Chapter 29 Reading Questions What effects did World War I and the Treaty of Versailles have on Europe? World War I left European countries with huge debts and decreased amounts of land for crop production. The massive loss of life due to the war massively decreased the European workforce and forced European economies to rely on imports from settler societies and the U.S. Additional economic pressures placed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles made the political situation there particularly
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Totalitarianism had three major figures that embraced this ideology who are Joseph Jughashvili better known as Stalin‚ Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. These three leaders played a huge role in the war‚ but how did these totalitarian leaders contribute in the wars start? Each one of these leaders had a hand in the start of the war. Stalin took power after the death of Vladimir Lenin. He abused the Russian citizens killing everyone who stood in his way earning the name of Stalin‚ which means the man of steel in
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classes derived inspiration from Soviet Russia where Lenin and Stalin were successful in overthrowing capitalism and establishing socialism. There was an imminent danger of their coming into power in a number of countries. The capitalist monopolists rose equal to the occasion and established their dictatorships and horror of a socialist revolution was thus set at rest for some time. Thus the dictatorships were established in Italy under Mussolini‚ in Germany under Hitler‚ in Turkey under Mustafa
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In spite of having very conflicting views‚ the practices of both Communism and Fascism shared many similarities with each other. Driven by their ideologies Stalin‚ under Socialism‚ and Mussolini‚ under Fascism‚ used these ideas to advocate and carry out their own policies. However‚ it is important to realise that many areas of their policies did veer away from the direction of their original ideologies. This shows that‚ although Stalin’s and Mussolini’s policies were decided largely by their respective
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well-educated and cultured leaders‚ he was very crude and rough. He was cold‚ hard‚ and impersonal. When he became part of Bolsheviks‚ he changed his name to Stalin‚ which means “man of steel” in Russian. There was a clear distinction between Stalin and Lenin‚ who were two of the most notable men during that time in Russia. Between 1922 and 1927‚ Stalin began his movements to seize control over the current government. As a general secretary of the Communist Party‚ he secretly moved his supporters into positions
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The Rise and Rule of single-party States Contents1 The Rise and Rule of Single-party States * 1.1 The Emergence of single party states in Europe after 1917 * 1.2 China- Mao Zedong * 1.3 Italy- Benito Mussolini * 1.4 Germany- Adolf Hitler * 1.5 Russia- Josef Stalin * 1.6 Cuba- Fidel Castro | Introduction * The 20th century produced many single-party states. The origins‚ ideology‚ form of government‚ organization‚ nature‚ and impact of these should be studied
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Describe the political views of Vladimir Lenin. 2. What did Lenin promise the people of Russia in order to gain their support for the revolution? In order to gain the people of Russia’s support Lenin promised them three things. He promised to withdraw the country of Russia from war‚ to give land to the peasants‚ and he promised to give the workers and The Soviets control over the factories. 3. How did Lenin gain control of Russia between 1918-1921? Lenin gained control of Russia between 1918-1921
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beliefs of Vladimir Lenin. * Lenin was a Marxist. He preached that private property should be abolished and that everything should be owned by everyone. He also believed that anybody making profit was abusing everybody else and that the Russian government supported a system that kept the huge majority of Russian people in misery and therefore it should be overthrown. 2. What did Lenin promise the people of Russia in order to gain their support for the Revolution? * Lenin promised to pull
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lake Revolution and Lenin Czar abdicated his throne in hopes of his brother Michael stepping up to become Czar but he doesn’t. Provisional govt. is formed but communists want to take over Communists march and in 1917 there is a fight and communists take over Lenin famous for “Peace! Land! Bread!” Said everyone deserved something. Lenin became leader of Russia and forced change upon Whites (non-communists) Classless society was the goal of Lenin Stalin Lenin dies and Joseph Stalin
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individuals from power • Nazism- an extreme form of fascism shaped by Hitler’s fanatical ideas about German nationalism and racial superiority • Axis powers-In world war 2‚ Germany‚ Italy and Japan Stalin’s Soviet Union • After the death of Lenin in 1924‚ Josef Stalin came to power. • Stalin decided to take “one great leap forward” to communism. • He launched the first of a series of five year plan to modernize agriculture and build new industry. Stalin’s Economic Plan • To modernize
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