Stalin: 1. How did the death of Stalin’s wife impact him?
2. What is collectivization? What was collectivization really like?
3. What were Gulags? What was life like in the Gulags?
4. What was the “Great Terror”?
5. What do you think it would have been like to live in Stalin’s Soviet Union?

Hitler:

1. How did the terrible conditions in Germany after WWI lead to the rise of Hitler to power?
2. Why did Hitler blame the Jews for the problems in Germany?
3. What happened when Hitler was granted “emergency powers” as Chancellor of Germany? What did Hitler do?
4. In your own words, how did Hitler rise to absolute power in a once democratic Germany?

Mussolini:

1. How did Mussolini’s childhood lead him to the “iron-first dictator” of Italy?
2. How did Mussolini rise to power?
3. Why did Mussolini side with Hitler?
4. What is your opinion of Mussolini?
5. What does Mussolini’s rise to power teach us?

Sara and her friends were at an iowa football game in iowa city. sara is a life long resident of iowa and goes to college at dmacc. while she was in iowa city, robert smashed into her car when he ran a red light. sara was seriously injured and taken to university hospitals in iowa city (fortunately her injuries were not life threatening but laid her up for a long time and she had to drop out of college for the rest of the semester). robert is from michigan and was in iowa city to see the game and then to party later. at the time of the accident robert was drunk (at least legally - he blew a 0.17 and the limit is 0.08). sara has sustained about $500,000 in damages between her current and future medical bills, pain/suffering, lost wages, etc. also her car was totaled in the accident. can sara sue robert in a federal court? explain why or why not. (be sure to mention the two primary factors associated with suing someone in a federal court in a case like this.)