Question 1
Compare the role of women in and after WWI in both the western democracies and the USSR. What changed for women in both regions?
The place of women changed as women attained the rights to vote and social freedoms. The rates of giving birth declined and the prosperity levels escalated. This was facilitated by birth control as a result of legalized abortions and the pill. Marriage and children came at later years. This gave women opportunities to engage in leisure activities. Several women began to date, smoke, and drink openly.
Women involved in higher education increased. This gave women more opportunities in the workplace and narrowed the maternal care time. Children were taken to day-care services as the mothers were engaged in career developments. In addition, a wave of political agitation arose with women increasingly participating in matters of politics.
Question 2
How is genocide an extreme example of Nationalism? Use the Holocaust and the Armenian genocides as the basis of your response.
Genocide arise from discriminatory actions. In such cases some groups in a nation are exalted and feel dominant and superior. Nationalism is the doctrine that leaders should be from the same ethnic group. As the ruled. According to Connor the doctrine asserts that it is illegitimate for leaders to arise from alien nationalities or ethnic groups. The inverse formulae to nationalism led to the Armenian genocide and Jews holocausts.
The Armenian Genocide is an extreme case of nationalism that was executed against defenseless citizens. The Ottoman Emperor chose to exterminate the majority of the Armenian population. The rest were forcefully deported. The deportation ended up being a death march as violence and deprivation were extremely used on the women, children, and the elderly. The killing of the able-bodied men renders the population an easy prey and in dire helplessness.
Question 3
How has Capitalism shaped modern European history (1750-2015)?
The first capitalism experiences in Europe can be attributed to capitalist merchants who conducted business in Western Europe. However, the modern forms of capitalism are evident joint stock organizations that steer trading and commerce as well as the bank and insurance sectors. This has led to the accumulation of economy power to a certain class of wealthy people. The natives in Europe valued mercantile doctrines. Buying from the European businessmen was prioritized against the concept of profiting strangers thus trade was supposed to be balanced.
The idea of capitalism led to the state controlling business activities. These include subsidies and monopolies. The government imposes laws that regulate the prices, pollution, and the quality of products.
Industrial capital brought to an end mercantilism. The industrialist overtook the merchant and a massive revolution of the land owning structures were witnessed. This was geared at massive cash crop production due to the escalating commercial agriculture activities at the time. A gradual transformation in manufacturing process and machine as well as chemical production played a critical role in the revolution. For example, high gains in the weaving and spinning of wool were acquired.
The 19th century imperialism impacted globalization. The European nation brought parts of Africa and Pacific Island into their trade picture. However, the concept of globalization the last quarter of the 20th century was significant in increasing the mobility of labor and finances.
Today, capitalism markets that influence the banking as well as the capitals still emerge. This markets shape the state’s developmental frameworks. This is also influenced by the free-market capitalism.
Works cited
Connor, W. ‘Nationalism and Political Illegitimacy’, in D. Conversi (ed.),Ethnonationalismin the Contemporary World. London: Routledgepp. 24–50.(2004). Print.