BIOGRAPHICAL/CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE

Lenin: Was he Beneficial to Russia?

I. 	Introduction 
	A.	Thesis 
	B. 	Statement of the problem 
II. 	Pre-revolutionary period 
	A. 	Social conditions 
	B. 	The tsars
		1. 	Alexander II
		2. 	Alexander III
		3. 	Nicholas II
III. 	Early life 
	A. 	Father 
	B. 	Brother
		1. 	Revolutionist
		2. 	Execution 
	C. 	Revolutionary inclinations 
	D. 	Exiled to Siberia
		1. 	Marriage
		2. 	Study
IV. 	Karl Marx 
	A. 	Literary works 
	B. 	Theory 
V. 	Social Democratic Party 
	A. 	The Bolsheviks 
	B. 	The Mensheviks 
VI. 	Tsar abdicates 
	A. 	Provisional government
		1. 	Alexander Kerensky
		2. 	Continuation of the war 
	B. 	Germany helps Lenin
VII. 	October Revolution 
	A. 	Bolsheviks come to power 
	B. 	Civil war
		1. 	"Red" army
		2. 	"White" army
VIII. 	Post-revolutionary period 
	A. 	Rule by terror 
	B. 	Chaos 
	C. 	Death of Lenin 
	D. 	Joseph Stalin 
	E. 	Industrialization 
IX. 	Conclusion 
	A. 	Summary 
	B. Final statement

TOPICAL OUTLINE

Is the South African society today the result of the first Dutch influences?

I. 	Introduction 
	A. 	Thesis 
	B. 	Statement of the Problem 

II. 	Dutch East India Company 
	A. 	Commercial Philosophy of the Company 
	B. 	History of the Company in South Africa 

III. 	Afrikaners 
	A. 	Make-up of Afrikaners 
	B. 	Backgrounds
		1. 	Religious Persecution of the French Huguenots
		2. 	Calvinism and Commercialism in the Netherlands
		3. 	War-Torn Environment in Europe

IV. 	History of Afrikaners in South Africa 
	A. 	Settlement of South Africa 
	B. 	Interaction with the Native People 
	C. 	British Rule
		1. 	The Great Trek
		2. 	The Boer War

V. 	Afrikanar Nationalism 

VI. 	Conclusion 
	A. 	Summary 
	B. 	Final Statement