The Rise of Dictators Chapter 9: Lesson 1 Themes for Lesson • How did Stalin change the government and the economy of the Soviet Union? • What were the origins and goals of Italy’s fascist government? • How did Hitler rise to power in Germany and Europe in the 1930s? • What were the causes and results of the Spanish Civil War? Key terms: • Totalitarian- a government that exerts total control over the nation and citizens’ lives • Fascism- political philosophy that emphasizes the importance
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Of Mice and Men: George Killed Lennie for Merciful Reasons A true friendship is one in which friends care deeply enough to anticipate one another’s needs and are willing to put their friend’s needs before their own. Their mutual love enables them to make sacrifices only to protect each other. In the novella‚ Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ George killing Lennie is a merciful kill to save others from Lennie’s unintentional acts of aggression‚ to spare Lennie from suffering a cruel death‚ and
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Reefer Madness All I can say about this movie is‚ wow. It seriously made me laugh because the way they portrayed “potheads.” I realize that the 1930’s were very different from now and even my teenage years‚ but that movie was utterly ridiculous. I honestly am not sure what those people were smoking‚ but I cannot believe it was marijuana. I realize that it does make people laugh but not hysterically like that. It also‚ does make some people want to be more sexual and even some paranoid. I will
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during the 1930 ’s. He is one of the world ’s most known and hated leader. Hitler is called mad. His men were cultivated‚ educated‚ learned men. Germany wasn ’t a backward country‚ preyed on by ignorance‚ but one of the most advanced nations in the world. Hitler ’s program was one for evil and destruction and yet the majority of the people in Germany accepted it. Time has not dimmed the terms storm troops‚ gas chambers‚ death camps ‚ and holocaust. On the morning of September 15 1930‚ early editions
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‘Analyze How Poets Have Used the Sonnet Form to Explore Ideas About Love and Mortality’ Sonnets have been used to paint a detailed picture of human emotion‚ tradition and culture‚ through the centuries. Originally‚ they began in the 14th century and each era inherited the collections of fourteen lined literary genius and reworked its form‚ subject or use of sensual imagery in order to allow the literature to represent the moods of the time. The word “sonnet” comes from the Italian word‚ ‘sonnetto’
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Does America care about you? Well‚ I think America doesn’t because America get’s engrossed in other country’s business. If America helped itself in it’s own problems instead of other countries problems‚ then‚ it might actually help solve the tons problems that America has occurred within the hundreds years it’s been a country. America should help the poor in it’s own country instead of the poor in other countries. We have homeless and starving in our streets too‚ that need to be helped.We are in
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In the early 1900’s the man was seen as the intellectual individual who takes care of their wife and family‚ who arrives home with the money and who was the supplier. However during the 1930’s this typical idea of the man’s role was extremely hard to keep ahold of due to The Great Depression. While the average woman worked on household dynamics and keeping the family afloat‚ the man was out looking for a job‚ or struggling to keep his current job. As a result‚ the average male came home at the end
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Two eras in time were the 1930’s and 1960’s. Both of these two periods in time are interesting in their own ways. Also people usually think the 1960’s were all about fun which wasn’t always true. In addition people think that a main event in the 30’s was the Great Depression which in fact is true but there’s more to the 30’s than most people think. There are many seminaries and differences in these two are fashion‚ inventions/technology‚ and music. Three similarities between them are the people involved
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caused an unemployment rate up to three times that of whites. Because of segregation they received less aid from charitable organizations. Overall they suffered economically and socially more than their white counterparts. The 1930’s were a turbulent time for race relations in America. For more than two hundred years before the Civil War‚ slavery existed in the United States. Before there was no need to separate whites and blacks because ninety five percent of blacks were slaves. After the Civil War things
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Throughout a person life they will face many troubles and adversities‚ but how these people handle and face these problems is what will define them as a person. Many people in the United States struggle on a daily basis to get the necessities to live or get what is needed to provide for their families. When hard times like this roll around they need a little more help in the form of government assistance. Government assistance plays a major role in our society today‚ but these very programs are being
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