surged through the country‚ and bloodshed took its toll. There were many factors that caused the French Revolution‚ many effects of the French Revolution‚ and it was a turning point in not only European History‚ but World History. There were many factors that caused the French Revolution. Political problems such as King Louis XIV believing that he ruled by Divine Right‚ or power that came directly from God‚ was a factor of the sparking
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What is a community ? A community is a group of people who you can depend on and also a community can be described as a group of friend or your neighborhood friends that you can call family. How does a Community help ? A community can really help a lot because if you are lonely you can depend of your community family to come around and bring you excitement or even if you are that person who just stay in the house all day your community family can be the ones that you can go to the mall and hang
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Many people believe that the Great Depression was caused by the stock market crash in 1929 but there were other causes that lead to this crisis and not just the stock market crash. The Great Depression was the period of economic crisis that started in America but affected the whole world. The Great Depression came after the “roaring 20s”‚ the decade of prosperity in America. The Roaring 20s was when several new technological advancements helped make life easier and the invention of the assembly line
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money out the bank‚ but it’s too late. You are now a part of a dark time called the Great Depression. The Great Depression caused many people to die and lose their life’s savings. The Stock market crashing was a huge cause to all of this happening. This left the country without any money. The Great Depression was an economic disaster that caused bank failures‚ drought problems‚ and reduction in purchasing across the board. The Stock Market crash of 1929 The Stock Market crash was on October 24‚ 1929
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question and it has since been heavily debated throughout history with the sides split fairly evenly. This inquiry that has been posed leads people to start actually thinking about their values brought to them their entire life. Although they are following the rules that are laid out by either a holy figure‚ a mentor‚ or a political leader the moral thing to do? Can one be doing the right thing‚ or so they think‚ their whole life and then‚ once they arrive to a higher power‚ argue that ignorance is
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What Caused the Great Depression? The Great Depression‚ one of the most significant events in American history‚ occurred immediately after a time of great prosperity in the US‚ The Roaring Twenties‚ and was caused by a number of factors. Immediately following WWI the US economy began to experience a boom in growth and production. Most of Europe‚ the former capital of world commerce‚ was destroyed as a result of WWI which made the US the biggest exporter of goods on the planet. With the US now
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