Category: American History
There aren’t many parallels between the US Constitution and the Articles of Confederation, considering that the former was written and adopted to address the latter’s shortcomings. The document does, however, retain a few elements from its predecessor. There was no United States as a nation when America won the Revolution. . . . Read more
Introduction On June 5, 1947, Secretary of State George C. Marshall spoke at Harvard University and outlined what would become known as the Marshall Plan. Europe, still devastated by the war, had just survived one of the worst winters on record. The nations of Europe had nothing to sell for . . . Read more
The Civil war left bitterness in the hearts and minds of many southern people. Prejudice, racism and hatred boiled. Six men from a small town in Tennessee in 1865 had a dream. That dream was to have only one master race. From that dream, The Ku Klux Klan, or the . . . Read more
At the end of the 14th century to roughly 1870 millions of Africans were transported across the Atlantic Ocean by Europeans from Britain, Denmark, France, Holland Italy, Portugal and Spain. They did this by taking people from Africa against their will and were initially using them as servants for the . . . Read more
Centuries before our time, the Greeks considered the question of how to speak so as to sway the hearer’s mind with the power of words. The first to examine the ways in which we relate to one another through language, the Greeks wrote detailed treatises laying bare the sinews of . . . Read more
The idea of imperialism during the 19th century was mostly associated with European powers. The United States was not viewed, especially by itself, as an imperialist power. In fact, the US attacked imperialist views by way of the press. However, the US had criticized Europe and expressed their anti-imperialism views . . . Read more
Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth president of the United States, was the first president to be impeached. The issues that led up to this monumental event in 1868 were for the most part, based on the issue of Reconstruction. Reconstruction aimed to create equality for Blacks in voting, politics, and with . . . Read more
“It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.” – George Washington Carver. George Washington Carver paved the way for agriculturists . . . Read more
Woodrow Wilson was born in Virginia in 1856. Wilson was the last U.S. president to have viewed the civil war. He was 4 years old when Abraham Lincoln was elected president. His father served the Confederacy as a chaplain. Wilson was an eyewitness to the hardship and damage of war . . . Read more
November 20, 1969 We have made it to the island and managed to escape the White Man’s Coast Guard. Their ships tried to stop us from landing on Alcatraz. This time the White Man will not take away our land. My family and many more will join us. We are . . . Read more
The Cuban Missile Crisis is widely considered as the closest the world has come to nuclear war. Former US Secretary of State Dean Rusk, called it “the most dangerous crisis the world has ever seen, the only time when the nuclear superpowers came ‘eyeball to eyeball’.” Over the years many . . . Read more
Although Britain’s North American colonies had enjoyed considerable prosperity during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, beginning with the Stamp Act in 1765 the British government began to put pressures on them, largely in the form of taxes and new trade restrictions, that drew increasingly resistance. (Out of Many, . . . Read more
MacArthur was a famous general. He served in the United States Army for almost fifty years he receives high honours. He won many victories. He was a controversial man because of his personality. He was an actor as well as a soldier. General Douglas MacArthur was born in Little Rock, . . . Read more
Example 1 At a time when the black community was being afforded a free status, but not one of equality, many leaders arose to appeal to the white governing body for social equality. The transition from the nineteenth century to the twentieth century gave birth to two of
these leaders, . . . Read more
The national bank was observed by Jackson to jeopardize economic stability and served as a monopoly on the country’s currency. Jackson explained his decision by vetoing of the bank renewal bill declaring that some of the powers and privileges possessed by the national bank are unauthorized by the Constitution. Jackson . . . Read more
This paper discusses some of the issues surrounding the grant process with regard to Native Americans. It also discusses Native American issues with regard to politics and legislation. U.S. Government Grants to Native Americans Introduction The history of the U.S. government’s involvement with the indigenous people of the nation is . . . Read more
This paper explores the reasons why the colonists revolted; what was radical about the Revolution and what was conservative. (2.5 pages; 1 source; MLA citation style) Introduction The American Colonists fought a war to found the United States. Rebelling against the crown, taking up arms and in many cases dying . . . Read more
Take-Home Examination: Section A Through a series of conferences, preliminary debates and caucuses each of the presidential parties select chosen candidates to race in the candidacy for the President of the United States. Coined as the ‘Primary election’ in political circles across the country, this is the process through which . . . Read more
