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Collapse Of Communisim

2009-05-12T07:02:00.000-07:00

Communism was a system used to run a nation or a government. It was a failed way to run a government. Some of the European countries like Ches republic, china and the soviet Union but soon most of the Communist countries changed there government to like a democracy. One main reason why communism collapsed is because of the way the money was used and how the land was owned , which messed up most of the life styles. The cold war proved that communism was the primitive way to run a country because even though the soviet Union was able to build weapons fast and able to keep up with America it was only the matter of time till there economy collapsed and communism falls in Russia. In 1990 it fell in Russia.

Other countries also started to disown Communism and it started to fall all over Europe. Except in Cuba and north Korea. There is still some what communism left in china.

Mandela South Africa

2009-05-05T07:01:00.000-07:00

Back in Africa it was brutal how some of the Africans were treated like slaves because of there skin color and how they look. They basically all had the same jobs making barley anything or making nothing as slaves for the "white man" people say. Mandela was trying to stop it in a way he was the Gandhi of the Africans or at least try to. He was the leader of a underground group called the African national Congress. While he was in the group he was sentenced in prison for life in 1964. The reason why is because they wanted him to stay quiet and they didn't want a revolt against the Apartheid government. After 27 years of imprisonment and his people still fighting the government he was freed in 1990 which meant the end of the corrupt government.

After that he was awarded the noble peace prize and elected president of south Africa.

African Independence

2009-05-04T07:16:00.000-07:00

The African people were slaves to Europe for a while. what happened is that different nations in Europe came over in Africa and took over the land , they set up there own political boundaries. What they did was that they went to there land got resources to make back in Europe to sell back. It was like a big source of income. For example Cecil Rhodes took over what is now called Zimbabwe and he named it Rhodesia. He basically used Africans has slaves to get elephants tusks and rubber trees to make rubber.

After world war II the British were going to set up a government in Africa but sooner or later it was costing too much money to keep on coming back and fort. Controlling the country was being expensive so they gave Africa there Independence.

The Right Stuff

2009-04-08T07:09:00.000-07:00

In this movie it talks about the space race which basically a race to get people into space. In this race there was America and Russia or the soviet union. It started when America reached Mach 1 which was surpassing 750 miles per hour which was a huge accomplishment. The reason why is because once you pass 750 mph you break the sound barrier. Once USSR launched the first satellite which was called sputnik America was scared because we thought they could fire nuclear bombs at us from there. Then we started to develop a rocket that would take us into space, it took a while but we finally developed a rocket that took us to space but a monkey was inside which upset ed the astronauts.

After that the Russians sent the first man into space which got some people angry. The Russians were winning the space race but we developed our ships so well we were the first people on the moon. Also Russia feel because of the economy and communism.

NATO and the Warsaw Pact

2009-04-06T07:13:00.000-07:00

NATO is a group of European and north America alliance. The reason for NATO was that the countries involved wanted a mutual defense alliance so that if one of them were attacked all of the other countries in NATO would come to help. If Russia attacked U.S NATO would attack Russia. The Warsaw pact was basically the Soviet Union and it was a arm race between Russian and America. We started making weapons which were mostly nukes. We came up with a new bomb called the H- bomb which was short for hydrogen bomb which was stronger than the atomic bomb. America and Russia kept on making them but never used them because they were scared that if one is fired there would be a nuclear war it would destroy all life on the earth. That's another reason why NATO was there to back up America. Soon the Russia economy fell proving that Communism was a bad type of way to rule a country.

Schindler's List

2009-03-26T07:26:00.000-07:00

Schindler's list was a good movie and captured powerful moments of the holocaust. The scene which caught my eye the most was when the kids were hiding from going to aucwitz. Some of them were hiding in the latrine were all the excretes of all the Jews were and they were willing to hide there it must of been bad what happened. The main parts of the film that will stay with me is when they killed a little kid for hiding it got me thinking it was so heartless what they were doing because i have a baby brother and if something happened to him it would be devastating. In a way I feel for the victims the survivors of it have the worst memories or even nightmares. What happened was a tragedy shouldn't happen to anyone or any race.

Night and Fog

2009-03-26T06:57:00.001-07:00

Night and fog was a french documentary on auchwitz and the holocaust. The scenes in this documentary was horrific and it was more worst than the movie because it was actually pictures that were real. They showed how the beds were and how they lived for just being Jew and no one in there right mind would do something so inhumanity without going insane or be already. In Schindler's list they went deep into how Schindler helped people and what happened to Jew's everyday. Most of the information in Schindler's list was accurate but there was really graphic images in both films. I think that Night and Fog would be better if it went deeper into the holocaust. I Think both are the same and I would rather watch Schindler's list because i goes deep in the Holocaust so i feel the pain of the six million Jew's that were murdered from the Nazis.

