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from the spiral grooves inside the barrel: this is called "rifling" and is designed to make the bullet spin; it is believed that t...

own language. "Indian" is the name Christopher Columbus gave to the natives he met when he came to the New World, believing he was...

But it raises a lot of questions for the future. How did events alter the perception of Americans as the U.S. started its journey ...

rationalized by President Theodore Roosevelt on the grounds that the U.S. had an "obligations to intervene elsewhere in the Wester...

"The French had a certain kind of openness and warmth that they exhibited towards minorities that was just unexplainable. You woul...

become the commander of the Rough Riders. President McKinley asked for men to become volunteers, with Roosevelt one of the...

The writer discusses the efforts made by the U.S. during the Cold War to win other nations to its view. The methods discussed incl...

a reputation for brilliant cavalry tactics, was elected the leader of all the Klan organizations, with the title of Grand Wizard (...

that "their Southern brethren" supply "material aid" (An appeal to the south, 1865). Their cause was bolstered by bloody acts like...

equality to all its citizens. Historians have argued that the U.S. was doomed to fight the Civil War when it wrote a Constitution...

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

them to the most rigid scrutiny. Pressing public necessity may sometimes justify the existence of such restrictions; racial antago...

onslaught of German forces, Russia released their prisoners, asking many Poles to come out in force in support of the Russian acti...

2005). There were increased attacks and counterattacks, which increased as white settlers moved onto Sioux lands (Sioux wars, 200...

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

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

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

p. 15). Financial backing is one of the most critical components of such an objective. The U.S. Agency for International Develop...

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

red interior, which contrasts with the white exterior of the car. Like the car, Ripley has a seemingly "spotless" exterior, but hi...

This 6 page paper gives an overview of the fight post Civil War for African American equal rights. This paper includes the formati...

This paper is on "yellow journalism" and "muckraking," which are styles of journalism that were popular in the late nineteenth/ear...

This paper pertains to various issues in American history, which range from Washington to the War of 1812. Eight pages in length, ...

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...

This book review focuses on Scott Martell's "Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West," which descri...

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

Christianity was based upon a vast compilation of both positive and negative influences acquired from the short-sightedness of pow...

Western expansion. This expansion was regarded by White Americans as Manifest Destiny, while Native Americans viewed it, and right...

DNA testing and the overturn of convictions, two thirds of Americans still support capital punishment ("The Death Penalty - Americ...

simply a money making venture that serves to create a larger divide between social classes. Alexander and Roberts note that the...