Stalin was known as a very cold young man which many people feel was due to his childhood. ... Despite the efforts of the Seminary's administrators, Stalin and his classmates read many anti-establishment literature ranging from the romantic novels of Victor Hugo to the works of Charles Jean Marie Letourneau who was a Frenchman who attempted to analyze all of the world's history through the lens of his own radical political ideas. ... After Stalin began making his first speeches he took the name of Koba who was a famous Georgian bandit from books he read as a child. ... Before a se...

• Word Count: 2506
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

In the sixties the "Cold War" was heating up. Before President Kennedy came into office, a U-2 plane was shot down in the Soviet Union while spying on the Soviet Union, thus cutting all Diplomatic ties between the Soviet Union and the United States. ... S. spy planes flying over Cuba photographed Soviet managed construction sites and spotted the first missile on October 14. ... The following day, before the United States could respond to the first note a second note was sent by Khrushchev to try and negotiate terms. ... Sadly his life came to an end by a bullet from his assign, James Earl Ray,...

• Word Count: 4042
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

Later, he turns out to be the informer from the Party who turns Winston in and punishes him. ... He is extremely proud of his children who spy on others and report them to the Police. ... From the moment of their capture, their fate is doomed. ... Winston is shown to be leading a lonely life in what used to be known as London before the Party came to power following a revolution. ... The novel ends on a sad and cynical note. ...

• Word Count: 3503
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School

They all came to Packingtown, Chicago to share in the American dream of freedom and prosperity, but all they found were exploitation. ... Every week the managers of the trust got together and compared notes, and there was one scale for all the workers in the yards and one standard of efficiency. ... They came by the thousands every single morning, fighting with each other for a chance for life. Blizzards and cold made no difference to them, they were always on hand. ... Man to man is very unjust, who can you trust. ...

• Word Count: 4457
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. ... From the anti-slavery perspective, the issue was primarily about whether the system of slavery was an anachronistic evil that was incompatible with Republicanism in the United States. ... Northerners rejected that notion as opposed to the will of the Founding Fathers who said they were setting up a perpetual union. ... They took control of federal forts and other properties within their boundaries with little resistance...

• Word Count: 7511
• Approx Pages: 30
• Grade Level: High School