The major focus of Peter the Great's rule was to 'westernize' Russia. Give one example of something that could be considered 'westernization'. Do you think it is good, bad, or maybe both for a nation to 'westernize'?

One of Peter the Great's steps to westernize Russia was his ruling that all Russian people had to wear French, British, or Spanish dress, according to class rank. Westernization could be seen as both a good and a bad thing for a country, as it means a relative loss of culture, but also (generally) more advancement in living conditions and things like that.

apart from being against desegregation, governor of georgia eugene talmadge opposed as well to the work progress administration, an ambitious program of the "new deal" created by president franklin d. roosevelt to overcome the great depression after world war i. talmadge disagreed with welfare spending, job training and organized labor. according to his ideas, he thought the government was spending too much money on this, and he wasn't willing to accept a wage higher than georgia's lower average wage. besides, talmadge strongly opposed to the "new deal" as he thought it had communist ideas.