Stacy's History Page

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

mikhail gorbachev and the end of communism

glasnost was a policy introduced by gorbachev. it was a way of discussing about how to improve the society with the soviet people. the glasnost had a good outcome until people complained about the change. the glasnost was a generous policy.

peristrokia was another idea by gorbachev because it was an idea of rebuilding the soviet economy. gorbachev didnt want to take away communism.

mikhail gorbachev opened up the soviet union and paved the way for the end of communism by supporting the citizens to make their own amount of money with his big idea also known as peristrokia.

collapse of communism.


one of the main reasons why communism collapsed were the majority of citizens disagreeing on the economic system.
the people among the ussr and eastern europe were running out of money and patience.
people tore down the berlin wall because they were simply angry when they thought they couldnt get to the other side of germany.
germany was divided into two sides. both sides had different economic systems.
once they tore down the berlin wall. everyones situation got a whole lot better.
the collapse of the berlin wall and communism changed the world completely because europe wouldnt have to worry about a nuclear annihilation from the west.

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

creation of isreal.


zionism is a jewish movement that arose in the late nineteenth century in response to growing anti-semitism and sought to reestablish a jewish homeland in palestine.

the conflict that was made when isreal was created was that the arabs did not like them since they were a different religion. the arabs also did not want the jews near them either. because of this the arabs decided to attack isreal. they kept on attacking. which lead the arabs to separate isreal from palestine.
after the war the isrealis defeated the arabs and won back the country of palestine.

nelson mandela and apartheid.


apartheid is a racist segregation policy used by the government of africa limiting the abilities of the non-white people of africa. by this i mean anyone who was living in africa who werent white didnt have the same full rights as the white people did.

nelson mandela was considered a hero to the african people because he was one of the small few who wasnt afraid to speak freely. the african people needed somebody like mandela to lead the way to earn what they deserved. before his journey, he was thrown into jail because the african government wanted to silence him once and for all after a life in prison. and of course. that didnt work.

he is admired today by many people. most likely for the fact that they found one of the few heroes who fought for what they truely believed in. they probably liked that mandela followed his heart and helped give a positive influence to the heroes of tomarrow