SHERMEEN :D

on Sunday, October 5, 2008 10:25 PM

Now now. History notes.

CHAPTER 3

The rise of Stalin.
1. Outwit his rivals.
2. Pretend to be close to Lenin.
3. Trotsky's mistakes.
4. Build alliances.
5. Used position as Secretary-General.
6. Establishment of dictatorship.

INDUSTRIALISATION
Five Year plans.
- Modernise Russia.
- Encourage workers to work in cities.
- Build new industial cities.

1st five year plan.
- produced coal, iron and steel.
- target to complete in 4 years.
- workers had little skills.
- damaged equipments were not repaired.
- workers could not adapt to living in cities.

2nd five year plan.
- produced clothing.
- however predicted a war thus build military weapons.
- transport and communication improved.

3rd five year plan.
- war disrupted the five year plans.
- all resources were used on defeating Germany.

IMPACT OF INDUSTRIALISATION

Poor working conditions
- formed groups of highly-motivated workers
- unrealistic production targets
- disciplinary actions were taken to those engaged in sabotage.

Reward system
- salaries based on each worker's production amount.
- medals and discounted holidays.
- encouraged to surpass daily targets

Change living conditions
- basic goods neglected.
- Russians suffered.
* workers had cheap meals and free uniforms.
* subsidised healthcare and extensive leisure facilities.
* new and better society.

FORCED COLLECTIVISATION
- improve farming methods.
- use machinary.
- farmers didn't want to abandon traditional way of life.
- experienced civil war which led to food shortages.
- assassinated communist officials who were ordered to claim any crops from farmers.
- rich, farmers who owned land, kulaks were blamed for failure of collectivisation.
- kulaks resisted. rather burn their crops then hand them to the government.

Impact of collectivisation
- Riots and resistance.
- Famine.
- Get rid of those who opposed.

Achievement of Stalin's aims.
- Cheap and regular supply of crops.
- Freed workers from countryside.
- Production of goods increased.

IMPACT OF STALIN'S RULE OF TERROR
- Fear and suspicion.
- Mass executions.
- Religious persecution.
- Education
- Arts.

*** CHAPTER 3 SUMMARISED ***

CHAPTER 4

WEAKNESS OF WEIMAR GOVERNMENT.
- System of Proportional Consitution
- Opposed by the left/right
- Unable to keep order in country
- Lose middle class support
- Lost of capable leader.

Hitler's abilities
- Excellent speaker and charismatic leader.
- Reorganised Nazi Party.
- Skiful at making deals.

Political impact
- Democracy in Germany destroyed.
- Enabling act.
- External threats removed.

Social Impact
- Little freedom
- Emergency laws.
- SS and Gestapo.
- Informers.
- Censorship.
- Propaganda.
- Concentration camps.
- Only pro-nazi cultural activities.
- Parade and rallies.
- Christian churches controlled.
- Brainwashed youths.
- Jews treated cruelly.

Economic impact
- Working conditions improved.
- New jobs.
- Big business benefited.

*** CHAPTER 4 SUMMARISED ***

CHAPTER 5

DEMOCRACY
- Diet had limited power.
- Corrupted leaders.
- Unable to solve economic problems.
1. Difficult living conditions.
2. Trade imbalance.
3. Great depression.

RISE OF FACISM
- American business in Asia-Pacific region threatened Japan.
- Paris Peace Conference.
- Washington Naval Conference.
- London Disarmament Conference.
- Patriotic Society.
- USA's immigration laws.
- Showa Restoration.
- Army and Naval had great influence.
- Resurgence of Chinese Nationalism

*** CHAPTER 5 SUMMARISED ***

Good luck and good night people!
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