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Populism

formed a political party, the "Peoples Party or Populists" (Agricultural discontent, 2007). While the Populists goals were basical...

The Nineteenth Century Ghost Dance Era

In "Sitting Bull and the Paradox of the Lakota Nationhood" author Gary Clayton Anderson details the contradictions which are inher...

The ‘Bright’ Promise of Communism Contrasted with the ‘Darkness’ of the Great Depression in the Films The Grapes of Wrath and Bound for Glory

supported, they were confronted with harsh realities that caused them to seriously question their sociopolitical ideology. Two fi...

Barack Obama's Speech On March 18, 2008: Race

represents every aspect of black heritage. Religion embodies the black way of life from the very first moment slavery came into e...

The Kennedy Conspiracies

alone. We remember Kennedy in two very different lights, first as a great man, a great politician who had the interest of t...

New World Colonization by England

to not only stay afloat but to allocate sufficient funding for the identification and colonization of various new lands which were...

Donald Chidsey's The American Privateers

objectives. Though the historical context provided by Chidsey relates the idea that privateering was not a new concept, he does ...

American West and its Diversity

massive immigration in the early days when people came over from Europe. It began in the colonial times of course, but there was a...

Teddy Roosevelt's Autobiography

belief in a strong and efficient National Government and Jeffersonian in their belief in the people as the ultimate authority, and...

Perspective on Slavery

Louis Hughes in his autobiography, Thirty Years a Slave (Hughes, 2001). In his account, he discusses how he was separated from his...

The Modern Museum and the Significance in Defining African American Art

works signed by a famous artist. Rather, the visitor is exposed to the artifacts that suggest what life was and is like to African...

US Society and the Impact of Operation Desert Storm

the hands of her leader, Saddam Hussein, a man who now has finally been captured and is under American control. During the origin...

The Royal Family Depression Era Comedy by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber

between a life in the theater and the offer of a stable marriage to a sensible stockbroker. Fanny Cavendish is the family matriar...

History of the U.S. City

economic need and this occurred during the early part of the twentieth century. The Industrial Revolution played a significant p...

Meanings of Racial and Ethnic Histories

in the nation. Unlike groups that came over with money, Africans came without even clothes on their backs. They were chained and s...

US Influence on the History of the Panama Canal

sentiment was expansionist tendencies on the part of Congress. Drew and Snow point out that at this point in history the acquisiti...

History of U.S. Common Law

"a system based on common law, but it has codified the law in the manner of the civil law jurisdictions" (2004). Also, in general,...

Native American Culture and Way of Life Decimation

intentionally changed, actions which were all believed justified under the predominant mindset of "manifest destiny". The rel...

Ideas and Continuity That Are Puritan and Revolutionary

"We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord, King James, by the Grace of God, of England, Fr...

Trade Patterns of the United States

a comeback (1994). The economist does think there will be gains in terms of the worth of the dollar in the near future (1994). Al...

Life and Work of John Adams

to love scholarship and excelled. Though John did love the church as well, he found there was far too much controversy taking p...

Kempo Style of Martial Arts

technique, its origins and finally, its application. Kempo was not originally called, Kempo, but rather Shorinji Toraken Ry...

Frederick Douglass

how even liberals of the North were surprised, if not appalled, at such a union. In essence, what this film presents us with is a ...

Historical Reviews of Literature Featuring Native Americans, Black Women, and the Poor

one can take from this article is a one-sided story told from the point of view of the Native Americans. However, this...

American Red Cross Business

In five pages the American Red Cross is examined in an overview of its history, structure, funding, and future outlook. Twelve so...

U.S. Years of Progress Between 1837 and 1867

In seven pages this paper examines this period of profound change and progress in America as covered in American Passages A Histo...

Latin America, Capitalism, and Class

In five pages Latin American capitalism is examined in terms of history and its social relation to class. Seven sources are cited...

Reconstruction to the Populist Party in U.S. History

Lincoln developed a reasonable Reconstruction plan to stitch the nation back together again. But again, remember we are talking a...

African American Community Definition and Creation

thirty days, from seven ! I just hope that I am still here when we celebrate "Black History Quarter." This speech has been de...

Native American Culture and the Disney Movie Pocahontas

This historical inaccuracies about Native American history and how they are relected in Disney's Pocahontas are examined in 6 page...