Communism in Russia 1900 to 1940 Essay

In the early to mid 1900’s, the middle and lower class faced many economical hardships. The country as a whole experienced humiliation and havoc by the influence of foreign powers. When Kuomintang government, the Nationalist Party, came into power, they were supposed to solve domestic problems and foreign problems, such as poor factory conditions, peasant poverty, and a war with Japan. The KMT government failed to fulfill these expectations of people, therefore, the communists gained power. At this period of time, people were desperate for economic betterment and this caused them to turn to the communist side of the government. The Communist Party was very attractive to people because not only they propagandized their ideas and won people to their side, but also…

People sought to end this type of government and stalins terror which began the Cold War. The communist party in Russia during the 1940’s used many things such as terror to achieve there goals. One example of this is that in Russia they had the KBG that were stalins secret police who would eliminate all opposing people of the communist party. They were killed in camps from starvation, cruel torture and the cold weather of Russia. We also see that the communist party of Russia restricted people…

In the 1900’s to 1940, previous to the atomic bomb explosions, the American public had heard of radium throughout the news for its positive effects in curing cancer and other related illnesses. When the bombs finally went off these positive aspects turned into absolute fear. These were far more than just bigger bombs, and they triggered a new and special kind of fear. Newsreels about Hiroshima and Nagaski described these new super weapons with language like “cosmic power…hell fire…Doomsday…

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