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Davy Crockett's Frontier Life

married to Polly Finley, and as he would later wryly comment, he had proven himself "better at increasing my family than my fortun...

America in Our Time by Godfrey Hodgson

his analysis by discussing the impact that the assassination had on the country. In other words, he shows why this time qualifies ...

U.S. Constitutional Rights and Minorities

degree throughout the 1950s and 60s. Although 46.4% of all American women between the ages of 18 and 65 now work outside the home,...

American Hotel Industry Changes

law and it is enforced by the Wage & Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). This Act was amended in 1940, 1947, 1949...

History and Uses of Total Quality Management

In forty two pages this paper examines the history of TQM, the models of Juran, Baldrige, and Deming, and implementation experienc...

Overview of Suburbanization and Its History

In nine pages suburbanization is defined in this overview that includes its causes and topics such as economics and race. Seven s...

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown

In five pages this report examines the history of the massacre at Wounded Knee and how the author increases reader awareness of is...

Future Lessons in the Past Story of Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown

since the first European stepped foot on Native soil. Since its "discovery", most often credited to Columbus in 1492, to the curr...

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...

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...

Is the California Dream Over?

place he established were treated as little better than slaves, and lost their autonomy. So the cost of bringing the "white mans" ...

Tattoos in American Culture

circus freaks, bikers, and other marginal people" (Bell, 1999, p. 53). In addition, shows like "L.A. Ink" and "Miami Ink" have pop...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

1898 to 1948 Spanish History

In five pages this paper will examine 5 decades of Spanish history from the conclusion of the Spanish American War until the Secon...

History of Mathematics Education Research Outlines

In five pages 5 outlines of one pages discusses individuals with learning disabilities and how they have been accommodated in this...

Native American Issues

In six pages issues of land, leadership, and health as they pertain to Native Americans throughout the course of history are discu...

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...

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...

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...

Islamic Militarism Since 600 A.D.

of Toledo. Bypassing Spanish Christian survivors that were huddled in the mountains of northwest Spain, Muslim armies pushed on an...

Stereotypes and Class

the continued existence of racism also has an effect on the African Americans, and this effect is to make them highly aware of rac...

Math Through the Ages, A Gentle History

as, in this case, devising symbols for replacing long strings of tallies. In this section of the book, the authors present math ...

African Americans' Involvement in the American Revolution

This essay uses research to discuss the experiences of African Americans who enlisted in the British army in order to obtain their...

Comparative Analysis of Chinese American, Black American, and Native American Experiences

This paper consists of five pages and contrasts and compares the socioeconomic, historical, and ideological factors associated wit...

Early 1900s' South to North African American Migration Compared with European Americans' Movement

laborers, domestic servants, families - all made the monumental decision to search out a better life. Regardless of the quest for ...

1st Generation Indian Americans, Chinese Americans, and Japanese Americans

traditions and societies" (Said, 1979, pp. 45-6). Nakashima (2001) touches upon an issue that has long eluded multicultural...