chapter 21 to page 674

The 20th century marked a big turn for the world because of all the wars, deaths, and spiraling economy. This chapter is about the rise and the fall of communism. I thought it was interesting that socialism and communism were related. The idea of communism was a idea by Karl Marx. The USSR and china were the biggest countires based on communism. The russian revolution broke out pretty quick and te Bolshevicks came into power. I know a little bit about the Bolshevicks from previous classes but not nearly enough. It was a 3 year civil war with the Bolshevicks against many groups of enemies I thought it was really weird how for 25 years ussr was the only communist country. It ended up spreading but why did it take so long? China then became communism. Chinas communist party was fighting agianst the nationalist party. I kinda thought this section was a little boring. I didnt quite understand some of it. Both in russia and china built socialist societies. The women section however did catch my interest because the ideas of divorce, abortion, womens work, and leave were starting to become encouraged. women were being considered more and actively engaging more in society.