Deborah's Global Blog

Mikhail Gorbachev and the collapse of Communism

2008-05-05T05:07:00.000-07:00

Mikhail Gorbachev opened up the Soviet Union and paved the way for the end of Communism.

Collapse of Communism

2008-05-02T05:22:00.000-07:00

Communism collapse in Eastern Europe and the USSR was because at first it was Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary that all abandoned dictatorial Communist rule by 1990. So then in 1991, the USSR, since its nationalistic fever was gone and it had a collapsing economy, the Soviet Union dissolved. The people tore down the Berlin Wall because it separated them from there family's that mite have been between East Germany that was communist and West Germany that was nationalist. The communists made the wall so the nationalist would not have contact with East Germany, and so the people tore down the Berlin Wall as to get to the family's and be free of the rule of communist. The collapse of the Berlin Wall was the sine that the communist fell. That changed the world in that most of the countries that once were communist are now nationalist.

Nelson Mandela and Apartheid

2008-04-18T05:15:00.000-07:00

Apartheid in Africa meant that it was a policy of segregation of the non-white population. Now Nelson Mandela is such a hero because he fought for the liberation of Africa and unity. But because of that he was put in jail for 27 years but then they let him go because they believed that there was going to be a revolution of the Africans for Nelsons. But in the beginning before he was in prisoned Nelson wanted only to liberate the oppressed (Africans) but during his in presentment he changed his point of view and concluded that he would liberate the oppressed and the oppressor. He concluded that a man that toke the freedom from another man then that person is a prisoner of hatred.

African Independence

2008-04-16T05:09:00.000-07:00

Africa changed so much during the 20 year period from 1955 to 1975. The change Africa did was to get Independence. During 1955 the only countries that had there independence were Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Union of South Africa and Liberia. All the other countries still did not have there independence. But by 1975 Africa had most of it's countries independence except for Spanish Sahara, South west Africa, Rhodesia and Afars and Issas Terr.

The Cuban Missile Crisis

2008-04-01T05:43:00.000-07:00

The Cuban Missile Crisis was consider the hottest moment in the Cold War because that was the day that the U.S and Russia were on the brake of war with nuclear bombs. Also it was that Russia put bombs on Cuba pointed at the U.S and so if the U.S could not harm Russia because Russia had as much atomic bombs as the U.S and could destroy each other, then in turn the U.S pointed there atomic bombs at Cuba. Kennedy did not want an atomic bomb war and so he wanted a peace agreement to not us bombs.

NATO and The Warsaw Pact

2008-03-31T05:36:00.000-07:00

NATO was created because the countries of Western Europe were to weak after the war to stop communist from spreading and so the Western Europe went and allied them self's with other nations. The countries that were in NATO were Western Europe, 12 nations, the United Kingdom and the United States. NATO was an organization that was made up of countries in Europe and North America that were in an agreement of peace and that the U.S would protect all the countries that were in NATO against any communist country.
The Warsaw Pact was formed of communist military alliances so they could maintain power over Eastern Europe and also the Warsaw Pact was formed in respond to the creation of NATO. The Warsaw Pact was made up of communist countries but mostly the leader was Russia.

Film Lesson: "The Right Stuff"

2008-03-31T05:20:00.000-07:00

The U.S and the U.S.S.R competed by seeing who had better technology then the other one had by building better atomic bomb or who ruled space. The U.S was the one who had ruled the sky so now the U.S.S.R wanted to rule space and the U.S.S.R did rule space for a wail because the U.S had not even built a satellite like the Russians. In this competition the U.S.S.R was wining because the U.S.S.R were the first to put a satellite in space and then the first to put a man in space. But not the first to put the first man to be on the moon. Some scenes from the film that will help me remember the Cold War event will be when the U.S had meeting's and discussed the technology of U.S.S.R and there own.

Film Lesson: "Schindler's LIst"

2008-03-26T14:42:00.000-07:00

The scene that were more impacting on me was the scene were the little girl with a red coat was walking the street's alone when the Nazis were taking all the Jew's to the concentration camp, and then later when the Nazis are burning the "evidence" the Jew's also when Schindler saw the little girl with the red coat dead on a pile or other dead Jew's and being ready to be thrown in to the burning pile of dead Jew's. Also what was interesting about the movie was that it showed that Schindler a Nazi was actually good to the Jew's.

