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Kenneth Stammp's The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

of Negroes were literate." Slavery had given few opportunities to develop initiative or to think independently. A writer for Harp...

An Examination of American History from 1865 until 1920

as some type of punishment. According to Burkin (1999), the question of the black "freedmen" was also a thorny one. Some politic...

Ending Slavery with the Civil War

was overthrown by the election of Abraham Lincoln, aristocrats in the South refused to accept the public will (1999). Southerners...

Combating Philosophies and the U.S. Civil War

In five pages this paper discusses how the U.S. Civil War was the result of competing philosophies of states rights vs. a centrali...

Fort Pickens and Fort Barrancas

construction of Fort Pickens (Lufkin, 2002). In January of 1861, the Federal military presence in Pensacola was minimal, consisti...

U.S. Civil War and Major Political Figures

not assumed principal position during this, the bloodiest fight of the entire American Civil War. "Lee hoped an invasion would fu...

U.S. Civil War Gen. Joseph Hooker

chose to split the Confederate army into two groups, nonetheless. "Lee left 10,000 men under Jubal Early, while he and Thomas Ston...

Causes of WWII/Pacific Theatre

was a republic, led by the Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek. Due to the fact that there was serious opposition to his government...

US Civil War and Women in Combat

the importance of such an exhibit runs far deeper than merely providing a source of interest for a curious community, because it u...

US Civil War and the Westward Expansion

had been a part of the Southern way of life for 200 years and they people believed it was a part of their culture (Leidner, 2000)....

U.S. Civil War and Reasons for the South's Loss

that served as the primary reason that numerous white Americans were able to participate in other interests and occupations withou...

Myths and Reality of the U.S. Reconstruction Period

in the end, a worse war swept into the South, full of empty promises for social reforms, which never materialized. For a good whil...

Progress Comes at a Price: American Civil War

notes, "Serious scholars still debate whether the Civil War was necessary" (Kagan, 2005; B07). At the same time one can speculat...

Art of Slavery

Their purpose was to have Parliament abolish slave trade, rather than declare slavery to be illegal. As an incremental play, this ...

Electronic Health Records and the U.S. Military

Accompanying records may have been blown away in a downdraft from a helicopter as the soldier was transported out of Baghdad, but ...

United States and Azerbaijan 2004 National Security Strategy

a national infrastructure, including law enforcement and anti-terrorism military, aided by the U.S. Resolving these issues...

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...

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...

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...

New York City Draft Riots of 1863

of the rioters, which was directed at African Americans, possessed the mob with such ferocity that they lost all sense of humanity...

American Attitude Foundations

appointed to non-elected stations. Winthrop was certain that God had made a covenant with the settlers and that the world would b...

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...

American Civil War and its Inevitability

This 5 page essay presents the writer/tutor's argument as to why the American Civil War was unpreventable and could not be avoided...

Discussion Questions on American History

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at American history. Discussion questions are answered in short essays about civil righ...

Essays on American History

In a paper of four pages, the author reflects on some questions about slavery and the American Civil War. The author looks at the ...

The American Civil War and Modern Warfare

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the American Civil War. Modern aspects such as civic participation and the use of a...

The Civil War and the Factors Leading Up To It

There were many circumstances that combined to eventually cause the outbreak of the bloodiest war in American history....

Slavery A Precipitating Factor in the Civil War

While it certainly wasnt the only reason, slavery...

U.S. Military and Organizational Behavior

answers are rather complex but the gist of the arguments are that in battle, one has to trust the other members. Men live in close...

The 'Other' America in Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here

This paper consisting of five pages investigates the environment that two young African American boys experience in their Chicago ...