2. What is something new you learned from today’s reading?
 
 

The Soviet Union pre-WWII
Joseph Stalin was born in Georgia, a country just south of Russia. He joined the Russian Bolshevik revolutionaries who were a group of people that followed communist ideals. Stalin led riots and strikes and raised money by robbing banks and committing other crimes. Soon Stalin became close to Vladimir Lenin (Soviet Russian Communist leader). In 1917, the Russian Revolution took place when the government led by the Tsars (royal family) was overthrown and the Bolsheviks came into power. Russia was now called the Soviet Union and Joseph Stalin was a major leader in government.

After Lenin's death, Stalin took over as the dictator of the Soviet Union. Stalin decided that the country should move away from agriculture and become industrialized. He had factories built through the country. The Soviet government controlled the economy and took over all farms, limiting the amount of food. Stalin would not supply food in some areas of the country to starve those that he no longer wanted to live. Stalin was responsible for the deaths of over 20 million of his own people! Stalin had secret police who spied on people. He had anyone that did not agree with him killed. Stalin put anyone who could be seen as an enemy in the gulags (prison camps) without a trial, where they faced hard labor and terrible conditions.
Stalin attempted to rewrite history books about himself, renamed cities in his name, put up numerous statues of himself, and had songs and art dedicated to him. Throughout his rule he ordered millions of people he thought were against him to be killed or put into slave labor camps. At the start of World War II, Stalin formed an alliance with Adolf Hitler and Germany. However, the Germans made a surprise attack on the Soviet Union in 1941. In order to fight off the Germans, Stalin joined the Allied countries. After World War II, Stalin set up governments in the Eastern European countries that the Soviet Union had "freed" from Germany. These governments were under control by the Soviet Union. This started the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States.

Today, you will begin a project that asks you to investigate some of those agencies in our own government, and how they have provided aid during either a recent or historical crisis. you will conduct research to identify how government crisis agencies intervened and provided aid during a specific emergency. examples of these government agencies may include the cdc, emergency alert system, the center for infectious disease, the national center for emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases, or the national center for immunization and respiratory diseases. you may choose to research a historical crisis or a more recent event, such as hurricane katrina. in order to make sure your research is from valid sites, study at least five government (.gov), non-profit organization (.org), research (.net) and/or military(.mil) web sites. other places to check would be your local health office, the local police crisis intervention teams, and your nearest library or fire station. keep a list of all the sources you have found. take detailed notes on each of the agencies. select the most significant and relevant facts, extended definitions, and/or concrete details. as you conduct your research, you will need to be able to determine whether each is a primary source or a secondary source. you should incorporate at least one example of each in your research. primary sources are first-hand accounts of an event--original sources of information that were created at the time an event occurred. primary sources may include diaries, letters, treaties, speeches, song lyrics, poems, photographs, recordings, and newspaper articles. secondary sources contain the analysis and evaluation of a collection of information; secondary sources use a variety of information to draw a conclusion about a historical event. secondary sources are often written by people who have studied primary sources and wish to share their conclusions. examples of secondary sources include books, journal articles, and models based on evidence collected. directions for this project, you are writing a formal essay, educating fellow students on two government crisis agencies that have assisted during a time of emergency. after finalizing your essay, you will create a short presentation to share with others. the essay must be at least five hundred words in length. the first paragraph should introduce the importance of having a prepared crisis response plan, and the specific crisis event you will be discussing. the two body paragraphs must inform your audience of the history of the government agencies that intervened in the specific crisis you are writing about, and how exactly they provided support and aid to people. cite specific textual evidence from your sources that will support the development of these paragraphs. the conclusion paragraph needs to address a claim or counterclaim for the future funding of governmental aid agencies. include any discrepancies you may have encountered in your research. you may create your own graphics to display, or you can refer to those you found in your research. finally, you must edit your paper and prepare to publish your findings. if you want others to read your paper, you must first be willing to reread and change information that is not clearly stated. the following checklist may you as you edit and clarify your writing: go back and add detailed and precise language in each paragraph. for this type of mini-research project, you will need to use transitions to you link the main paragraphs with one another and the conclusion. effective transitions will create cohesion and clarify the relationships among the ideas that you have included. make sure you have used several transitions. check for varied sentences. if all your sentences are simple, try using a complex or compound sentence. ask a friend or classmate to read your paper and point to sections that may need to be rewritten for clarity. reread the expectations for your project. did you include all the information? does your introduction and conclusion meet the requirement of this assignment? prompt write a formal essay educating fellow students on two government crisis agencies that have assisted during a time of emergency. after finalizing your essay, you will create a short presentation to share with others.

The 20th amendment, also called the lame duck amendment, decreased the amount of time between the presidential election and the inaugration of the new president. what are the advancements that allowed for this amendment?

Which of the following would be the most immediate effect of sanctions on a country?