Film Lesson: "Night and Fog"

2008-03-20T05:25:00.000-07:00

Some of my reactions about the movie was that the Nazis were very bad people not only bad but the had no heart because of the way they treated the Jew's. What bothered me was the way the adults influenced the children to hate the Jew's when the Jew's did nothing wrong to them.

The film "Night and Fog" was more powerful then the film "Schindler's List" but only at the part with the dead body's and the corpse the evil and that is all. I think that the documentary version would illustrate the Holocaust more effectively then the Hollywood version. Why because the Hollywood version is just a bunch of actors acting the part that they were assigned and in truth they are not being treated like what really happen to the Jew's or are felling like what the Jew's were felling at that time because the actors now that there just acting that nothing really bad will happen to them.

The Treaty of Versailles (Ended WWI)

2008-02-11T05:10:00.000-08:00

The treaty of Versailles affected Germany at the end of WWI because it made Germany the cause of the first world war and the treaty of Versailles made Germany lose 10% of there land. Also all of Germany's oversea lands were taken away and given away to the other allies and Then 12.5% of Germany's people found out that they no longer belong to Germany.
Some historians say that the Treaty of Versailles led to the rise of Fascism and Adolph Hitler, I think that the historians believe that because of the many history story's they have read or heard or discovered. Also because of that it says that Adolph Hitler came to power after the Treaty of Versailles had made Germany a very helpless place. Adolph toke that the chance of over powering a weak Germany with some people that believed that a strong leader would bring Germany back and so they believed all that Adolph said like that the Jew's were to blame for all this.

Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk)and the Modernization of Turkey

2008-02-08T05:08:00.000-08:00

Mustafa Kemal was a triumphant commander who crushed the invaders of his country and he was a grate leader of the Turkish national liberation. He also lead many victory's against all odds. Then after that he became the first president of Turkey in 1923. That's how Mustafa Kemal modernized Turkey and made it more secular. The changes he made were give women more rights, economics, political rights and his culture. He is known as a peacemaker.
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Film Lesson: "Gandhi"

2008-02-07T05:05:00.000-08:00

ˆ-ˆ Gandhi helped his nation of Indians gain Independence from Great Britain by simply making a campaign that would help them gain independence. Some of the things that Gandhi did was to do the non-violent act and that he did not by clothing from the British. Also he did the grate salt walk. Gandhi used the non-violence act effectively because Gandhi did not us violence to get his independence so in doing that he influenced the other people that were just like him. When the massacre of the Indians happened Gandhi could have resorted to violence but in steed he said that he would not want to gain his independence by shedding blood. ˆ-ˆ

Joseph Stalin and Totalitarianism

2008-01-11T07:46:00.000-08:00

Totalitarianism is a system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control.
Stalin used Totalitarianism to rule the Soviet Union for his benefits only he rose to power with the support of he's allies and then when his allies were not of use to him he would betray them and Allie him self with some one different. He used totalitarianism as an excus to rule the Soviet Union and get more power then he already had.
The Five Year Plans was called the five year plan because they intended that they turned the country into a major industrial power. They aimed to turn the country into a major industrial power within five years. Also the government began to forcibly collectivize agriculture. The state sought not only an increase in agricultural output, but also to export grain abroad, in order to gain financial capital to buy important technologies for the industrial parts of the Five-Year Plan.

Film Lesson: Doctor Zhivago

2008-01-10T07:48:00.000-08:00

Some of the reasons the Russian people wanted a change were because the people wanted that the the land and work be controlled by the workers not by any leader or emperor. The revolution happened because the Russian people were

How did the film Dr. Zhivago depict the Russian Revolution? What are some of the reasons the Russian people wanted a change? (In other words - why did the revolution happen in the first place)? Also - how did the film depict communism? How was Dr. Zhivago given a first hand look at communism when he returned home to Moscow?

