In both the Russian and French Revolutions the leaders were bad for the country. In Russia, the leader Czar Nicholas II had bad war tactics and the people frowned upon him. This reason was that he trusted Rasputin, the town drunk and partier, to take care of is hemophiliac son. King Louis XVI was similar to Czar Nicholas because he was a bad leader who the people absolutely hated. In both places the people of the town were extremely unhappy, this may have been because in both countries were very poor. But it's not like these leaders would really care anyways, as Louis' wife Marie Antoinette said when told about all the starving and cold people; "Let them eat cake."
During both revolutions the economic conditions were extremely bad. Even though the royalty were well off with money and food, the common people were extremely poor and could barely feed their families. In the french revolution, it was mainly the queen's fault. This was because she felt the need to have extravagant decorations and flowers. She also had her own little getaway home, while her country's people were out on the streets dying and starving to death. In the Russian revolution, they even had names for the two types of people who were fighting, the "reds" which were the poor people,or the Bolsheviks, and the "whites" who were the wealthy people. The Bolsheviks and the whites both killed people, but the reds won because they killed less people.
With the end of the French Revolution came with a lot of deaths, hungry and poor people. But by the end of the Revolution, France was a chaotic nation,much like the Russian. Because by the end of World War I the country had no real leader. Both revolutions severely changed things in the country and truly began a revolution.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Battle of Stalingrad
1. What does Joseph Stalin's advice to the people of Stalingrad say about him as a leader?
It says that he really didn't care about his people, but it also shows that he wants them to stay tough. This is because he tells them to never give up or retreat, and if they did they would be killed.
2. Explain why Hitler would react in the way shown after signing a Non-Aggression Pact with Stalin?
Because, he wanted to prove to Stalin that him and his army were undestructable. He wanted to prove this so badly that he would scarifice the many innoccent people killed in the bombings.
3. Explain the significance of propaganda in this battle, using examples from the posters.
The posters put up by the people of Russia showed that they were fighting back at the Germans. For example, in one poster there is a picture of a lion getting stabbed through the tounge with a spear-like thing. But, there was more signifigance to this than meets the eye. Because the lion was a german and the spear had the sign for the russians. The russians believed that they would defeat the germans before they could get to them.
4. What do the extremes of the war reveal about what it takes to win a total war?
All of the hard times the townspeople went through shows how important it is to never give up on yourselves or your country in a time of dispair. The extremes show that in order to win you have to be dedicated and you have to be willing to stick it out even in the hard times.The people of Stalingrad were determined not to give up and they were set on staying through everything and fighting.
5. How does the story of Vasily Zaitsev relate to the war in Iraq?
In both places there are a lot of men lost and they had to go to using secret shooters in order to go in and defeat. Also, in both situations the men have to be very careful and precise about when and where they shoot.
6. In times of crisis, sometimes heroic figures emerge. Which figure emerged in a similar way to Vasily after the terrorist attacks of 9/11?
The firefighters were the ones who emerged as great heroic figures after 9/11. This was because they were the people who had to go into the trade centers first and risk their lives and well beings just so other men and women could get out safely and get to home to their families, even if that meant themselves not getting home.
12. Does the Soviet reaction to victory seem reasonable to you? (Be specific)
I could not get this chapter to open for me.
It says that he really didn't care about his people, but it also shows that he wants them to stay tough. This is because he tells them to never give up or retreat, and if they did they would be killed.
2. Explain why Hitler would react in the way shown after signing a Non-Aggression Pact with Stalin?
Because, he wanted to prove to Stalin that him and his army were undestructable. He wanted to prove this so badly that he would scarifice the many innoccent people killed in the bombings.
3. Explain the significance of propaganda in this battle, using examples from the posters.
The posters put up by the people of Russia showed that they were fighting back at the Germans. For example, in one poster there is a picture of a lion getting stabbed through the tounge with a spear-like thing. But, there was more signifigance to this than meets the eye. Because the lion was a german and the spear had the sign for the russians. The russians believed that they would defeat the germans before they could get to them.
4. What do the extremes of the war reveal about what it takes to win a total war?
All of the hard times the townspeople went through shows how important it is to never give up on yourselves or your country in a time of dispair. The extremes show that in order to win you have to be dedicated and you have to be willing to stick it out even in the hard times.The people of Stalingrad were determined not to give up and they were set on staying through everything and fighting.
5. How does the story of Vasily Zaitsev relate to the war in Iraq?
In both places there are a lot of men lost and they had to go to using secret shooters in order to go in and defeat. Also, in both situations the men have to be very careful and precise about when and where they shoot.
6. In times of crisis, sometimes heroic figures emerge. Which figure emerged in a similar way to Vasily after the terrorist attacks of 9/11?
The firefighters were the ones who emerged as great heroic figures after 9/11. This was because they were the people who had to go into the trade centers first and risk their lives and well beings just so other men and women could get out safely and get to home to their families, even if that meant themselves not getting home.
12. Does the Soviet reaction to victory seem reasonable to you? (Be specific)
I could not get this chapter to open for me.
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