THESIS STATEMENT EXEMPLARS
HOW JOSEPH STALIN’S COLD AND HARSH LEADERSHIP LEFT
A LEGACY OF WINNING WORLD WAR II AND A LEGACY OF
FEAR AND DEATH
• JOSEPH STALIN WAS A CRUEL, BUT EFFECTIVE LEADER. MILLIONS WERE KILLED ON HIS
COMMAND, BUT HE WAS A HUGE PART OF WINNING WORLD WAR II FOR THE ALLIES. HIS
LEGACY WAS EVEN GREATER AS THE EFFECTS OF HIS LEADERSHIP LED TO CONSTANT DISPUTE
BETWEEN THE U.S. AND SOVIET UNION. JOSEPH STALIN WAS QUESTIONABLE IN MANY WAYS,
BUT HIS LEADERSHIP WAS CRUCIAL TO MAKING THE WORLD WHAT IT IS TODAY.
MALCOLM X: A REVOLUTIONARY CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER
WHOSE LEGACY INSPIRES INDIVIDUALS TO SEEK UNITY,
EQUALITY AND TRUTH
• MALCOLM X, AN ELOQUENT AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST WHOSE BOLD AND
REVOLUTIONARY LEADERSHIP EMPOWERED BLACKS TO FIND THEIR VOICE DURING THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT HAS IMPARTED A LASTING LEGACY OF DEDICATION TO EQUALITY, UNITY,
AND THROUGH IN THE UNITED STATES AND BEYOND.
CORAZON AQUINO: SURPRISING LEADERSHIP LEADS
TO A LEGACY SEEN IN THE NEW PHILIPPINE
GOVERNMENT
• CORAZON AQUINO WAS THE “HOUSEWIFE THAT LED A REVOLUTION.” SHE LED THE
PHILIPPINE PEOPLE THROUGH A REVOLUTION THAT BROUGHT BACK THE DEMOCRATIC,
REPUBLICAN AND CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT. SHE LED HER PEOPLE TO TAKE A LARGER
PART IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, ALLOWING FOR A MORE DECENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT. HER
LEGACY IS LARGE AND HER COUNTRY’S GREAT LOVE FOR HER CAN BE SEEN IN THE
INNUMERABLE STATUES AND PLAQUES DEDICATED TO HER.