Russian Revolution Dbq

During the Russian Revolution, Lenin was the first Marxist leader of Russia from 1917-1924. For him, democracy was a form of the State, and in turn, a form of oppression. He believed that democracy was a way to make the people of Russia compliant. He saw Parliament as mask for the government, and that officials would make it seem like they were doing good for the public but end up going behind closed doors to make official changes in their favor. This is something he wanted to change. He ended up resorting to “war communism” during the Russian Civil War, and the Bolsheviks needed to quickly produce goods. When the war was over, Lenin became sick and Trotsky began ruling after him. Trotsky took the role of controlling the corrective measures

To Indian-nationalists, he seems like a negative influence. For Pakistanis, he’s a tough negotiator and strong leader. He did not want to introduce religion into South Asian politics and he strived to bring together the Muslim League and Congress Party. The Muslim League was formed from culturally migrant-Indians who did not quite have the prestige that Ghandi and Nehru had. Jinnah felt clouded down by the rise of Nehru and Ghandi after WWI. He disliked Ghandi and insisted that the ew country of Pakistan would promise freedom of religious expression. Jinnah’s new country was successful. Both Jinnah and Nehru’s goals were to create a post-colonial identity. Jinnah wanted to unify Pakistan and create a “democratic type” of government. Ghandi’s presence played a huge role in giving Nehru and the Congress party more legitimacy. He tried to clean the Indian society of the caste system. He later became the leader of the Indian National Congress in 1920. He participated in many non-violent protests to fight against the British. His resistance to colonialism is partnered by his powerful

It still happened despite great efforts by the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department to stop the U.S. banking system from collapsing. It led to the Great Recession, when housing prices fell 31.8%, which was even more than during the Depression. Two years after the recession ended, unemployment was still above 9%. The first sign that the economy was in trouble was in 2006 when housing prices started to fall. At the beginning, realtors were happy that prices were dropping. Realtors didn't realize there were way too many homeowners with bad credit. It began with the collapse of the investment bank Lehman Brothers. The Gramm-Rudman Act was also a crucial reason for the collapse. The financial crisis was primarily caused by deregulation in the financial industry that allowed banks to participate in hedge fund trading with derivatives. Derivatives are contracts between two or more parties based on an agreed financial asset. The Clinton administration forced banks to assist poor people to purchase homes and threatened banks with fines for discriminating against not giving enough loans. Housing prices started falling, which trapped homeowners who couldn't afford the payments, but couldn't sell their homes. The values of the derivatives crumbled, and banks stopped lending to each other. That created the financial crisis that led to the Great