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Okay- I have to write a research paper for my Liberal Arts class. I’m in college…not that that matters, but my teacher wants me to use footnotes in my paper. I’ve never used footnotes in my life. I’ve tried everything-googling, asking someone else-and I have not a clue where to start. Can anyone help me? I will supply a paragraph of my paper if you can show me how to do footnotes. This paper is due Thursday!
THANK YOU!
Here is part of a paragraph:
Within these states, Arkansas had the toughest beating, with 14% of their land engulfed in water (American Autochrome Co pg 5). More than 200,000 homeless residents were stationed in Refugee camps along the Mississippi (American Autochrome co. reword pg 20). The damage of the flood totaled to $400,000,000 and because of this, several people were not capable of making a profit from their crops. This lead thousands of people into a desperate financial state. (Mississippi River Flood Control). So what impact does a disaster of this magnitude have on un inhabited farm land? While much of the loss is on livestock, humans and houses, farm land was also significantly affected.
Barry, J. M., 1997. Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America. New York: Simon and Schuster.
The Losses and Damages Resulting from the Flood of 1927. The Mississippi River Flood Control Association. Memphis Tennessee. M.C. F. 354. M67
Mississippi Floods-1927. American Autochrome Company. 300 West Grand Avenue. Chicago, Illinois. M.C. F. 354. M5
The 1927 Great Mississippi Flood: 80 Year Retrospective. Risk Management Solutions, Inc. 2007. <http://www.rms.com/Publications/1927_MississippiFlood.pdf>
Ok so first open microsoft word. Then Click after the sentence you want to site. then click the INSERT tab, then click on reference. Then it will give you the choice of footnote. the way to use it is you just keep going after the sentence you need to site, and you just keep clicking insert refence. it will automatically number everytime u use it. You can also turn off continuous so it won’t automatically number it, it will just keep starting over. If i were you, i would also type it into the "help" feature of microsoft word.
Oh… one thing i forgot. when you click insert, it will put the footnote at the bottom of the page. then u just type source then # (Source 5). I am assuming you have to number your sources in your bibliography?
ok so yeah…. good luck…. hope it helped. and dont forget the help feature in MS word…(its a tab up at the top…near insert)
Five Year Plans
Somewhere around the late 1920’s Stalin decided it was time for Russia to modernize. As he said, “Other countries are fifty years ahead of Russia. We must make this up in ten years. Either we do this or they will crush us”. Stalin’s advisors confirmed his worries in saying that the Soviet Union would need an extra 250 000 tractors in order for this modernization to become possible. They would also need to develop the oil fields to provide the necessary petrol for the tractors to be driven and the farms needed electricity, so power stations would have to be built. Stalin organized a series of five year plans that would eventually (considering the goals of these plans were met) turn Russia into a much more industrialized country than ever before. There were five main five year plans, but thirteen in total. However, the thirteenth was never put into action because Stalin passed away.
The first five year plan (“revolution from above”) was introduced in 1928, and achieved in 1932. The purpose was to increase the production of iron and steel, machine tools, electric power and transportation. To do this the country would need large amounts of money and industrial equipment, Russia had neither. “The only way to obtain the money and industrial equipment necessary for this plan to take place was to increase the amount of grain and minerals exported.” (Arnold, Phyllis A and David J. Rees. Russia, Then and Now. Scarborough: Arnold Publishing Ltd, 1993.) At this time grain prices were very low.
In early 1929, Stalin ordered that all private farms belonging to the peasants be taken and made into collective farms. This was known as collectivization. Stalin believed that it would be more efficient to have more people working on bigger farms than fewer people working on smaller farms. His theory was correct, but the peasants were not as cooperative as he had hoped. The peasants refused to give up their crops or their farm animals to the state, they choose to burn their crops and kill their farm animals instead. The government had to apply force to get them to join the collectives, those who resisted were executed, beaten or sent to labour camps in Siberia.
The first five year plan was achieved in four years rather than five. Over fifteen hundred new factories and cities were built, leading to a huge expansion of energy production (because the new factories and cities needed electricity). Roads were constructed, as were railways and canals. Dams were created and other major projects also led to the improvement of Russia. Manufacturing increased greatly, making it possible for preparations to be made for future wars.
The first five year plan was successful in terms of increasing production, but considering the social aspects, it was not. “The large emphasis on heavy industry meant that consumer goods were in high demand. Shops were empty, clothing was in short supply and many household items were unavailable. More people were moving into the city resulting in there being insufficient medical facilities and schools. Housing became harder to find.” (http://www.library.thinkquest.org/C0112205/stalinrussia.html)
The harder the peasants worked the more Stalin expected. Workers were expected to work harder and longer, more often. The workers did not revolt though, they were paid in food rations. Which meant they would definitely not eat if they did not work. By 1937, over fourteen million Soviet peasants had died due to the events of the first five year plan and the livestock took until 1953 to regains its 1928 level.
The Second five year plan was from 1933 to 1937. It continued the goals of the first plan. The goals became slightly more realistic though and easier to achieve than those of the first plan. The third plan started in 1938 but was interrupted in 1941 by the German invasion of the Soviet Union. All means of production were now controlled by the government, and the standard of living continued to decrease. When World War II ended in 1945, Stalin began the Fourth Five Year Plan. Many towns and villages had been destroyed during the war. So, the main goal of this plan was to rebuild them. The expansion of heavy industry and military productions was also continued. This plan was accomplished in 1950. The fifth plan started in 1951 and ended in 1955. “It continued the development of heavy industries such as aircraft production, chemicals, and oil production.” (Arnold, Phyllis A and David J. Rees. Russia, Then and Now. Scarborough: Arnold Publishing Ltd. 1993.)
These five year plans may not have been easy or fun for the Soviet Union but they did help the country industrialize. By 1955, the Soviet Union had become the world’s second largest industrial producer. The country’s share of world industrial production went from 2.6% in 1917, to over 16% in 1955. The industrial production expanded in Eastern Ukraine, the Urals and Central Russia. The Soviet Union had also established a centrally planned economy and the standard of living was slowly starting to rise. (Arnold, Phyllis A and David J. Rees. Russia, Then and Now. Scarborough: Arnold Publishing Ltd, 1993.)
My indents didn’t show up.. i just copied it from my Microsoft word document.. it would be appreciated if you’d proof read it though.
I’m not sure what grade you’re in but I must say your writing is very good. I’d only suggest that you add your opinions as to the relative success or failure of each of the five year plans as well as your own opinion of the wisdom of Stalin’s program. Your summary of the Soviet Union’s progress to 1955 seems to end a little abruptly. Overall, a good effort. If I were your teacher, depending on what grade you’re in, I’d give it a ‘B’. What grade are you?.