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American Liberty, 1820-1877, Overview of Issues

This research paper/essay discusses various issues in American history pertaining to liberty. This includes the factors that led u...

Liberty Men And Great Proprietor The Revolutionary Settlement On The Maine Frontier, 1760-1820 by Alan Taylor

is his exemplary way of addressing the how these longstanding conflicts stood to ultimately establish and characterize Americas ec...

Trends in Late 19th Century US History

This paper presents an overview of five trends in American history that occurred after 1877, industrialization, expansionism, prog...

Irish American Influence on American Culture

society, so much so that the Irish ultimately became "more American than the Americans in their appreciation for the blessing of c...

African Americans and the Civil War's Effects

Lincoln, and Northerners in general, are popularly seen as advocates for the black race. However, what is less well-known is that ...

A History of Jews in America

She corresponded with Grace Aguilar, a Jewish British theologian; Fanny Kemble, a British actress; Catherine Sedgwick, an American...

Brief Essays on U.S. History

This 14 page paper comprises brief essays on various topics in U.S. history from 1877 to the present. Topics covered include Roose...

Reading Analysis of Cary et al, Eds.' The Social Fabric

doing, they demonstrate that each group that collectively contributed to the American "quilt" had to face enormous hardships. By d...

American Industrialization: 1877-1920

qualifications to be president, except that he looked like one," took office (Faragher et al, 2000, p. 669). A Republican who turn...

Pennoyer v. Neff/Attachment of Land

Neff does not appear in court (Shecket). Having won his suit, Mitchell knows that Neff will be getting some land because he file...

Analysis of the Effects of the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction on Racial Equality and Federal v. States Rights

particularly concerning territorial expansionism; effective deterrent of despotism; and greater efficiency because concentrated e...

The Reconstruction Period of American History from 1865 until 1877

the emancipation of slaves (Burkart, n.d.). * Radical Republicans had another idea, those 11 states should be reverted to territor...

Overview of the 1865 to 1877 Era of Reconstruction Following the U.S. Civil War

became tenants and landlords (Ruef and Fletcher, 2003). Slaves who escaped this fate were still unskilled and had to take jobs f...

1820 and 1850 Compromises

states and what free states could join the Union in order to maintain a balance wherein slave states never had the upper hand it s...

Analysis of The Missouri Compromise

After the Civil War, slavery was over, though of course prejudice against African-Americans remains to this day. The historical i...

North and South Implications of 1820's Missouri Compromise

In five pages this paper discusses how the Civil War may have been the result of the simmering North and South tensions that resul...

1820's Missouri Compromise

has to be stated, the Southern States are given monumental, if not moral, reasons for ceasing and desisting from this abhorrent tr...

Nineteenth Century and Greek Revival Architecture

"National Style" got its start - and finally ended during the latter part of the 19th century - in Philadelphia (Pollock, 2002)....

Terrorism and Wartime criminal law

an individual may initiate a private lawsuit, that is, in regards to "contracts, injuries, real and personal property and family r...

Issues in U.S. History

This research paper consults Eric Foner's "Give Me Liberty" to discuss various issues in U.S. History, such as the nature of liber...

Years Following Civil War

The years between 1865 and 1877 were known as the Reconstruction era because the country was trying to recover and rebuild after t...

Changes in America, 1877-1900

the cities were no longer small enough to be "walking cities" (Chapter 19, 2005). In addition, in a move that we still see today, ...

Boston: 1877-1960

the most powerful in the area in the early part of railway history. It is noted that, "The B&M came under the control of J.P. Morg...

Spurgeon's Lectures

they must learn and use good English because if they use poor grammar the audience will remember that and not the Gospel lesson th...

Effectiveness of Labor Strikes

In six pages this paper evaluates labor strike effectiveness in a consideration of potential damage such as the 1877 Buffalo rail ...

US and a History of the Women's Suffrage Movement

movements, such as slavery and temperance3. Following the Civil War, womens rights leaders hoped to receive universal suffrage, an...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and the Fugitive Slave Act

examine the realities of the time and thus see the attitudes of Twain. First we see that Huck is very disturbed by the fact that J...

U.S. Civil War and Styles of Reconstruction

how Presidential reconstruction was focused on rapid healing, and then discusses how Radical reconstruction was aimed at designing...

Paul H. Carlson's The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877

endeavor and not one that was expected to take very long. However, this routine project turned into a disaster primarily becaus...

U.S. Civil War Reconstruction Era

who had succeeded (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, ...