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of Benjamin Franklin Ferris, 2002). In August of 1861 Ferris signed up to join Captain H. Cook who was recruiting soldiers to go ...

In six pages this paper assesses the Civil War's purpose within the context of Abraham Lincoln's observation 'I claim not to have ...

World War II battles in Across the River and into the Trees, this knowledge came from research and not from Hemingways personal wa...

the vision to build a railroad across the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, and then to continue the railroad across the Unit...

them to finance imports" (Fogel and Engerman PG). South Slavery, because it was so economically viable in the South, would neve...

to. For example, during the Civli War , the Confederacy imposed a national draft (Miller & Faux, 1997). The union would also impl...

suited to fast action and hand-to-hand combat. The jineta saddle has short stirrups that cause the rider to bend his knees, allow...

me the story of my birth even though he wasnt home for the blessed event of his first child and only son. He had joined a local m...

Barrios de Chamorro transform her country into a peaceful nation, but she also abandoned the dictatorship that had heretofore oppr...

Orend points out that the mere threat of war, or mutual dislike and disdain, are not necessarily indicators of war. "The conflict ...

new technology. With these elements in mind, the following paper examines railroads, weaponry, and ironclads as it relates to the ...

from east to west and the number of states was growing with that expansion (Foner and Garraty, 1991). Among the more precipitory ...

had no voice at all. Jefferson Davis accused the North of wanting "an unjust system of legislation to promote the industry of the...

However, there are many tribal and ethnic divisions within these and so, it is difficult for all of them to get together and form ...

General Washington recognized the problems that were at hand and initiated a strategy to correct them. That strategy involved the...

for caring for the wounded (Holder, 2003). For the first time in American history, women were asked to leave their homes and act...

Ordinance was one of the earliest reflections of the importance of the issue of slavery in this nation. There were many more refl...

All five opposed King Richard III and, at various times, were personally accused of treason by Richard. Chapter 2 gives a brief in...

et al, 2000). And the settlers brought diseases with them against which the Indians had no defense, wiping them out in large numbe...

he unravels the various people involved that served under, and aside from, Lincoln. While one could argue that his work, and sourc...

democracies, did not want communism to spread throughout Europe. Both superpowers possessed nuclear weapons and both had the power...

In ten pages this paper discusses the Civil War in a consideration of the impact of events that took place in Kentucky before and ...

describes how and why the disastrous ramifications of the Treaty of Versailles set up the conditions that generated continued conf...

Dr. W. Edwards Deming was a statistician and was asked to help the Japanese government with their post-war census. While there, he...

In five pages this paper compares the similarities of the turning points in each of these stories. Four sources are cited in the ...

was a force with which the rest of the world was to reckon. In light of all the many historical uprisings where freedom was lost ...

In ten pages this paper examines the changes that transpired during G.W. Bush's campaign for the presidency in 2000 and discusses ...

or depicted in the movies or reenactments. The history books generally favor the victor in the battle, not the conquered and defea...

other areas of Shanghai are marked Chinese" (Goodman, 2004). Researchers have discovered that studying Shanghai in particular "sh...

capturing a majority of the popular vote in 15 northern and western states" (Schofield, Miller & Martin, 2002). There were three ...