Causes of WWI

2008-01-04T07:45:00.000-08:00

The primary causes of the War were Nationalism, Militarism, Assassination of Franz Ferdinand and the collapse of the alliance system. Nationalism is a term that refers to political movement that holds that a nation usually defined in culture has the right to constitute an independent or autonomous political community based on a shared history and common destiny. Militarism was one of the main causes of the First World War. The military men had more influence upon the polices of the civilian government and it had a preference to using force as a solution for problem. The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand was the excuse for the war to start. The nations were in the border of war but none of them wanted to start it, but then the assassination happens a grate excuse to start the war.

The Opium Wars

2007-12-14T07:46:00.000-08:00

What happened during The Opium Wars? What happened during the Opium wars was that the Chines did not want to trade with the British any more because the British were selling a harm full drug to the Chines for tea. So the British did not like this so they fought the Chines.
Why are they called The Opium Wars? They are called the Opium Wars because the wars started because of the drug that was called Opium and that the British were trading with the chines for tea.
Who won and why? The British won the war because the British had advanced technology and strong army's but most importantly strong ships that the Chines could not stand a chance to there own.

" The White Man's Burden "

2007-12-10T07:41:00.000-08:00

What is "The White Man's Burden"? The white man's burden is a poem that the was written by a Britain poet. In response to the Americans take over the Philippines.
Read some analysis of the poem. Do you agree with this analysis? I agree and disagree because the Americans were wrong in taking the Philippines because there was a lot of blood and war. But then the Americans would not have had the Philippines trade rots.
The poem was written in 1899 about US imperialism in The Philippines - is the US still imperialistic today?
Are we still living the "White Man's Burden" one-hundred years later? Explain.

"The Scramble for Affrica"

2007-12-05T07:43:00.000-08:00

1.) Who were the main European nations involved in this scramble? The main European nations involved in the scramble of Africa were the British, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Belgian, German, and the Italians.
2.) What were these nations looking for in Africa? The nations were looking for the resources that Africa had to give like for example cooper, Ivory, gold, rubber, iron, wood, tin, dimone silver, salt, and other things and also they wanted to expand there nations and there territory.
3.) How were they able to dominate Africa so easily? The nations were able to dominate Africa so easily was because of there advance army's and technology and also they found a cure for malaria.
4.) How did this scramble effect the African people? This scramble effected the African people by there territories were separated and there homes were separated as well as there tribe. There was also a lot of blood shed from the African people because of the scramble.

Film Lesson:"Mountins of the Moon"

2007-12-03T07:41:00.000-08:00

What were some of the hardships that Europeans faced as they explored Africa? Some of the hardships that Europeans faced by exploring Africa was being attacked by other Africans and there tribes. Also by the diseases and maybe even starvation and thirst.
Why is it strange that the source of the Nile River, (Lake Victoria - the third largest lake in the world) is named after a British Queen? It is strange because the Nile River is located in Africa not in England. But the Nile River is called not with an Africans name but an British name.
What was the primary technological advantage that Europeans had over African people? The Primary technology advantage the Europeans had over Africa was that the Europeans had bots and guns and fire power ext.

The Meiji Restoration of Japan

2007-11-27T07:41:00.000-08:00

How Matthew Perry "bullied" the Japanese into signing trade treaty ? He brought the U.S ship close to the cost of Edo(Tokyo) and he came down on to the cost of Edo and showed the Japan's that they had a superior navy force and had impressive technology, as to intimidate the Japan's in to signing the trade treaty.
What did he have that impressed the Japanese? Matthew Perry had and advance of technology and a strong navy ship that could destroy about thousands of Japan's samurai's.
How the Japanese economy changed during the Meiji Era? The Japanese economy changed they became modernize and they started to do industries and advance there army and technology.
How did they modernize and industrialize? They made toke the idea of schooling and replaced all the hero's of the other countries with there own. It also gave the government more power over the people. Also they would pick specific people to go to other countries to learn about culture, industries and military.

