https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0 Rise of Totalitarianism en-us 2020-06-09 19:26:37 UTC 2020-06-10 02:48:32 UTC hello@padlet.com jimenezjimmy2002 https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619488011 Russian workers marched in St. Petersburg demanding reforms. They wanted: more personal freedoms, better working conditions, and an elected legislature. 
This political event forced the Tsar to place reforms such as: an elected legislature.]]> 2020-06-09 19:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619488011 jimenezjimmy2002 https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619542924 Unrest was growing in Russia's cities. People protested food and coal shortages. The protests became violent and forced the tsar to step down creating a new government. 
This political event led to further disputes on how the government should be run.]]> 2020-06-09 20:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619542924 jimenezjimmy2002 https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619559333 The Bolsheviks - led by Lenin - launched a coup d'etat against the government. They used loyal troops to seize important government buildings. Lenin swiftly set up a dictatorship, as well as a secret police. This political event officially started the rise of totalitarianism in Russia.]]> 2020-06-09 20:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619559333 jimenezjimmy2002 https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619566223 The Bolsheviks signed the treaty of Brest-Litovsk, in which Russia gave up valuable land, including coal and iron mines, and 60 million people were no longer part of Russia.
This political event made many Russians unhappy and caused to revolt against the Bolsheviks.]]> 2020-06-09 20:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619566223 jimenezjimmy2002 https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619569561 The Conflict between the Bolsheviks and their opponents resulted in a civil war. Wealthy landowners, religious leaders, and royalists opposed the Bolsheviks.
The US and Western European nations provided aid to the White Army.
This political event ended with the Bolsheviks victory, which only further their control on Russia, on the other hand, Industry and farmland were destroyed as well as the deaths of over fourteen million people.]]> 2020-06-09 20:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619569561 jimenezjimmy2002 https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619620861 The Bolsheviks created a single party-state (the communist party), the party took more steps to promote loyalty. Russia was divided into twelve republics, and then renamed to the Soviet Union. 
This political event completely reformed Russia, changing both its name and its government.]]> 2020-06-09 21:36:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619620861 jimenezjimmy2002 https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619625111 Following Lenin's death Joseph Stalin took control of the USSR. He was politically ruthless and held absolute power as a totalitarian dictator. He implemented the First Five-Year Plan. This Political event greatly affects the future of the USSR since Stalin keeps control for many years after.]]> 2020-06-09 21:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619625111 jimenezjimmy2002 https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619875989 Stalin seized millions of privately held farms and combined them into collective farms. Many peasants resisted collectivization which resulted in widespread famine. As a result Stalin used terror and violence to control the population. This economic event set a precedent for how Stalin would run his economy.]]> 2020-06-10 02:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619875989 jimenezjimmy2002 https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619880669 The Great Purge was a campaign of terror against members of the Communist Party. Stalin convicted many people for impossible crimes, executed government officials and million other were sent to labor camps.
This political event left Stalin with even more power as there was no one that could oppose him anymore.]]> 2020-06-10 02:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619880669 jimenezjimmy2002 https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619883830 Under Stalin, large numbers of women entered the workforce. By 1935, two in five factory workers were women. Other women worked in health care, education, and service industries.
This social event marked great change in the lives of the Russian people, as not only men were forced into labor but women too.]]> 2020-06-10 02:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jimenezjimmy2002/1r1lc0tcfn9k2fp0/wish/619883830