Communism by Ja'sean Johnson-Henry https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc Soviet Union en-us 2016-12-16 16:30:43 UTC 2017-05-17 07:43:40 UTC hello@padlet.com Economic System jjohnson_henry2017 https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144088784 The Soviet Unions economic system has the government owns and controls most of the factors of production, decides the allocation of resources and what products/services will be provided to the people. ]]> 2016-12-16 16:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144088784 Political Leaders jjohnson_henry2017 https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144090194 2016-12-16 16:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144090194 Opinion on the future of Germany and Eastern Europe jjohnson_henry2017 https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144090634 The Soviet Union wished to spread Communism throughout as much of Eastern Europe as possible. Stalin's attempt to blockade Berlin, Germany was interrupted by the USA and Great Britain during the Berlin Airlift. ]]> 2016-12-16 16:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144090634 Type of government preferred and why? jjohnson_henry2017 https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144130715 Communism because it allows for everyone to have equal opportunity, equal status and equal possessions.  Communism requires not one man to be in position of all power. It requires the people to work together as a union.There are no rich, but there are no poor, just the government. Crime is minimal because there is no need to steal from your neighbor because everyone has the same possessions. ]]> 2016-12-16 19:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144130715 Basic freedoms (religion, speech, press): What is life like for citizens? jjohnson_henry2017 https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144131156 Under Stalin, the state controlled almost every aspect of peoples lives. Stalin did not allow anyone to challenge his position. He controlled the media, arrested church leaders and had churches shut down. ]]> 2016-12-16 19:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144131156 Power of government leaders: What is the power of the president? How does that show the country's goals? jjohnson_henry2017 https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144133158 Stalin's goal was to make the USSR a powerful nation and he did that by focusing on the economy and had the government take control of farms. The Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower. However, he ruled by terror, and millions of his own citizens died during his brutal reign.]]> 2016-12-16 20:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144133158 Political Allies jjohnson_henry2017 https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144135072 2016-12-16 20:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144135072 Year tested 1st atomic bomb: What is the significance of this? jjohnson_henry2017 https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144135240 On August 29th, 1949, the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, code name “First Lightning.”the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, code name “First Lightning.” The significance is that the United States was not the only country with an atomic bomb anymore. ]]> 2016-12-16 20:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144135240 NATO Membership jjohnson_henry2017 https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144135634 2016-12-16 20:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144135634 Flag of USSR jjohnson_henry2017 https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144135881 2016-12-16 20:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jjohnson_henry2017/x7mekleni5oc/wish/144135881