The Treaty of Versailles (ended WW I)

2009-02-24T06:58:00.000-08:00

The Treaty of Versailles was a treaty because Germany lost the war and France wrote the treaty. If they did not agree with France they would declare war on Germany. It basically blamed the whole war on Germany and made them pay for all the damages for the war. Germany had to pay France, England and America. the funny thing is that Germany isn't the blame for the war it was Austria hungry because they killed France Frediand.

The main problem for Germany was that they had to pay compensation for the war but they did not have a lot of money to pay for the war because they used most of there money for the war. They went into a depression that messed up there economy for a couple of years. Until Adolf Hitler came into the picture he helped little by little the economy building bridges, roads and buildings. The people didn't know that he was crazy and was going to try to wipe out the whole Jewish population in the world. So you can say that because of the treaty it started World War II

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

2009-02-11T07:09:00.001-08:00

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, was the founder of the Turkish people and the first President, he stood as a towering figure of the 20Th Century. He was one of the great leaders of history, few have achieved so inspiration to the world at large. In the short period, he changed the life of a nations decisively, and given such profound. Ataturk means father of the Turks so he was the founder in a way and he was like the Gandhi of Turkey. He used civil disobedience and passive resistant to change the country to make it more like European countries. He decided to make the Fez illegal because he wanted turkey to be like Europe So the Turkish people had to wear trousers, drees shirt, ties and rimmed hat.

He made the Turkey republic in 1923 which he was the ruler of. He even had a language reform which was one of the hardest reforms people believe because they had to learn a whole new language. He changed Arabic writing and language in Latin which was the language of Europe. He asked experts about long would it take to reform the language they said five years and he said yes but in five months.

The Russian Revolution

2009-01-09T06:39:00.000-08:00

The Russian revolution was in 1917 there were many series of smaller of revolutions but people wanted to change Russia into a communist country. The big revolutions was in February Revolution and the October Revolution. The February Revolution took away
Tsar Nicholas II from power. The October Revolution was also called the Bolshevik Revolution they overturned the government and established the Soviet Union. The October Revolution was by a small group of people.

In early March, the Provisional Government placed Nicholas and his family under house arrest in the Alexander Palace at 15 miles south of Petrograd. When he was removed from power so Communism could take control of Russia but it was a bad idea because it hurt the country in the long run. They were were a communist country for about 75 years until 1990 because they realized that it was hurting the country.

Cause Of World War One

2009-01-07T06:41:00.000-08:00

They were main cause to the beginning of WWI is the assassination of Franz Ferdinand . He was assassinated by a Serbian who was part of the black hand clan. The alliance system collapsed so it was like a big domino effect. When Austria-Hungry declared war on Serbia all of the Serbians allies declared war on Austria. On July 29, Russia ordered a army only against Austria-Hungary to help Serbia.

Upon being asked by Germany what it would do in the event of a Russo-German War, France responded that it would act in its own interests and mobilized. Even Japan was in the war but didn't get too many troops mobilized. Germany was having tench warfare against France and great Britain. During the holidays in the first year of the war they had a cease fire in the holiday spirit because they thought the war wouldn't last long. America joined the war only to help great Britain which president Wilson had good relationship with. they won the war and a peace treaty was established.

The Opium Wars

2008-12-10T06:54:00.000-08:00

The British opium trade in China started the world’s very first drug war, it was in the 19Th century. It was called the Opium War, many people also refer to it as the Anglo-Chinese War. Opium is made from the juice of poppy seedpods, and used to produce heroin.The opium came from from the flower called poppies and the British made the Chinese addicted to it so that they could get the Chinese could trade with the British. Opium is used today for many things like morphine, heroine, codeine , mescalin and opium. These substances are some what like sedatives but more like pain relievers. The bad part about them is that they are highly addictive.

It was used fist to treat certain disorders or diseases like dysentery, cholera, as well as diarrhea. Almost 2 million pounds of opium was sold in China each year, opium lowered a large amount of the Chinese population. In the 19th century, 10 percent of the Chinese population was smoking opium. This also affected China's economy, due to the large amount of resources, especially silver, flowing out of the country to pay for the opium. The Opium Wars caused the victimization of China by foreign powers for many years. Until 1949 and the victory of Mao Zedong and communism that the unequal treaties signed between the Chinese government and the foreign power. It was also after 1949 that China took back all the ports, except for Hong Kong. Hong Kong remained a British territory until 1997.

Mountains of the Moon

2008-12-03T06:38:00.000-08:00

The movie Mountains of The Moon was about two explorers named Richard Burton and John Speke. They explored Africa to find out what was the source of the Nile river but they didn't know where to look. They faced many obstacles like insects mosquito's, tribes , diseases. They were raided by tribes and many of there men that work for them were killed, that messed they journey.

Speke had an encounter with insects and bugs because he didn't put up his mosquito net when he went to sleep. Also Burton had a spear rip across his face and left a scar across his face. after they found the lake they named it after there queen which was queen Victoria so they called it lake Victoria. The reason why after so many years they didn't change the name because so many tribes live there so the call it something in there land but they cant change the name i think. Europeans were more technology advanced and had more weapons and the Africans were using spears so they were kind of primal to the Europeans. That why they so easily conquered because they were so technologically under advanced.

The Meiji Restoration of Japan

2008-11-26T06:45:00.000-08:00

The Meiji restoration speaks for its self basically it was modernized and restored some sort of economic growth.When the Meiji emperor was restored as head of Japan in 1868, the nation was weak military so they were kind of defenseless against other countries or any enemies they had. They were primarily agricultural and had very little technology growing in there country and when they had swords riding on horses other countries had guns and cannons. It was controlled by hundreds of semi-independent feudal lords. The Western empires like USA and Europe had Japan to sign treaties that limited its control over its own trade outside of the country and any crimes outside of the country were not to be trialed in japan but in western powers.

When the Meiji period ended, with the death of the emperor in 1912 japan then started to restore itself. Japan builded a strong navy and army. They also stared to build up technology wise so they stated catching up to everyon else, they had a established Parliament. The education was getting better. P[eople were living better you can say. japan moved from samurais to weapons that were more accurate deadly and better economic trade.

Karl Marx and Communisim

2008-11-06T06:35:00.000-08:00

Karl Marx was in the way the father of Communism he invented the ideas and the reason he did so it could benefit mankind. Communism is just sharing everything right down the middle equally with everyone even if you were a highly respected like a doctor or a a huge factory owner you got paid as much as the workers so there is no mistreat to the workers. the way he envisioned it was that if the major corporations couldn't take away the right from the workers so they make all the profits and workers make like pennies a day. that why people made unions but it stated to lose power but when it was created people had major power which was what Karl wanted. The countries stared to use the Communism way to run a country the government had all the power and took advantage of the people , then soon it became corrupt.

The way he wanted Communism to work was to help the workers during the industrial revolution in England. Karl was a philosopher that was a professor in Berlin till he died in 1831. His philosophy idea about the sharing and government controlled all the land really was misused by the countries that used it which really defeated the purpose of his ideas like Russia but they changed, but like Cuba, north Korea and china are still communist countries which aren't the best places to live.

Karl Marx and Industrial Revolution

2008-11-05T06:42:00.000-08:00

Karl Marx was a German Jew which changed the whole Russian history. His father converted to a christian so that he could get a job and support his family so it was hard for him. He studied the Industrial Revolution. He believed that it was the mistreat of adults and kids, which was child labor. The conditions of the factories were harsh and unsafe. He told the people to join together into a revolution.

He thought of an idea to share everything like money , stuff etc. The property belonged to the government. Which was a good idea to him the way he envisioned it in his mind which was called communism. But when country's took on the Communism it was corrupt and people were all making the same annual pay so even if you were a doctor you made as much as the janitor. Which meant all those years you studied for medical school was for nothing. Many countries were taken over by communists and after a so many years of communism Russia was not no more.

He died in 1883 and his ideas started many revolutions. He thought that the people could control the revolution so everyone would share some sort of equality but it turned out that people mostly dictators took control of the countries

Nationilism and The Creation of Italy

2008-10-16T06:45:00.000-07:00

Nationalism is the right and happiness in your country. It means that making your country a better place no mater what.also that your country is the best in your eyes and you feel proud of it.Nationalism also means that will show your pride.people do many thing for there country. one of the ways is to going to country events or celebrating like 4Th of July in America.

thanks to nationalism there are nations in the world that are independent. Italy was created by nationalist who had been ruled by foreigners. A Italian person named Giuseppe Mazzini created a group called Young Italy. they wanted to make Italy a free nation and not be ruled by nobles and or kings. he failed thought and sent him into exile with his group. While in exile he went to Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia. This was the biggest and the most powerful state of Italy. Count Camillo di Cavour was put in charge to conquer the other states. He believed that he was doing this for the kingdom, not Italy. Covour united Italy even though that's not what he wanted to do.

