Joseph Stalin and Totalitarianism

Totalitarianism is when the government controls all aspects of the citizens lives. They do this economically, politically, and socially. He lied to the people by saying that he would be taking over temporarily, meanwhile he was planning to stay dictator until he died. The five year plan was to keep him in power for five more years, until the man who could rule that country would run it. He decided that he would run it like he did until he died, because there was always a dictator in Totalitarianism. The great purge was when he took over and started abusing the people and their rights. He also provided them with almost no supplies. Stalin was an evil cruel dictator who abused the people and their ability to have freedom.

Film lesson: Doctor Zhivago

Dr. Zhivago depicted a society in the middle of war, with itself and other countries. It depicted this by the people trying to defeat the Russian Cavalry and they ended up getting massacred. They also showed the soldiers abandoning the war so that they would not have to be there anymore. The Russian people wanted change because the government was treating the people like they were nothing. This is why people wanted to make change, tom prevent them from having to deal with a ruler who does not care about them. They depicted communism as a political system that was unorganized. They showed this by having 13 different families living in one house, even though it originally belonged to Doctor Zhivago. He was shocked when he saw it being run like this. He was also confused on how it worked.

Causes of WWI

There were many causes to World War one. The first of many is the militarism. Militarism is a nations policy to maintain strong armed forces. The reason why is because they were competing for land. As they were, there military was increasing. Great Britain and Germany were competing for the largest navies. France, Russia, and Germany were competing for the largest military. This also put pressure on other countries to increase the number of soldiers and arms that they have. Another cause of World War one is nationalism. Nationalism is when you feel that you feel extremely loyal to a nation and concern for its welfare. Some countries wanted independence from bigger countries, meanwhile, the bigger countries thought that they were greater then anybody else. They were also looking to get land that they had lost. This would result in tensions between other countries. The third cause of World War one is the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. A man from Siberia assassinated the Arch Duke of Austria, who's name was Franz Ferdinand. This set off a bunch of declarations of war. This would form two sides. The triple Alliance and the Triple Entente. This then broke the tension and resulted in war.