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Caleb Crawford His-100 1/21/2023 HIS 100 Module Three Activity Template: Historical Context Replace the bracketed text below with your responses. Identify the topic you chose to explore: Climate Change and Enviromental Issues Involving Chernobyl Describe the historical context surrounding your historical event. Chernobyl was initially a nuclear power plant that was part of the Soviet Union. The power plant was one of the Soviet Union’s main geo-political ambitionary pieces in the area as well as one of their most valuable resources providing energy up to one thousand megawatts per reactor. Encyclopædia Britannica. (n.d.). Chernobyl disaster . Britannica Academic. Retrieved January 21, 2023, from https://academic-eb-com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/levels/collegiate/article/Chernobyl-disaster/ 23843 With four reactors going simultaneously it was producing around ten percent of Ukrains power and was vastly important for the Soviet Union’s power and structure. Describe a key historical figure or group’s participation in your historical event. The Soviet Union, who held control of the area and was its governing form at the time, tried to help cover up the event until they could no longer hide what had happened. Thus causing more
Caleb Crawford His-100 1/21/2023 harm than good, whereas if they had stated what happened they could have helped save lives of individuals and animals in the neiboring areas. Explain the key historical figure or group’s motivation to participate in your historical event. The Soviet Union's motivation for hiding the event and trying to cover it up was due to it being one of their geo-political ambitions and one of their highest points of power from a single source. As well as, I believe they tried covering it up to show they were still a strong reigning power in the area so that their enemies didnt try to take over the area. Articulate how the historical context caused or influenced your chosen historical event. At the time of Chernobyl's incident the Soviet Union was fighting to hold power in the area and trying to be a dominating power in the world. The people in the area wernt necessarily on board with being part of the USSR or the Soviet Union which is why after the Chernobyl accident the USSR was cracking and crumbling. In 1991 only 5 short years after the event happened Ukrain declared independence and the loss of power proved the collapse of the Soviet Union and the USSR as a whole. Explain how connecting your historical event and current event improves the understanding of your topic. Using the events of Chernobyle as a baseline of providing power and versatility while also seeing the dangers to the people and environment, I believe the plant in Fukushima, Japan learned from the events that transpired and helped prepare for the worst case scenario. As anyone
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