Essays 361 - 390
Charles came to the throne already at a disadvantage. For one thing, he was involved in a marriage with a French princess, which h...
blacks as second class citizens. After the Civil War, blacks earned the long-awaited right to vote and even hold office. Some le...
did not engage in combat (Matlof Multimedia U.S. History). However, these statistics are deceiving because most of the northern r...
kill. They are trained to do this in order to eliminate their own risk of death. The use of deadly force is justified because offi...
was the enemy. Most Americans, when they think of the reasons for the Civil war, will name slavery as a major issue dividing th...
In nine pages this pivotal battle of the Civil War is examined in an overview of the events leading to it and a listing of officer...
thirty years prior to the outbreak of war, they were limited to a few heavily-populated urban areas. However, during the War, it ...
In five pages what would become the great American pastime as it was played during the Civil War is examined. Seven sources are c...
hold in favor of Scotts claim (PG). However, the U.S. Constitution did not support Scotts assumption. It was a complicated issue ...
In five pages this report examines how lives were impacted by the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement in a consideration of ...
book is not on any one person, but on the war and the period of Reconstruction that followed. Having said that, its still possible...
made some states different than others, thus leading to further illustrate different ideals as well as different politics and econ...
There were many circumstances that combined to eventually cause the outbreak of the bloodiest war in American history....
to Howard Fasts 1944 novel Freedom Road that until the publications of this novel, it was a widely held opinion among the mainstre...
This paper traces key events in African American history dating from the time they were free in Africa to the post Civil War era. ...
a long growing season in very fertile soils. The northern winters were long and did not provide for an adequate growing season to...
was able to peacefully initiate change on a massive scale. As a leader, he was able to organize, and thus had the ability to unit...
two armies would have simply pivoted around each other and ended up in each others rear, able to march unopposed to Washington or ...
of things that are rarely mentioned in classroom history books. Most history books portray the Union troops as kind, benevolent so...
record of communication between Semmes and his superiors. Boykin, in his Preface, also thanks the Alderman library at the Universi...
out. You didnt know what the future might bring, or if they would survive. "Did you get married during the war?" I asked. "No, ...
nation-states of Europe (plus he points out that the U.S. is actually comparable in area to Europe) (Turner, 2002). Because of the...
General Ulysses S. Grant had far more humble roots than Lee, and as such had a far less traditional and/or formal ideology regardi...
establish the status quo in the "New World". We adopted their language and their culture. Others arrived also; the Dutch, the Fr...
gin (Faragher et al, 2000). He invented the machine in 1793 and it proved so successful that by the mid-1830s cotton was "King" in...
he used his paper to speak his peace. There was a lot of turmoil during the middle of the nineteenth century. Because America did...
alike despite their willingness to risk their lives in combat. But as the text illustrates, racial discrimination was unfortunate...
causes were paramount in the instigation of World War I, but these factors alone would not have been sufficient to cause a war wit...
During the first several centuries, war was a constant state of being in different parts of the world. This essay focused on war i...
the same year the prisoners were released. It did set the stage for tensions, especially when one considers that the South really ...