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Joseph Stalin (doc 6) the Secretary-General of the Soviet Communist Party, believes that Kulaks are enemies of collective farms, so they should be eliminated. He believes this because kulak farming independently does not help the entire state.
*Add a little more. For example...AND AS A COMMUNIST LEADER, HELPING THE STATE WOULD BE HIS  PRIMARY GOAL. THIS SHOWS THAT...*

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*I accidentally deleted the doc, but you had it right. Just add "this shows that..."*

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*Explain why would the government want to regulate water and land?  Add "this shows that..."*

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*Thesis is great. Add more specific facts to the Contextualization.*

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During the communist revolutions in Russia and Mexico, land was redistributed to the peasants from private owners. However, 100% of the land in Russia was redistributed in a short period of time and only 50% in Mexico gradually. Russia also used prison and executions to seize land, but Mexico gave compensation to the land owners. Therefore, even though they were both communist revolutions, land reform was very different in Mexico than in Russia.

*This is a good thesis set up. Do not give specifics, just say "the percentages of land seized differed." Also, in Russia the land was not redistributed to peasants. It was turned into collective farms.*

*Add why the leader of the rebellion would want to give back land. Also add "This shows that..." to connect back to the thesis.*

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*Add more to your Contextualization. You have to include specific facts for Contextualization. Make sure that you do not get too specific in your thesis though. Your thesis must introduce all three of your groups (X, A, B) and have a "therefore Y" statement.*
*The Doc analysis must specifically address each document separately. You can't group them together in your analysis.*

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Contextualization and Thesis

Before the Mexican Revolution Porifio Diaz was the President of Mexico and Emilio Zapata, a peasant rebellion leader, took him out of power. In Russia before the revolution Tsar Nicholas II was in power, but Stalin overthrew him so they could have a communist government. During the Mexican and Russian Revolution, the government took land away from their people. However in Mexico the land was redistributed to the peasants while in Russia the land was used for collective farming. And in Russia the land reform was more brutal than in Mexico.

*Everything is perfect! The only thing you need to do is complete "This shows that..." I would say "This shows that in the Mexican Revolution people were losing land."*

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Anna R (Doc 10), a 14-year-old member of a kulak family, stated how the communes destroyed their farm and forced high taxes. She said this because they were eventually taken off their land and sent into the unknown. This shows the harsh violence and forcefulness that the Russians used while taking the peasants land during their land reforms.

*In your "she said this because" you need to address not just what happened, but why it happened or what Anna adds to the bigger picture. For example,  insert "she witnessed this firsthand." The rest is great.*

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*Add "She said this because" to your document analysis.*
*Great Context and Thesis!*

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In the early to mid 20th century, Russia’s new communist government, led by Stalin, began putting their plans into effect. In Mexico, Emiliano Zapata kicked the former dictator, Diaz, out of office ,and began redistributing land to peasants. Certain people in both Mexico and Russia, lost land. In Mexico, the government redistributed land to peasants, but in Russia, they wanted collective farms to control directly. Russia forced the peasants to give them land, while mexico gave compensation to people. therefore, mexico was more different than Russia in land reforms.

*Perfect Context and Thesis!*

According to the Mexican Constitution (Doc #4), private property cannot be taken unless for public utility, and while providing fair compensation. The authors believed this because they wanted to please the wealthy landowners and political bosses, many of which were most likely involved in the writing of the Constitution.

*Great doc analysis, just add "This shows that Mexico was compensating people for lost land." This connects it to your thesis.

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During this time period, Russians were in great poverty and were controlled by the money and power of the government. Also, in Mexico, the peasants were socially oppressed by a ruler who wasn’t even of their own country.
Many private landowners lost their land to governments. However, the approach to redistribution was very different as well as the use for that land. Therefore, they had very different methods of acquiring land.

*Your Contextualization needs specific examples. Your thesis is great!*

Venustiano Carranza (Doc 2) a landowner and a politician is against the redistribution of land amongst the people. He believes this because he is a landowner and does not wish to give up his estate. This shows that some resistance to land redistribution caused the government to approach the issue differently.

*Great doc analysis!

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*Nice job! Just make sure to shift your thesis so that it is in the same paragraph as your Contextualization.