Joseph stalin and totalitarianism

Totalitarianism means a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life. Joseph Stalin used totalitarianism to rule the Soviet Union with an iron fist. Stalin took control after the death of Lenin. Stalin controlled everything, he also controlled the media, he choose what the people of the Soviet Union could know.

Causes of WW1

The Assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinad of Austria was a major trigger for WWI also known as The Great War. Archduke Ferdinad was killed by a serbian, after his death Austria declared war on Serbia. There were two powers in the Great War. The Entente powers that included France, Britain, Serbia, Romania, Italy, United Kingdom, and the Russian Empire. The other side was called the central powers that were led by the Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, and German empires. The main reason that the United states entered the war was because the Germans attacked an American ship, and United states was neutral. The U.S. entered the war however they maintained their distance for the remainder of the war. The Central powers lost, the empires has split up and there were many new countries. That was one of the few positive outcomes of the war. As a result of the war Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Poland, Lithuania, and Czechoslovakia, all gained independence from the German empire.

Film lesson: Dr. Zhivago

Dr.Zhivago was a very important film that displayed the truth about the troubles during the Russian Revolution. The people of Russia did not like the ideas of Czar's, because the Czar's mistreated the people. In the film, "Dr.Zhivago", Yuri Zhivago came back home and his house was taken away. Once owned and occupied only by him and his family, now its occupied with 10+ families. In communism the government owns everything, so because of the money trouble all the families were placed in the Zhivago house. Once he came back home he noticed, maybe communism wasnt such a good idea.

the opium wars

The chinese emperor wanted the british to stop sending opium into his country because the drug was ruining the country and killing all of the people. However the Birtish did not want to stop sending the drugs because they were getting money. It was called the Opium wars because the reason the countries fought was because of opium. The British won because they were much more advanced then the Chinese. most of the fights were fought on sea. The British had ships with cannons on the sides.

the white man's burden

The white men went through many problems on their trip to the Philippines. the Europeans went into Philippines and tried to take everything over. they acted as if they owned the country and treated them like they were not important

The Scramble for Africa

In the scramble for Africa were Europe the British, the French, the Germans, and the Belgiums, They went into Africa in order to look for natural resources.The Europeans took salt, gold, wood, copper, and ivy to Europe. They also were very greedy so they wanted to conquer other countries. The British thought they were the first race and they were superior to other countries.

the meiji restoration of japan

Matthew Perry went to japan so many other ships who have to pass through japan can make a rest stop. At this point japan was an isolated country because they think there method of life is better than any one else's. japan was impressed and interested in the boat's Perry brought through because they were steam powered ships with cannons. After that japan became more industrialized. Japan modernized by having other men go to other countries such as Europe and north america and learn the views of life and how they study. This changed the japanese government because after this took the idea of a constitution and made their own.