Before a united Italy there was only city-states.

Simon Bolivar and The Latin American Revolution

2008-10-10T06:38:00.000-07:00

Simon Bolivar was one of the best military leader in history. He was the reason that Latin America revolted against Spain. He thought that the people should have the right to control there own countries. He got the independence of Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Bolivia. He was also the most famous revolutionist.

he Born in Venezuela,he was given a good education. he went to London to gain support and help to help the people of south America to be free. his time in London he also learned the English government and the laws. he also learned the American government on his journey back to south America. He used his knowledge of the government to get the independence of Venezuela.

He was the great savior of Latin America people say and the named Bolivia after him as a contribute.

The French Revolution

2008-09-22T07:07:00.000-07:00

In France there were three classes of people like a pyramid for diffrent classes. Most of the population was made up of the third party which was the regular people like the middle class and the lower class. Which was mostly the working class like the farmer,merchants,etc. The lower class didn't like the upper classes too much because they got most of the good things.

This was because of the fact that they had to pay no tax while the third class had to pay basically all of it.The farmers had to do a lot of the labor because they had to supplie the food.
The farmers are the ones that are actually carring France on there back because if they stop working France. They did not have enough to live yet the still had to pay taxes and feudal dues. The third estate represents the rich in France because the majority was third estate. The third estate would be most influenced by his words.

The Enlightment

2008-09-18T06:57:00.000-07:00

According to the declaration of independence, we are all the same because there isn't a difference from any man even from skin or race. Jefferson talks about that we have the right to speak or in other words freedom of speech which everyone in America has the right to have. Freedom of speech is used in debates,strikes and speeches. I think the even though the government is suppose get and get permission from the people they still try to control stuff like war. "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed", this quote means that they derive there power from the people.
We are suppose to be the government the people are suppose ton run it but we only have the power to vote.. We are a democracy which as very good advantages to everyday living.

Heliocentrisim and Geocentrisim

2008-09-12T06:50:00.000-07:00

Heliocentrisim was one of many theorys to come out about the solar system. It was founded by a famous scicentist named Galileo he was a star gazer and he studied astronomy. Then one day he was looking at the solar system and saw that the earth wasnt the center of the system but then sun was and the source of life. Gencentrisim was the first to come of all theories it was said that the earth was the center of the universe and since earth. Galileo was the also it came out of the scientific revoluition.

He arrived in Rome on 13 February 1633, and was put in the Tuscan embassy. He was sent to the Holy Office and first interrogated on 12 April 1633, sent back to the Tuscan embassy on April 30, and called in again and captured on May 10 and June 21. While held in the Holy Office, Galileo was put in apartments usually occupied by Inquisition officials, rather than prison cells. He was in trial because he believed that the earth was revoling around the sun and that earth wasnt the center of thge earth.

The chatholic church believed that since earth was the brith of man they thought that the earth was the center of the universe and that planets revoled around the erath and Galileo proved them wrong. The church was angry and sent him under arrest for the rest of his life. Lucky he wasnt put to death as that the church wanted him to be.

Evolution Vs Creationism

2008-09-11T06:43:00.000-07:00

Evolution was a theory form charles darwin a famous sciencetist. He was a famous exploer as well because he explored the islands. He studied birds and there finches and found out that the birds were from the same ancestory and saw that they adapted to there enviroment over a long period of time. Charles belivied the same with humans that what if we "Man" was once a primate or a fish that evoled into a walking creature. The promblem with this is that it is just a theory and has never been proven but there is some evidence but not hard evidence which can relate us to lower forms of speices.

Creationism is not a theory but a belief in that god made humans and the earth. That he created all life in the entire universe within 7 days. many people belivie in creationism and the three major religions are Islam, Christainity and Jews. They all believe that we are decendants of Adam and Eve and that they were the first humans in the world. High priest and the pope believe in this very strongly. when they heard Darwins theory they believed that he was a spwan of the satan and thought that he was trying to make people think that god wasnt real.

I believe in creationism because I im a muslim I believe that we are decendants of Adam and Eve. I think that it is not wrong to learn about Darwins theory but i dont believe in it. I think that Darwin did his reseach and was a very good sciencetist. There is some reason to believe that we evoled from a lower form of speices but not enough to prove it.