In 1941, A. Phillip Randolph’s March on Washington movement forced the nation to take notice of African Americans. Following the march, Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order that mandated the end of racial discrimination in defense industries. The agency in charge of enforcing the executive order, the Fair Employment . . . Read more
So how did African-Americans get looked down on? Well, it was in 1619 when Africans were brought to America as slaves for the white settlement. While slavery was eradicated after the Civil war the racism and segregation side of it still occurred. During the 20th century, the fight for equality . . . Read more
Military Occupations are divided into two major parts within the different branches of the military. They are military enlisted occupations and military officer occupations. Among the two their 152 different occupations, 91 in the enlisted and 61 in the officer occupations. The branches of the military are as follows: the . . . Read more
For the American people, John F. Kennedy was the bright future. He was a young man that they were as holding the torch for this country. When he was elected, he brought youth and a relaxing calm to the White House for the first time in our nation’s history. Not . . . Read more
A quarter of a millennium ago, the founding fathers of the United States of America created a new republic of democracy. This revolutionary form of government aimed at putting power into the hands of the common citizen and also to deter tyranny as much as possible. These noblemen set forth . . . Read more
At the base of the South African and American systems of racial discrimination is an understanding and internalization of the structural implications of capitalism and its accompanying spirit. Applying Karl Marx’s and Adam Smith’s definition of capitalism in conjunction with Max Weber’s understanding of the “spirit of capitalism”, it is . . . Read more
An opinionated four-page essay that summarizes and questions various events that went on during 9/11/01. Also looks back at the life of the World Trade Center. ——————————————————- One of the worst tragedies to ever strike our country happened on September 11th, 2001. A total of four (4) planes were brought . . . Read more
The abolitionist movement in the United States sought to eradicate slavery using a wide range of tactics and organizations. The antislavery movement mobilized many African Americans and some whites who sought to end the institution of slavery. Although both black and white abolitionists often worked together, the relationship between them . . . Read more
The Algonquin was a northern tribe that settled in Canada sometime around the 1400s and now have settled in Quebec and nearby Ontario. The Algonquian’s history was not exactly a pleasant one they suffered many hardships and obstacles to overcome. Samuel de Champlain established the first permanent French settlement on . . . Read more
“Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.” Those are the words of Thomas Jefferson; one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and among the first Americans to have to defend the newly won liberties of Americans from intrusion against a . . . Read more
Back in the 1960’s African-Americans were inferior to the white people. White people had the control over black people. People started taking actions against it. The black people now wanted equal rights since they were born here and had the citizenship, and all rights to stay in the United States. . . . Read more
The modern American military saw the need to be quicker, more efficient and more powerful. In order to accomplish this, they had to become more technologically advanced. Three examples of technology that show how the American military has accomplished this is; the Nimitz Class Super Carrier (Nimitz), the M1A2 Abrams . . . Read more
America as we know it includes a vast network of representative governments. During the colonial period of early America, Virginia was the first to introduce a representative assembly. This first glimpse of democracy influenced the shape of America today. It eventually caused the colonies to drift away from monarchial England, . . . Read more
November 22, 1963 was a day no American will ever forget. Most people remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news. At precisely 12:30 P.M. [Central Standard Time], the 35th president of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was shot and killed in . . . Read more
In the years leading to the U.S. Civil War, the controversy over slavery became not only a social issue but also a political and legal one as well. Opponents and proponents of slavery each looked to the American constitution, as well as the prevailing culture of the time, for direction . . . Read more
The Ku Klux Klan was a very powerful and organized secret society that began in the years directly following the Civil War and is a society whose influence is still felt today. Although the reasons for the rise of the Klan vary from source to source, there is one common . . . Read more
As history has shown the effects of war are both devastating and long-lasting. In the case of the Korean War, these effects are still seen today as hostilities continue even after 50 years. The Korean War was a war that had developed from an interesting situation after World War II. . . . Read more
