Summer..

So one thing that just hit me today was that...THIS WEEK IS THE LAST WEEK OF CLASSES! I'm honestly so excited for summer. Although summer school and getting a job are in the mix of my to do list, I cant wait for all the new experiences to come, memories to last, and overall adventures to begin! Words can not express how thrilled I am about being home for roughly 3 months..especially since home for me is San Francisco! I cant wait to take in that sea breeze and be out and about with my friends. I'm excited about absolutely everything, whether it be laying under a palm tree at Dolores park or taking a walk and admiring the grafiti art and murals of my neighborhood which is the Mission District. Although im going to miss all my friends here at NDNU nothing beats going home to San Francisco<3

AHHHHH I CANT WAIT =D

Chapter 23: Peace in the South (Nelson Mandela video)

Really Intresting little video on Nelson Mandela..ENJOY :)

Chapter 23: Peace in the South (Nelson Mandela)

Nelson Mandela is one of South Africa's main heroes. After spending 27 years of his life in jail for counts of high treason and conspiracy, he is nothing more then a leader in the peace movement. He fought for South African Black rights all while keeping the peace. He wanted justice in the South AFrican System which favored white South Africans. Being Black, he face alot of hardships and was very difficult for him to make it to the top. Nonetheless he was South Africa's first president who was elected democratically and won in 1994.Nelson Mandela was an activist against apartheid, and he was the leader of the armed wing of the African National Congress. He suffered enormous challenges and still managed to achieve them. And won the nobel prize for peace in 1993. Mandela studied law and  has honorary degrees from more than 50 international universities. It just goes to show you that anything is possible.

Chapter 22: Communism ( Karl Marx)

One can argue that the idea of communism has been taking place since the Nineteenth century. Who may you say started this movement? None other then Karl Marx. According to Marx, the finals step of being less ignorant was communism.  Communism is "a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state." To make things simple it is the belief that everyone is equal and everyone has the same things which the government passes out and protects..basically all forms of property belong to the government. Not only was communism in Europe but it was spreading all over Eastern Europe, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Cuba, and Afghanistan. Basically what this system did was redistribute wealth and shut down the idea of social classes. Marx believed "man was cut off from ways of living" with ought communism. In 1847 Marx made the communist league which was an article based on how the working class was being taken advantage of, which set off the people. The articles addressed in communism were, the abolition of private property, no inheritance, steady of income tax, unification of people's money, and the expansion of factories, and equal responsibilities for all, as well as free education for children. Marx believed if these ideas happened, then the social class system would disappear. In October of 1917, a huge rebellion was formed against Russia's provisional government in which the lower class/ working class won. Which opened a whole new door for Russia.

Chapter 21:World Wars I and II ( emphasis on Germany)

In 1936 the world was changing politically, and what rose was communism. Most countries were against the idea but those that were for it decided to form an alliance also known as the axis powers, which included,  Italy, Germany, and Japan. With communism sweeping through, a fascist government system was as well. Fascism is "a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism." At the time of all this, people were looking for the easy way out in seeing their governments and overall nations succeed. Communist leaders would brain wash the people as well as tell them lies about how great this system would be. In Italy for example the fascist leader Mussolini, fell in to this category. With Mussolini in control, Italy created a “corporate state” economy and viewed women as second class citizens. As the book referred, women were viewed as :easy access baby making factories. But Mussolini was no match for ADOLF HITLER. After the cold war in  Germany and WWI, Germany was ready for a big change. People made the people believe he was all they were hoping for in a leader. He made captivating speeches and brain washed the people of how good his ideas were. In my opinion Hitler was nothing more then a RACIST. He had a huge burning hatred for the Jewish people of Germany. He believed that the perfect human being was the Aryan race; blonde haired blue eyed people. Nonetheless Hitler had his wired crossed on his beliefs. He is well known for making a sweep through of killing most Jews in Europe. Hitler was not alone, he acted fast with the help of his army.. the Nazis. Millions of people suffered from the Holocaust or the slaughter of Jews in Germany. According to Hitler this is what God wanted and the people could only live in fear of what his plans were next.

Chapter 19: Japan, China & The Ottoman Empire (emphasis on CHINA)

During 2000, the people of Asia, specifically Japan and China, were afraid of Europe taking over their countries. The people of Japan and China saw how Europeans and their dominance was spreading globally. They were afraid of European ideas coming to Asia and their influence spreading all over Asia's strong traditional values. Nonetheless Japan and China were afraid of their culture s and traditions disappearing because of European influence. Nonetheless the whole globe had to deal with European imperialism, as well as the problems going on within their countries. In 1793 China broke down and couldn't take it anymore. Chinese emperor Qianlong decided that it would be best for China to slow down trade with Europe. This made Europeans question their relationship with China thus making Europe upset. By 1912 this approach failed and thus China's exports became dominated by Europe. Not only was China's export in trouble but so was the country in general. China's population tripled in size and the country's agricultural was not enough to feed everyone. The gap between the rich and the poor also expanded in size because of this. China suffered many years until leader Hong Xiuquan (1814–1864) stepped in. He claimed he was from the gods and said he could restore China. Although he stopped one of the rebellions, his mission to save China failed.  Next came the Qin dynasty which most people had faith in , to their surprise their government system was weak as well. Nonetheless China was confused and was in a state of terror,and questioned what to do next.

Chapter 18: The Indistrial Revolution

Although I've already blogged about the Industrial Revolution in Chapter 18, I found this really short video that pretty much sums up the key points..