Karl Marx and Communism

2007-11-15T08:15:00.000-08:00

Karl Marx idea of communism was based on his learning's and also of the influence of the people he had met during his years. But the main reason for his idea of communism was that the workers were treated so different from the richer and wealthier people, so he made communism so the poor had there fair amount of money.
COMMUNISM-is a system in were the ultimate power rest's with the people. It is that all the people are the same that no one is different and that every one would be treated the same and every one would share.
Karl Marx wanted communism to take over the world because he believed that all people could work together and share there money and improvement in life.

Karl Marx and The Industrial Revolution

2007-11-15T07:44:00.000-08:00

Karl Marx did not like the Industrial revolution. He did not like the Industrial Revolution because of how the owners of the factory's treated the worker's. Also by the conditions of the factories. The conditions of the factories were not safe and very harsh. He did not like it because the owner's were exploiting the worker's and the owner's were the one's that become more richer and the worker's got more poor. The Industrial Revolution inspired Marx to invent communism. Communism was a word for the common. Were Marx would use to say that the money should be shared between the worker's because they are the one's that are working hard.

Nationalism

2007-10-19T08:18:00.000-07:00

Nationalism:has 2 meanings, one is the attitude that the persons of a nation have when they care about there nationality and number two is the actions that the peoples of a nation take when seeking to achieve self-determination.

I show my nationalistic by celebrating the festival's of my countrie.I also were my countries colors and put flags up on my windows or of my uncles car.I also celebrate my countries revolutions and in dependants.

Italy was in a bad state when it was not yet had nationalisom.

Simon Bolevar and Latin American Revolution

2007-10-19T07:42:00.000-07:00

Simon Bolivar and The Latin American Revolution

Why is Simon Bolivar so important? Simon Bolivar is so important because he was considered in part to lead the fight for independence in what we know now as the countries of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia.
Why is there a country named after him in South America?There is a country named after Bolivar because he and some help were the one's to fight for the independence of most of South America.So on August 6, of 1825 the congress of upper Peru created the republic of Bolivia, they named it Bolivia because of Simon Bolivar.
Who did he help defeat and what was he fighting for? Bolivar help defeat the Spanish control on most of the South America.Bolivar was fighting for the independence of the countries we know now as Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia.
What influenced him in his quest for revolution?What influenced Bolivar was the French and the Scottish Enlightenment and also the Greek.

Robespierre and The Reign of Terror

2007-09-28T07:52:00.000-07:00

The Reign of Terror

The Reign of Terror was about 10 month during The French Revolution.The Reign

The French Revolution:Social Causes

2007-09-27T07:44:00.000-07:00

The French Revolution

What were the three estates and why did the third estate feel used?The three estates were the first estate was the clergy,then the second estate was the nobility,and then the third estate was the middle class and the peasants.The third estate felt used because they payed almost all the tax's. The first estate did not pay any tax's at all. The second estate payed 2% of tax's but the third estate payed 50% of tax's.
How did the Enlightenment thinkers influence the French Revolution?The Enlightenment thinkers influence the French Revolution because the people learned that they had the right to raise against the government.So then it was right for them to raise against Britain.In that way the Enlightenment thinkers influence the French Revolution.
What happened on July 14,1789?What happened on July 14,1789 was that the middle class and the peasants attacked the Bastille prison.They attacked the prison because it was a symbol of the power of the monarchy.

Copernicus and the trial of Galileo

2007-09-11T08:02:00.000-07:00

Scientific Revolution: Scientific Method

2007-09-10T07:49:00.000-07:00

Scientific Method
In the old day's most of the people used the information of the Greek's and Roman's.The other people would go to the bible for answers.
Like the theory that all the other planet's and the sun revolved around the Earth and that the Earth was the center of the universe.
In the old day's Aristotle was one of the greats scientists in history but most of his theory's were wrong.Like the theory that heavy object's fell faster then lighter object's.Time passed and the people believe in his theory until an Italian man named Galileo proved him wrong by testing his theory.Galileo proved that heavy object's and lighter object's fall at the same speed and time.From there the new scientists used what we still us the Scientific Method.

Evolution vs Creation

2007-09-06T07:51:00.000-07:00

Evolution
In Darwin's theory of evolution he said that all living thing's had descended from a common ancestor.