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President Polk and the Mexican/American War

U.S. settled the Oregon boundary dispute, annexed Texas and "gained about 1.2 million square miles of land, over one-third of its ...

Cause & Effect/Sexism

children (Briffault, 1927, p. 1415). This was the rule across Europe until the coming of Christianity and patriarchy. Patriarcha...

Storytelling in Two Native American Novels

Jimmy thinks back to his childhood. At any rate, it is a startling introduction to life as Jimmy and other Indians live it. It al...

Schlesinger's "The American As Reformer"

the American Dilemma was Jeffersons vacillating indecisiveness when it came time to act upon his previous condemnation; as such, t...

Kelly's Expanding the American Dream

able to construct homes inexpensively (Kelly, 2004). Additionally, he would bypass union workers for those who came at a lower pri...

The American Influence on Saudi Arabia

very different than what American women are used to experiencing. Hence, there had been a fear of Americans because of their liber...

B.T. Washington & W.E.B. Du Bois

from high school early, received an undergraduate degree from Fisk University, accepted a scholarship to attend the University of ...

African and African American Heritage by Oscar Brown Jr.

This paper examines this work, also referred to as Drum Street, by Oscar Brown Jr. There are no other sources listed....

Social Darwinism in American Thought by Richard Hofstadter

In five pages this paper presents an analysis of Richard Hofstadter's philosophical consideration of 19th century Social Darwinism...

American Dream in Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

In two pages Sister Carrie is examined in terms of the American Dream and Carrie's social climbing. There are no other sources li...

Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, Henry James' The American, and Subliminal Religion

In 6 pages this paper examines how subliminal religion is represented in these two American novels. There are no other sources li...

Benjamin Franklin and F. Scott Fitzgerald on the American Dream and Morality

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Franklin and Fitzgerald presented morality and the American Dream in a comparative analysis of...

American Family's Decline

probabilities of marrying and remarrying have decreased, cohabitation outside of marriage has become common, and rates of separati...

Incompatibilities of European and Native American Cultures

many tribes and it was this same clan system which provided guidelines in areas of political and social organization. Clans serve...

Charles Chaplin in Movie Made America: A Cultural History Of American Movies by Robert Sklar

In five pages this paper discusses the Hollywood contributions of Charlie Chaplin as featured in this text by Robert Sklar. Four ...

History of American Currency

experiences a period in which it competes with a second currency as a medium of exchange ... During an episode of dual currencies,...

US Government and the Native American Influence

In five pages this paper examines how the Iroquois in particular influenced how the US government evolved in a consideration of Ex...

Veterans of the American Revolution

no easy accomplishment for these men or their families; indeed, significant psychological considerations had to be made as a means...

American Illiteracy

In five pages the U.S. illiteracy problem is examined in a consideration of causes and such relevant issues as classroom overcrowd...

20th Century Latin American Artistic Theme

In five pages this paper examines the importance of Latin American themed art during the 20th century in a consideration of the wo...

American Painter Norman Rockwell

In eight pages this paper examines 'America's painter' artist Norman Rockwell. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

A Corporate Financial Analysis of American Home Products

In this paper consisting of eight pages ratios, gross margins, profit margins, interest coverage, and returns on sharholder's equi...

American Dream in Death of a Salesman and The Great Gatsby

as "The Jazz Age." When not numbing themselves with superficial pleasures, young people were pursuing the American Dream, as tran...

'Second American Revolution' in the Form of the Civil War and Reconstruction Period

This topic is argued in five pages with supporting evidence presented. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Japanese Americans After World War II

In six pages this paper discusses the social problems associated with the US interment of Japanese Americans during World War II a...

Julia Alvarez, Italian Americans, and the Immigrant Experience

In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares an interview with an Italian American with How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent by ...

African American Author, Historian, and Sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois

In five pages this paper discusses how being a black man influenced the perspectives of W.E.B. Du Bois with his text The Souls of ...

American Soldiers and Impact of Testing Nuclear Weapons

In ten pages the nuclear testing that occurred from 1945 until 1963 are examined in regards to the health consequences on those U....

Overview of The New American Workplace by Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt

gains in productivity, as they once did, by merely "moving down the learning curve" (8). With this point in mind, the authors disc...

African American Conservatism in the United States

In five pages this paper examines African American conservatism in the United States with Republican presidential primary candidat...