Stalin blamed food shortage on the Kulaks. They were originally independent farmers from the times of the Russian Empire, who became wealthy after the Stolypin reform.
In the early 1930s, Stalin led a collectivization campaign to seize their properties. They had previously been accused of being class enemies to the poorer peasants, as well as to benefit from famine.
The explorer who sailed for France trying to find the Northwest Passage but instead ended up going through the St. Lawrence River and founding New France was "Jacques Cartier," since he was one of the most prominent explorers of his day.
The Great Depression is how we reacted ):0
the sputnik launch because american's feared that it was a Russian weapon so the american government started projects to beat Russia to space
