Joseph Stalin and Totalitarianism

Totalitarianism is when the government controls almost every aspect of public and private behavior. Stalin used Totalitarianism to rule the Soviet Union by killing anyone who were a enemy of the party. Stalin executed nearly half of the entire communist party including the very people who got him into power. Stalin had a "Five Year Plan" for the purpose of making the Soviet Union a major industrial power in five years time. This came at a huge price, workers were forced to work 16-18 hours a day and working conditions were not safe.

Film Lesson:Dr.Zhivago

The Russian Revolution begun around 1917, many people of Russia didn’t like their Czar. During the war the soldier’s jus got up out of the drenches and walked home. They met up with the replacing soldiers; all the soldiers including the replacement soldiers killed the military leaders. While all these soldiers, Dr.Zhivago Being one of them were in war The Czar was assassinated, Civil war broke out in Russia and now Moscow was controlled by a communist government. When Dr.Zhivago went home he found at least 15 families living in his mansion. He got home confused not knowing what all those people were doing in his house. In a Communist government everybody has to share everything. Dr.Zhivago’s mansion was good enough for 15 families. So he, his wife and his father in law were living in his room.

Cause of WWI

World War 1 started on 1914. One of the reasons/causes of WWI was all the countries militaries. Every Country begun to build up there armies. Every year starting from 1880 Europe would spend more and more money on their military. So it was like a competition to see who would build the bigger army. With all of these countries on each others borders with an army , war was bound to happen. Another cause is Imperialism. France took over most of Africa . The British had control over some countries in 5 continents. When Germany decided to gain control on other countries as well, that created more rivalry towards Germany. Now the big and main reason World war 1 had begun was when Franz Ferdinand was assassinated . Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the austro-Hungrian Throne. But on June 28 , 1914 Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo princip. Gavrilo Princip was a Serbian nationalist , sent along with 3 other men to assassinate Franz Ferdinand . Now When This assassination occurred Austro-Hungary was furious. So they declared war on Serbia. Now Most of the European countries had alliances with other countries. So when Austro-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Serbia had an alliance with another country and that country with another and so on.The same with Austro-Hungary.