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Foreign Affairs During the Civil War

the same year the prisoners were released. It did set the stage for tensions, especially when one considers that the South really ...

Colonization, Economic Development, Geographical Distinctions and the American Civil War

Geography is also important because, as noted, the North had become industrialized. Almost all of the industry was located there, ...

Social Movements and Their Impact

communities, working alongside men, often doing the same work, and ultimately forging a nation. But, by the Victorian Era women we...

The Entry of the United States into World War II

support for joining the war. Although it seemed as if the U.S. might become involved, the Americans were quite happy with Europe f...

Florida in the Civil War

"twelve infantry regiments, two cavalry regiments, a handful of artillery batteries, and a variety of smaller organizations" (Cole...

The Evolution of the Rifle

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

Avoiding the Civil War

adjacent to the South would be slave states (Faragher et al, 2000, p. 256). Then in 1819 Missouri, which is adjacent to both Illin...

Slave Life in the South before the Civil War

occasion, "his master had the nails of his fingers and toes beaten off" (Blassingame 331). A slave who accidentally bumped a white...

Slavery A Precipitating Factor in the Civil War

While it certainly wasnt the only reason, slavery...

The Civil War and the Factors Leading Up To It

There were many circumstances that combined to eventually cause the outbreak of the bloodiest war in American history....

Essays on American History

In a paper of four pages, the author reflects on some questions about slavery and the American Civil War. The author looks at the ...

The American Civil War and Modern Warfare

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...

American Civil War and its Inevitability

This 5 page essay presents the writer/tutor's argument as to why the American Civil War was unpreventable and could not be avoided...

Discussion Questions on American History

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

African Americans' Involvement in the American Revolution

This essay uses research to discuss the experiences of African Americans who enlisted in the British army in order to obtain their...

James Longstreet and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

well he might be, since three of his children died that winter of a fever, within a week of one another (Shaara). He is a good sol...

Kansas and Slavery

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

An American Shame - The Ku Klux Klan

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

Blacks and Their History as Guided by Reconstruction

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

No Civil War: a Retrospective

choice. There were very few people left who believed in the old slave system at that time. If the North had not brought the war to...

African American Studies: Definition

job of delving deeply into the historical and cultural foundation of racial discrimination during the slave trade by effectively i...

Criminal Justice System and Discrimination

fact, that although blacks represent only thirteen percent of our national population they represent some thirty percent of those ...

Meanings of Racial and Ethnic Histories

in the nation. Unlike groups that came over with money, Africans came without even clothes on their backs. They were chained and s...

African Americans and Differential Law Enforcement Treatment

the subsequent verdict has divided New Yorkers. Since the young, Haitian immigrant was riddled with bullets by police, there have ...

The Health Care System in the United States and Access by Black Americans

have deleterious effects on the health outcomes of the residents in these areas. Many researchers have arrived at the same conclus...

History and Contemporary Issues of African Americans

the population. The issue of environmental justice is one of great importance, since peoples health is at stake. "Environmental j...

American Economy and Racism

Shawki argues that the slave system resulted in the accumulation of wealth and the parallel development of capitalism in both Amer...

Early American History Law Contradictions

independence brought the final break with Britain (Holton, 2000). Further, it was the refusal of these same individuals to joint t...

Civil Rights in the Nineteenth Century

to move to the back, and when he refused, would go to court. The court essentially ruled against Plessy, rendering segregation val...

From Slavery to Freedom by John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss Jr.

of race riots and voices rising in protest, led by such African Americans as W.E.B. Du Bois. An ad placed by the NAACP in several ...