In 1689, John Locke published, what proved to be, a valuable document for the American Revolution as well as life in present-day America, known as the Second Treatise of Government. In his document, he creates a model of his ideal civil government, which is created by the people to ensure . . . Read more
The Decade of the 1950s in American History The 1950s were an important decade full of historic events and changes in technology. Important historic and cultural events such as the approval of the hydrogen bomb and transcontinental television in 1950, the signing of the Immigration and Naturalization Act in 1952, . . . Read more
Cold War is the term used to describe the intense rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of Communist and non-Communist nations. On one side were the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) and its Communist allies, often referred to as the Eastern bloc. On the other side . . . Read more
The definition of a true American. It can’t be found in any text, the possibilities are too vast. There are those who consider the place of birth and citizenship, those who feel that residency is the only factor, and there are some that will not make a judgment unless an . . . Read more
The era of the civil rights movement mainly started in the 1960s. Martin Luther King Jr.’s powerful “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington in 1963 is what I believe to be one of the greatest speeches of all time and one of the greatest advances for . . . Read more
I have always taken an interest in the Roaring Twenties and that is why I decided to write my English term paper on an event that occurred in the 1920s. What follows is my term paper which concentrates on prohibition and why it was not effective, namely because of lack . . . Read more
Philadelphia, PA. 1787, the Founding Fathers set before them a foundation for a new nation. This nation was to be formed in the interest of its people: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable . . . Read more
Harry S. Truman was the most influential figure in early Cold War politics. His policies on Soviet expansion and cooperation with western bloc countries set the stage for how other Cold War-era presidents would act. It is through his handling of the Korean conflict and the issue of communism, both . . . Read more
The Seminoles who lived in East Florida caused problems for the Americans living there. They would raid and pillage the American settlements. Andrew Jackson went to war with the Seminoles and forced them east to Pensacola. From 1835 to 1842 the federal government fought the Second Seminole War. The Seminole . . . Read more
“I am the son of a white man and a black slave, born in Tukahoe, Maryland, on February 7th, 1711. I never knew his father and was separated from my mother at the age of 8. I can still remember the nights of unrest; she would put me to sleep . . . Read more
The United States of America has remained a successful and industrious nation ruled by the principles of federalism for the past 200 years. The Framers of the Constitution proposed the federal system in an attempt to guarantee democracy and liberty throughout a sparsely populated nation. By granting enumerated powers to . . . Read more
Tobacco was introduced into the American colonies in the early 1600s. The tobacco plant soon became the leading crop and trading commodity in America. Tobacco was widely accepted up until the 1960s when researchers found that there was health effects directly associated with tobacco use. However, since the 1970s tobacco . . . Read more
When examining the effects of American Indians on European exploration and early colonialism, it is difficult to overstate its importance. It is believed that the first human in the Americas can be dated to 30,000 – 15,000 B.C. In the thousands of years that elapsed between the native settlement of . . . Read more
To decide whether or not the colonies were ready for independence at that stage of American history is very strange. The colonies of that time were very different in a lot of ways. Many of those ways were so big that if they would have waited a few more years, . . . Read more
The Progressive Era provided a solid effort to improve the lives of Americans by emerging presidents and multiple reforms. Through the progressive politicians, trusts were busted and relief was given to small businesses. Working and societal conditions were forever reformed during the Progressive Era. During the Progressive, Era Americans had . . . Read more
The Algonquin was a northern tribe that settled in Canada sometime around the 1400s and now have settled in Quebec and nearby Ontario. The Algonquian’s history was not exactly a pleasant one they suffered many hardships and obstacles to overcome. Samuel de Champlain established the first permanent French settlement on . . . Read more
Between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the emergence of a society quite different from that in England. Changes in religion, economics, politics and social structure illustrate this Americanization of the transplanted Europeans. . . . Read more
There are many types of people in the world today. The past has shown how fashion has changed. Each era has their own different style and fashion. The twenties was a particularly wild decade. After WW1, it was a time for change. “Women became rebellious and shocked everyone by their . . . Read more
