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A Book Review of Milton Meltzer's 'Brother Can You Spare a Dime'

In 5 pages, this paper focuses on a popular middle school textbook's exploration of the Great Depression's economic crisis and the...

A History of Racial Discrimination in Portland, Oregon

This paper provides a brief history of legislation and other issues pertinent to race relations in this American city, dating back...

America in Our Time by Godfrey Hodgson

his analysis by discussing the impact that the assassination had on the country. In other words, he shows why this time qualifies ...

Society and American Pop Art

In five pages this paper examines pop art as featured at New York City's Whitney Museum of American Art in terms of history and th...

Different Cultures for Women in America

Women in America do not have a monolithic cultural experience. This paper examines the difference between Chicano and African-Amer...

Recent History of the Textile Industry in America

This paper presents an overview of the American textile industry's recent history in twelve pages with innovations and future plan...

1820s and 1840s Age of the Common Man

to make their own destinies -- to follow whatever dreams they may have kept harbored deep inside for fear they would never be able...

Rock 'N Roll's History

In five pages this rock 'n roll history dates back to the 1950s and considers important contributions by Elvis Presley, Berry Gord...

A Review of The Final Days by Authors Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

In this five paper paper the writer explores the captivating book by Woodward and Bernstein. The focus is the final days of the N...

1898 to 1948 Spanish History

In five pages this paper will examine 5 decades of Spanish history from the conclusion of the Spanish American War until the Secon...

The importance of coffee in social culture in the US

This paper looks at the relationship between coffee consumption and American cultural ideology. The writer explores coffee's histo...

Native American Past and Present Historical Issues

diseases such as smallpox, malaria, measles, cholera, tuberculosis, scarlet fever, whooping cough, mumps, influenza and typhoid fe...

Benjamin Rader/American Sports

of sport and leisure, it seems that Benjamin Rader (2003) does a good job in outlining the relationship between the advent of citi...

US Unemployment

money can help people until they get back on their feet. This program has its roots in the Great Depression when a great deal of p...

Civic Participation According to Schudson

changes in the law, and ... by responses to developments in Europe" (Barone, 1998, p. 92). In the early years of the nation, acco...

Elections Which Have Made History

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

Virgin Mary's Visions and Significance

image they could understand and comprehend. They would envision her in clothing they comprehended and related to, images of heaven...

American Red Cross Finances

but it still manages to use more than 90 percent of donated funds directly for the purposes for which they were donated (American ...

The US and AIDS

2005). At this time it was a very frightening disease or virus or condition because not enough was known about the disease: "It is...

An Oral History of One Woman Presented as an Historical Interview

goin to be trouble from the start. But back then women just didnt speak their minds." Thelma told the story of the mans hiring, ...

History and Implementation of NAFTA

In five pages this paper examines the history and implementation of the North American Free Trade Association. Four sources are l...

African American Artistic and Musical Contributions

In five pages this research paper assesses the artistic and musical contributions of African Americans throughout history in the m...

Origins of Blues Music

society (Nogueira; Bours). The considerable creativity of these people was channeled solely into outlets such as the chant, danc...

An Affirmative Action Overview

In eleven pages affirmative action's history is examined along with the arguments that have long surrounded this programs and some...

To Be Italian American in America

In ten pages what it is like to be an Italian American growing up in the United States is considered in an examination of ethnic c...

Free Banking System in Early America

In five pages this paper discusses American free banking history in a consideration of how the U.S. Mint was created by the Act of...

Thomas Jefferson Featured in 3 Biographies

In six pages this paper analyzes 3 bibliographical texts Annette Gordon Reed's An American Controversy, Virginius Dabney's The Jef...

Communication of Native Americans

should be. Evelyn Thom, born in 1927, provides a view of the traditional jingle dress dance. "We went to the round dance...

The Evolution of Federal Native-American Policy

the tribes in Illinois had already signed treated which essentially given their land to the state. In light of this he pushed and ...

Boston Massacre and the Massacre at Kent State University

113 guardsmen to fire tear-gas in order to disperse the crowd (1996). By that time, the crowd was equivalent to about one thousan...