How did Lenin and Stalin transform the society and economy of the USSR? After the devastation of World War I‚ the Revolution‚ and Civil War‚ Russia was a total wreck. Factories were in ruins and half the working class gone‚ either dead or returned to the farms. Millions had died‚ mainly from the famine and disease accompanying war. Two million more‚ mostly nobles‚ middle class‚ and intellectuals‚ had emigrated to other countries. Lenin returned to Russia from exile in 1917 and it was up to him
Premium Soviet Union World War II Great Purge
right-wing government‚focused on what’s best for the nation as a whole not the individual‚ and ruled by an individual. In his speech‚ Doctrine of Fascism‚ Mussolini explains Fascism as‚ Against individualism‚ the Fascist conception is for the State; and it is for the individual in so far as he coincides with the State‚ which is the conscience and universal will of man in his historical existence. It is opposed to classical Liberalism‚ which arose from the necessity of reacting against absolutism
Premium Nazi Germany Fascism World War II
World War Two was the most devastating war in our history. Was an occasion‚ that has changed the way we take a gander at the world at this point. A vast number of lives lost as a result of a single individual who utilized his words and political power to assume control over a whole nation and transform it into a way of war and destruction. World War Two was a worldwide war‚ the biggest and deadliest of all wars in mankind’s history‚ with more than 60 million people slaughtered‚ including many civilians
Premium World War II World War II Nazi Germany
I had asked the question‚ why did Hitler hate Jews? Being really curious I researched this question and while being in the process of researching I had other questions circulate through my mind such as what was the result of Hitler’s hatred‚ how it affected Germany‚ economic impact and what the Jews had went through. People had the idea of antisemitism ingrained in their head since they were little children‚ the outcome of this left some ideas in their head such as Jews want to defile or destroy
Premium Nazi Germany The Holocaust Adolf Hitler
Australia Australia has changed a lot in the last 250 years. Before 1788 there were around 250 languages spoken in Australia and a population of 750 000. Many of the 250 languages were spoken by the indigenous people in Australia but many of the languages died out as the indigenous people were murdered and became fewer and fewer. When the English people came to Australia with the first fleet which consisted of 11 ships in 1788 the indigenous people were killed and suppressed by the English people
Premium Australia Linguistics New Zealand
The Nullification Crisis started when South Carolina adopted an ordinance of nullification. This allowed the federal tariff acts of 1828 and 1832 to be labeled unconstitutional and denounced in the state of South Carolina. The state’s tilt towards nullification actually started years earlier‚ during the 1820’s‚ when the state suffered from an agricultural depression. This caused an estimated 70‚000 people to move out of the state‚ and almost twice that number in the 1830’s. This caused most of the
Premium American Civil War United States Southern United States
novelist‚ play writer‚ and essayist. He is a legendary figure‚ not only for Southern writers‚ but for writers throughout the world. Faulkner wrote many popular novels and short stories through out his life time. Faulkner’s life had an impact on his art of writing and his particular style of writing can be seen throughout many of his works. William Faulkner’s early life had an impact on his later works of literature. Faulkner’s observations made during his adult life and childhood helped with creating
Premium Writing Literature William Faulkner
In World War 2 Hitler stirred up a lot of hate toward the Jewish people in Germany and all of Europe. Hitler brainwashed the Germans into having so much hate for the Jewish people. So Hitler started the Holocaust where he basically tried to kill as much Jews as possible where over 6 million Jews were killed. In school we’ve all learned about this horrible event in history but we never focused on how the survivors and Jews were affected by all‚ of this when it was finally over. So I am going to be
Premium Nazi Germany Germany The Holocaust
The Hollywood Blacklist came to be during the start of the “second red scare” which occurred after World War II. With fear that communism was being broadcasted to the American public‚ the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) started to send summonses to various members of Hollywood on the suspicion that their work was inspiring communism sympathy. There were members that refused to testify before the committee and so where blacklisted after servicing prison time and paying fines. They
Premium United States World War II
Both Hitler and Stalin made use of propaganda in all forms of media‚ however they each focused on different areas‚ Hitler strongly trying to influence the youth populations while Stalin controlled visual media‚ altering photos and paintings. To make strong use of propaganda in Nazi Germany‚ Hitler appointed Joseph Goebbels as the Minister of Propaganda. Goebbels “had control of all branches of the media and the arts”. He remained Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945‚ throughout the war‚ even
Premium Adolf Hitler Nazi Germany Nazism