extremely effective leaders and had enormous impacts on his own country. Russia‚ before Stalin‚ could absolutely be considered as being a weak and peasant country. China‚ before Mao Zedong‚ was attempting‚ but failing‚ to modernize efficiently under Nationalism. These two countries under Stalin and Mao Zedong advanced quickly and went from being smaller and mostly powerless countries to global powers. These advances‚ however‚ did not come without sacrifice. Both countries suffered an astronomical number
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In the 1960’s‚ Russia was called the Russian Federation and they were communists. Communism cannot happen to America. On the other hand‚ Canada became a socialist country. Communism has some similar traits to socialism‚ but communism has only one person is in charge‚ whereas socialism has more than one governing branch. Socialism is a form of government that oversees social programs (education‚ and health-care) and all private businesses. The dictionary definition of socialism is defined as
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During the Romantic era‚ nationalism proved to be a major influence of the relationship between composers and their music. The political unrest all over Europe provoked many forms of nationalism. The Romantic composers of this era expressed their sense of nationalism in many ways. One way that composers showed this was basing their music on the songs and dances of their people‚ such as Chopin in his mazurkas. Also‚ composers wrote dramatic works based on folklore and symphonic poems or operas
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place him in the role of sole leader and head of Cuba. While it is his millitant actions that gave him power‚ it was his adoption of communism which has kept Castro in power for so long. There have been many goverment’s overthrown in Latin America‚ but few if any coups have had the impact on world affairs than Castro coming into power in Cuba did. By bringing communism to the western hemisphere this small latin american country was presenting a challenge to the United States that only such “superpowers”
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I like to think of this age as the time period as the closest to a regular person. They usually try to look their best appearance wise‚ however they just keep falling prey to the flaws that everybody has such as greed and corruption. As a result‚ people automatically label it the dark period in American history even though this time period helped display other characteristics like creativity and adaptability. By forming unions to gradually improve wages and working conditions or by businessmen’s
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Identify and Explain the historical connections between nationalism‚ the national state‚ industrialization‚ imperialism‚ and social darwinism during the 19th and early 20th centuries. To what extent was World war 1 an outgrowth of nationalism‚ industrialism‚ and imperialism? OK‚ here it is: you have to understand in Europe some countries were an amagalm of nations with different languages. Keep that in the back burner. Now: England and France were strong homogeneous countries - no other
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Communism is viewed as a defunct political philosophy. Western media likes to only convey the issues hidden within socialist nations. Socialist nations have thrived in the past and have had economic success similar to capitalist nations. The USSR industrialized rapidly and became a world superpower just in time for World War II. Cuba and Venezuela both adopted socialist forms of government that solved many of their social and economic issues. Fallacies have been found in the communist philosophy
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What were the effects of nationalism in the later 20th century? Nationalism united people against western/foreign interference and influences‚ as evidenced in the Iranian Revolution‚ the establishment of Islamism‚ and the Organization of African Unity. In 1979‚ after several years of civil resistance‚ strikes‚ and demonstrations‚ the people of Iran overthrew their US-backed leader‚ Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi‚ because of his unjust rule and his ties to the States. Mohammad Reza Shah was put into power
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each other over their beliefs with one leaning far left‚ communism‚ and the other right‚ but not nearly as far as communism‚ that being capitalism. While communism stemmed from socialism‚ which the liberals did not agree with‚ it does share the fact that they both pushed for major change‚ whether it be good or bad. On the other hand we have capitalism‚ which‚ just like conservatism strived to conserve‚ although the their goal was to keep communism from spreading and conserve
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I want to focus on a positive aspect within nationalism; National identity can help overcome narrow tribalism. A common trend today‚ especially in Western nations‚ is that populations are becoming more diverse- racially‚ religiously‚ linguistically and otherwise. In this process‚ we have the opportunity to engage‚ understand and work with people who differences might otherwise separate us. (Wilkens pg 71‚ 72) It is the job and honor of every follower of Christ and of every church of the Lord Jesus
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