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The Unexpected Impacts of 9-11

One of the most concerning of the reactions to 9-11 is the attacks that we have been subjected to in terms of our legal...

Ayers: "In the Presence of Mine Enemies"

or that Lee wanted to resign after Gettysburg. Ordinary people behave in ordinary ways. The North was shocked and dismayed by the...

Colombia - Foreign Policy

by the 1970s, mostly left-wing groups (International Crisis Group July). By the 1980s, right-wing groups emerged and by then, the ...

Slave Life in the South before the Civil War

occasion, "his master had the nails of his fingers and toes beaten off" (Blassingame 331). A slave who accidentally bumped a white...

Lincoln and the Second Revolution

the north prior to and during the war, the political shift in power with the south remaining weak in the national forum for decade...

Avoiding the Civil War

adjacent to the South would be slave states (Faragher et al, 2000, p. 256). Then in 1819 Missouri, which is adjacent to both Illin...

Art and the Civil War Era

they played no role in politics. Middle class and wealthy women, particularly married middle class and wealthy women, however, pl...

Jefferson Davis: Civil War and Reconstruction

cessation.4 But, when Mississippi chose, outwardly, to secede he removed himself from the Senate.5 He "hoped to receive a prominen...

American Civil War: Just or Unjust?

Orend points out that the mere threat of war, or mutual dislike and disdain, are not necessarily indicators of war. "The conflict ...

Sophocles, Gilman & Browning/Oppressed Women

finer points of interpretation. However, the general consensus, down through the ages, is that Sophocles main theme had to do with...

The Evolution of the Rifle

from the spiral grooves inside the barrel: this is called "rifling" and is designed to make the bullet spin; it is believed that t...

Rousseau: "Second Discourse"

tribes" (Delaney, 2006). And so we cannot know precisely what Rousseau meant by these definitions. The first part of the Discours...

Julius Caesar: "The Civil War"

to believe that he was the cause of the war (Caesar, 2007). He went so far as to offer to disband his army, provided Pompey did ...

Overview of State Civil Service Systems

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the state civil service system in an overview of employee management. One source is cited i...

The Effects of Society on Human Behavior

This paper addresses various literary works relating to human behavior and society. The author discusses George Orwell's work Sho...

Ideological Comparison of Henry David Thoreau and Frederick Douglass

(Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave, 2001 and See Also Thoreau, 1993). This comparative essay examines ...

April 1862 New Orleans Blockade by Union Captain David G. Farragut During the US Civil War

In ten pages this paper examines this Civil War blockade and what it strategically represented to Northern troops. Eight sources ...

Civil War Memoirs' Analysis of Co. Aytch by Sam R. Watkins and All for the Union by Elisha Hunt Rhodes

participated as a foot soldier for the duration. It details Rhodes impressive ascent through the infantry ranks, beginning first ...

Civil War and Why Northerners Fought

In five pages this paper considers the Northern participation in the Civil War in a consideration of the 2.5 civilian volunteers i...

Government Authority

the government have the right to act? By what measure can one say that an existing government is a rightful one? Hobbess...

Rebellions and Slave Revolts

In nine pages this paper discusses the rebellions and slave revolts that occurred around the U.S. Civil War period as described in...

Conflict and the Civil Service

This research report looks into various strategies to address problems with civil service. One article by Klingner is the primary ...

Slavery and the U.S. Civil War

would have been changed forever. Still, Davis was a leader in his own right. He was the only president of the Confederate States o...

Mahatma Gandhi and Frantz Fanon Fantasy Interview

In six pages this paper presents a mock Nightline interview featuring author of The Wretched of the Earth Frantz Fanon and nonviol...

American Civil War and Baseball

In five pages what would become the great American pastime as it was played during the Civil War is examined. Seven sources are c...

Dred Scott Decision of 1857 and its Impact

hold in favor of Scotts claim (PG). However, the U.S. Constitution did not support Scotts assumption. It was a complicated issue ...

Contemporary US and the Effects of the Civil War

thirty years prior to the outbreak of war, they were limited to a few heavily-populated urban areas. However, during the War, it ...

Two Perspectives on General George B. McClellan

book is not on any one person, but on the war and the period of Reconstruction that followed. Having said that, its still possible...

Two Fraud Cases

Fraud continues to be rampant in the corporate world. Prudential Securities were charged with late trading. A manager for Johnson ...

Issues Related to Investigations

A case study of a woman cashing her deceased mother's checks is the final part of this essay. Topics discussed in essay include Mi...