Essays 241 - 270
maritime warfare spawned such innovations as human powered underwater vessels that harbored explosive charges connected to spars t...
is an extremely interesting account of the plight of the American black after the Civil War. Written from the viewpoint of Gideon...
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...
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...
"twelve infantry regiments, two cavalry regiments, a handful of artillery batteries, and a variety of smaller organizations" (Cole...
act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call gov...
was a client war, which is defined as a war where two sides fight in a third country. In Korea, the U.S. fought directly against t...
by the slave states because they had the potential of tipping the scales in one direction or another in regard to free verses slav...
or that Lee wanted to resign after Gettysburg. Ordinary people behave in ordinary ways. The North was shocked and dismayed by the...
had an impact on both the war protestors and the Civil Rights activists. If every person has an inherent worth, then anything that...
person that John F. Kennedy was addressing when he said "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your co...
summarizing the work of both Postrel and OBrien. Aesthetics, according to Postrel, aid people in defining themselves by the "loo...
occasion, "his master had the nails of his fingers and toes beaten off" (Blassingame 331). A slave who accidentally bumped a white...
the north prior to and during the war, the political shift in power with the south remaining weak in the national forum for decade...
lived simply, many people were middle class as well. In the South the focus was on plantations, farming, and the people were essen...
Their purpose was to have Parliament abolish slave trade, rather than declare slavery to be illegal. As an incremental play, this ...
notes, "Serious scholars still debate whether the Civil War was necessary" (Kagan, 2005; B07). At the same time one can speculat...
assistance from the government. Another problem involving the land was the fact that aristocrats were buying up large tracts and ...
were now equal, they put into place a system of support that would forever keep many African Americans in a position of submission...
of the rioters, which was directed at African Americans, possessed the mob with such ferocity that they lost all sense of humanity...
based on the regiments history, was a success and may indicate more greater in future. The student is facing a significant amount ...
aggressive regimes, punishment for a wrongdoing that has not been corrected. Iraqs 1990 invasion into Kuwait is an example of a ju...
cessation.4 But, when Mississippi chose, outwardly, to secede he removed himself from the Senate.5 He "hoped to receive a prominen...
by the reality of war. Their psyches have been reduced to the common denominator that is dictated by whatever has to be done in or...
they played no role in politics. Middle class and wealthy women, particularly married middle class and wealthy women, however, pl...