Stalin+vs+Gorbachev

Stacy Luu The prompt: Compare and contrast the political and economic policies of Joseph Stalin in period before WWII and those of Mikhail Gorbachev (1985-1991).


 * Possible Thesis: **Stalin's politcal and economic policies of collectivization and labor camps were different than Gorbachev's political and ecnomic policies of //Perestroika// and //Glasnot//.

How I would split up this FRQ: P1: Intro P2: Political/Economic p olicies of Joseph Stalin P3: Political/Economic p olicies of Gorbachev P4: Compare/Contrast P5: Conclusion __Outline __ Policies of Stalin: · First 5 –year plan. Goal to make Russia to an agricultural country. Maximum production of capital goods. · Collectivization = Large farms created in Soviet Union by combining small holdings into one large farm worked by peasants under supervision. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Sent people into labor camps in Siberia. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Purges of the Old Bolsheviks. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Advocated for complete equality of rights for women. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">New divorce laws

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: 297.0pt; tabstops: 297.0pt;">Policies of Gorbachev: · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">“New Thinking” – arms limitation · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Agreement with US to eliminate nuclear weapons (INF treaty) · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Leader of Communist party · //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Perestroika //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> “restructuring” · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Attempts to reform economy without political or social reform would fail. · //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Glasnot //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> “Openness” = people encouraged to discuss strengths/weaknesses of Soviet Union

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: 297.0pt; tabstops: 297.0pt;">Compare/Contrast · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Five year plan vs “New Thinking”, INF treaty · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Collectivization/Concentration camps vs //Perestroika// & //Glasnot// · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Equality rights (freedom of speech, press, etc) · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Reforms