About 400,000 Black Soldiers served in the United States Army in World War 1. About 367,710 of these came into the service through the selective Draft Law. Nearly 20,000 soldiers of the United States, uniformed, armed, equipped, drilled, trained and ready to take the field. The most famous are the . . . Read more
The Articles of Confederation, a document that laid a foundation for the Constitution, provided a somewhat effective government. The American colonists possessed a fear of central authority, which inhibited the creation of a government with great constitutional order. Congress, however, felt that a stronger central government was needed to keep . . . Read more
It is straightforward to narrate the slide of the world into the Great Depression. The 1920s saw a stock market boom in the U.S. as the result of general optimism: businessmen and economists believed that the newly-born Federal Reserve would stabilize the economy and that the pace of technological progress . . . Read more
This is a question that inevitably arises in the mind of anyone who studies, even on a casual basis, the founding of our nation. Washington lived and worked with brilliant philosophers, thinkers, writers, orators and organizers, such as Franklin, Mason, John and Sam Adams, Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Hamilton, Madison, Dickinson, . . . Read more
Prohibition led to the bootlegging of liquor and the gang wars of the 1920s. The most notorious gangster of all time, known as Al Capone, was the most powerful mob leader of his era. He dominated organized crime in the Chicago area from 1925 until 1931 Capone had liked that . . . Read more
America is a society that has grown from the roots of money. Its entire history is evidence of this fact. During the course of its existence, great concentrations of wealth have been accumulated. To criticize these billionaires, tarnish their success, labels like “robber barons” have been used. This denigration serves . . . Read more
The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 helped bring about the demise of the aristocratic Federalist Government in favour of the democratic Republican Government, concerned with the needs of all of its citizens. The new country of the United States of America suffered many growing pains in trying to balance its commitment . . . Read more
The Missouri Compromise is commonly thought of as the beginning of American sectionalism, although the signs were visible long before 1819. The crisis solved by the compromise certainly alerted the South for the need for political unity in order to maintain its way of life in the face of a . . . Read more
John F Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on May 29th, 1917. He was the second of nine kids. He graduated from Choate School then entered Princeton College. Then quickly transferred to Harvard. After Harvard Kennedy joined the Navy in 1914. In August 1943 he was a commander of a . . . Read more
Analysis of the Events of The Great Depression “We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land. The poorhouse is vanishing from among us.” (Herbert Hoover – 1928) “The nation is marching along a permanently high plateau of . . . Read more
The United States began to change drastically in the 50s. Many people began coming out to stand up to old ways of life. This started the wheel turning for the civil rights movement. Some people though were swept up in a hysteria of accusations caused by the tension of the . . . Read more
American Imperialism has been a part of United States history ever since the American Revolution. Imperialism is the practice by which powerful nations or people seek to expand and maintain control or influence over weaker nations or peoples. Throughout the years there have been many instances where the Americans have . . . Read more
The first paragraph contains the essay instructions. During the Jacksonian Period, American politics were altered. What were the most significant changes from previous policies? What were the long-term implications of the new political methodology? Were the long-term results beneficial or detrimental to the quality of government? Why? What was the . . . Read more
The 18th century saw a change in the way people viewed themselves and their country. By the mid-nineteenth century, Americans had developed an increasingly democratic system of government, whereas England’s monarchy remained firmly entrenched. British authorities believed that Parliamentary Sovereignty allowed Parliament alone to tax and govern within England and . . . Read more
The Civil Rights Movement gave rise to many great leaders, and produced many social changes that were the results of organized civil rights events that were staged throughout the South by organizations devoted to eliminating segregation, and giving the African American people the ability to pursue the American dream. The . . . Read more
In early 1928 the Dow Jones Average went from a low of 191 early in the year, to a high of 300 in December of 1928 and peaked at 381 in September of 1929. (1929…) It was anticipated that the increases in earnings and dividends would continue. (1929…) The price . . . Read more
Example 1 The Coolidge Era that lasted from 1921-1929 produced a consumer economy. With the consumer, the economy came widespread prosperity and wealth. Just being another decade on a timeline does not do it for the 1920s. From the beginning to the end it was the biggest, the loudest, the . . . Read more