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Spain and the Impact of the Spanish-American War

Spain erupted in Cuba in 1895, America was not directly involved but they felt a protective need to send reinforcements after the ...

America Changes 'Her' Mind in the Year 1991

sponsored by the National Cable Television Association. Of course there were many other studies done, but these made headlines bec...

Veterans of the American Revolution

no easy accomplishment for these men or their families; indeed, significant psychological considerations had to be made as a means...

Analyzing the Society Division of Labor According to Emile Durkheim

In twelve pages Durkheim's text The Division of Labor in Society is examined within the context to lynchings in the American South...

Secession as a Harbinger of Conflict

Civil War historians believe that a majority of Americans felt that forcing the South to remain in the Union when it felt it was n...

Relationship Between the Philippines and the United States and the Impact of the Spanish-American War

In eight pages this paper discusses the Philippines' acquisition by the United States in an overview of the Spanish-American War o...

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 ...

Blood Passion by Scott Martelle

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

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...

U.S. Miltary Public and American Foreign Policy

There is no question that a significant number of tax dollars have been used to militarize the Middle East, in addition to the pay...

U.S. Definition of Patriot and Patriotism

his actions toward the Islamic faith with patriotism. Condotta stated, "Its an issue of patriotism...the Islamic religion is so.....

Post Civil War African Americans

blacks as second class citizens. After the Civil War, blacks earned the long-awaited right to vote and even hold office. Some le...

U.S. South Before the Civil War, Slaves, and the Role Played by Religion

conditions as they relate to the white man instilling religion into the slaves of the South. "In the 1780s, Methodists--who repr...

5 Questions on the Revolutionary War Answered

country in regards to what direction the nation should take. "[C]onstitutional issues lay at the bottom of the dispute. Andrews, f...

Nationalism in the United States and the War of 1812

newspaper, entitled Appeal to Reason. When the book was finally published in book form, it instigated a pure food movement, which ...

Pilots, Paratroopers and World War II

idea had a great deal of potential, the war ended before he ever really got to try it out (D-Day Introduction, 2002)....

Expansion of Europe and the Resulting Disease and War

the Native American soil, they turned into the very element of persecution from which they escaped; not only did they segregated t...

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...

1637's Pequot and English War and its Influential Factors

In eight pages this 1637 conflict between the Pequot Native Americans and the English are examined in a consideration of the facto...

Questions on American History

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

Equal Rights for African Americans

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

"Music Within," The Story of Richard Pimentel

This essay presents a movie review of "Music Within," (2007, directed by Steven Sawalich). The film stars Ron Livingston as Richa...

Significance of Cold War Ideolgies

In a paper consisting of 5 pages American beliefs and ideals that were strongly held prior to the Cold War are examined. There ar...

The Commandant of the Andersonville Confederate Prison Camp Henry Wirz

Henry Wirz, an American Civil War criminal, is evaluated as to the truth of his criminality. Was he a scapegoat? Many details are ...

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...

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...

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 ...

Women in the American Revolution

was developing. But, when her husband was taken it was very hard for her to do nothing. She constantly ended up battling with the ...

The Mexican-American War

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

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...