history

HST 113

Winter Quarter 2020

Choose one of the following questions and answer it in the form of a brief but well-developed, thoughtful essay.

Your paper should be 2 to 3 pages in total length, typed and printed, double-spaced with one-inch margins. Include a list of all works cited in your paper, as well as proper annotations for quotes and references (MLA format).

1. Why is the Treaty of Versailles regarded as a failure?

2. How and why were the Bolsheviks able to come to power in Russia?

3. Compare and contrast the totalitarian regimes of Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler.