Read the quotation from lincoln steffens’s the shame of the cities.

"my purpose see if the shameful facts, spread out in all their shame, would not burn through our civic shamelessness and set fire to american pride."

which of the following best describes steffens' purpose in writing about government?
~ to encourage americans to feel more pride in their government
~ to describe corruption in city and state governments
~ to describe why city and state government officials made certain decisions
~ to encourage americans to revolt against their government

Hurry 20 mins left! study the timeline of russian history, and read the passage from chapter 1 of animal farm. "is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings? only get rid of man, and the produce of our labour would be our own. almost overnight we could become rich and free. what then must we do? why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race! that is my message to you, comrades: rebellion! " which event most likely influenced the writing of this passage? the 1905 massacre of people who were protesting their poor living conditions the 1917 bolshevik revolution, which was inspired by the ideals of lenin the development of the union of soviet socialist republics by lenin in 1922 the collectivization of agriculture by the communist party in russia in 1928