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Thomas Jefferson, Slavery, the Civil War, and 'the American Dilemma'

of effecting what is right" (The American Dilemma). There are many factors that can be cited as the cause for the Civil...

Major Issues and Debates Leading to the American Civil War

gin (Faragher et al, 2000). He invented the machine in 1793 and it proved so successful that by the mid-1830s cotton was "King" in...

Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Historical Context

1852.5 Stowes portrayal of the cruelty of slavery generated "horror in the North and outrage in the South," as Southerners perceiv...

Causes and Effects of the Mexican-American War

north (Lee, 2008). Many Americans agreed and moved to what was then the "Mexican province of Texas" (Lee, 2008). Furthermore, they...

The Injustices of World War II: Japanese American Internment and Atomic Bombs

hatred and prejudice was not the result of anything they had done but rather the result of the physical and cultural differences b...

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 ...

War on Terrorism and American Engagement

a tremendous and detrimental way as to completely overshadow the others victory. The Task Force was meant to bolster the desire f...

A Review of The American Civil War The Last Capitalist Revolution

a moderate scheme of emancipation with compensation for the former owners" (Moore, 1993, 118)....

Issues and Compromises During the American Civil War

of slave states and free states. A compromise was worked out regarding the admission of Missouri to the Union. The Missouri comp...

'The Mutilation' Known as the Mexican American War

Santa Anna had been dictator prior to the war, but was forced into exile with the Gadsden Purchase. The military was fairly perma...

American Involvement in the First World War

of those were Americans. The passenger ship, the Sussex met a similar fate (Kunhardt, 1999). Still, Wilson refused to budge, hon...

Don Higginbotham's 'The War of American Independence'

south which were somewhat removed from northern involvement for the south was primarily a place wherein the people could see both ...

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...

American History Themes of Imperialism and War

now begun to build an empire: it has territories such as the Philippines and Puerto Rico, and the invasion of Iraq, many speculate...

The Mexican-American War

obtained (Lee). There were places that the new Americans wanted desperately, places like California and while the government tried...

America's Interest in the Spanish-American War

In fourteen pages this paper examines the economic and expansionist motives the US had for entering the Spanish-American War of 18...

Healthcare of African Americans After the Second World War

Hitler, especially during the Olympics, the United States may well have had to save face, and actively illustrate how they believe...

Second World War and American Women's Roles

Iin eight pages this paper examines US women's roles during the war effort with factory workers and nurses among the topics explor...

Analyzing Homeward Bound American Families in the Cold War Era by Elaine Tyler May

This 1988 text is analyzed in six pages and include the factors that fueled the enforcement of traditional and gender roles that r...

Spanish-American War, Yellow Journalism, and Publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst

I. THE SCANDAL OF YELLOW JOURNALISM It was, perhaps, the most devastating event to occur with regard to journalistic integr...

African American Military Regiments During the US Civil War

In eight pages this report discusses the nearly 200,000 African American soldiers that fought during the US Civil War after Presid...

James K. Polk, the Mexican American War, and the Dark Legacy of the 'Dark Horse'

An even greater surprise followed the first when the dark horse won the race for the Democratic Party and became the eleventh pres...

American and Apache Wars

lived by hunting and fishing; they diversified into many different climatic regions and separated into a number of discrete societ...

Latin America and Caribbean Post Spanish American War Involvement of the US

In six pages this paper discusses the post Spanish American War involvement of the United States in Haiti, Santo Domingo, and Puer...

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...

1989's Spanish American War

noted how relations between U.S. and Spain had seriously deteriorated, and that with increasing unrest of the Spanish-Cuban War no...

American Foreign Policy and the 'War on Drugs'

obstacles. Americans have grown accustomed to the status quo" (Nadelmann, 1993, p. 41). The situation is quite different across ...

The Cold War Years of 1945 to 1963 on the American Homefront

In a paper consisting of five pages the effects of the Cold War in America are considered and include the atomic bombing of Hirosh...

Pre Second World War to Postwar 1950s American Theatrical Progression

In ten pages this paper examines topics such as actors, costumes, and scenery in a comparison and contrast of the developments tha...

Discrimination in the American Military and Its End During World War II

Point would be the training site for the 51st and 52nd Defense Battalions. Ironically, these combat units never actually saw comba...