3a) Why did Stalin introduce the Five-Year Plans and did they achieve for Russia what Stalin had planned for? Explain your answer. [12] In 1929‚ Stalin took over Russia who was considered one of the most backward economies in Europe. The Russian economy was in a very bad state‚ many of the factories were run-down and most people could not fend for themselves. Hence‚ to improve the economic conditions of Russia‚ Stalin set about transforming her economical and agricultural sectors by introducing
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How successful was The League of Nations in the 1920s? “Merely to win the war was not enough. It must be won in such a way as to ensure the future peace of the world” President Woodrow Wilson‚ 1918 Introduction In front of the US Congress on January 8‚ 1918‚ President Woodrow Wilson enumerated his Fourteen Points created to ensure a more peaceful world. In the last point‚ the American president expressed the need to form a “general association of nations…formed on the basis of covenants designed
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How successful was Henry VII in dealing with challenges to his royal authority in the years 1489 to 1499? Between 1489 and 1499 Henry VII faced three main challenges; The Yorkist Rebellion in 1498‚ the imposture Perkin Warbeck (1491-99) and also the Cornish Rebellion 1497. Each challenge presented problems to the King and illustrated his instability to the throne. However he dealt with the problems successfully but it was Henrys policies and laws that suffered as a result. Henry had great success
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small city-state in 753 B.C.E. and slowly turned into the center of a mighty empire that expanded into parts of Europe‚ North Africa‚ and western Asia. Rome was transformed into a successful empire by its army‚ the power of its leaders‚ and its great wealth. One reason why Rome was successful was that it could build a strong army. Rome was a small city-state and did not have many people‚ but it built an army using the people it conquered. These people were persuaded to join the army with promises
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How successful was the Nazi regime in dealing with opposition? Explain your answer. The Nazi regime dealt with opposition through a combination of persuasion and force. Nazi propaganda was so effective at portraying Hitler and the Nazi ideals in a positive light that many German people believed Hitler was a good leader and genuinely supported him. Others were too intimidated by potential consequences if they spoke against the regime that they did nothing. However‚ there were some who openly
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Industrialisation is where the country begins to expand in producing secondary goods and services using factories and transport. This allowed extended families to become wage earner that meant they were able to work for someone else other than their selves and their families. This was important as extended families consisted of the children and their parents but also grandparents or aunts and uncles. So having a large family meant everyone had to contribute financially‚ also with educating the younger
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contributed to Stalin becoming the next leader are plentiful and can mostly be divided into Stalin’s own strengths and the weaknesses of his most important rival‚ Trotsky. All the factors can also be linked in one way or another‚ as shall be seen in this answer. One of the most important reasons why Stalin won the power struggle is that he used his high positions in the Communist party and the power that came with it to his advantage. Several factors fall under this category. Firstly is how Stalin used
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be prime minister in 1783‚ Britain was in a state of serious depression after the American War‚ and therefore needed reform and change. Pitt recognized the countries requirements and attempted to bring about several different types of reforms to all aspects of British life. His reforms had varied success due to many different factors‚ such as the public opinion‚ the desires of members in parliament‚ and also the king. Some of Pitt’s reforms proved very successful in bringing Britain back in to a prosperous
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industrialization in Kerala in particular. What were the kinds of industries that were flourishing in India before the advent of the British? What was the impact of the industrial policy the of the British of on the traditional in the industries and extent industrialization independent India? industries affect the history of the How did this evolution of large scale existing small scale industries? What is in Kerala? What are the These industrialization industrial
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Cherry Chu Teacher Mr Hattam Why was Jesus successful? The founder I have chosen is Jesus. In my opinion Jesus was the most successful founder among all of the other founders because he was able to spread the faith of Christianity to different parts of the world. One of the reasons why I think Jesus was successful is that today there are over 2000 million Christians – largest religion in the world. Christianity began in the mid-1st century in the Middle East‚ which are about 2000 years
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