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Evolution of the Nation

In addition, "[M]ost of the major railroads failed" (Panic of 1873, 2005). While the public tended to blame the government, the c...

The African American Dream of Equality

and essentially left the white population of the nation still ignoring the impact of history concerning the African American peopl...

"The Child's Bath" by Mary Cassatt

naked toddler in her lap, as she gently washes the childs feet in a basin. Both the dark-haired child and the dark-haired mother a...

Diane Ravitch, Her Views on American Public Schools

countrys leading educators and has been a vocal advocate for both testing and accountability initiatives in the public schools. A ...

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...

The Story of Filippinno Emigrants

This essay provides an overview and analysis of American Son by Brian Roley, how the adolescent sons react to the great changes an...

“How to Write the Great American Indian Novel” by Alexie

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Alexie’s “How to Write the Great American Indian Novel”. An explication is carried ...

Internal Migrations

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

Thoreau/Importance of Wilderness

requirements of the wilderness can be defined as the "difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony" ...

Gordon S. Wood/The American Revolution

policies enraged the colonist who saw them as encroachment on their traditionally established liberties. What the British saw as t...

Terrorism/Comparing Countries

the threat of bio-terrorism (Dammer and Fairchild 304). France : France, also, has long had to cope with terrorism, as the Frenc...

California's Marginalized Migrants

truly present itself as a state that truly marginalized such people. While California had always been a state, not unlike any othe...

Electricity and Benjamin Franklin

2005). It is interesting to note that Benjamin Franklin often invented things that he felt were good for all people and thus sho...

Events and Key Players of the American Revolution

colonists from making their own money. The Stamp Act placed taxation on almost all paper product goods: "all printed materials are...

Capitalism Fuels Colonial Expansion

the scene may seem sublime, it can be interpreted as a depiction of contrast between cultures. In the foreground stands the Europ...

Baseball Being Ruined by Steroids

national pastime" (Small, 2005, 6). National pastime or not, however, baseball is no less susceptible...

1865 to 1945 American Economy

Today, people know when they put their money in the bank, it is insured by the government, at least up to a certain amount of mone...

Macroenvironment and the Impact of Family

During the Depression, people simply made do with what they had. There was little if any excess income in most families, and peop...

Great Depression Entertainment

The radio was an important entertainment form. Television, in contrast, was just beginning to make its entry into the American ho...

Cultural and Political Autonomy Preservation Struggles of Native American Leaders

the Europeans who had invaded Native American lands. The English to whom we most often attribute the negativities of history in r...

The Myth of Er and Scipio's Dream as They Relate to American Society

not go to reincarnation necessarily, but rather to the idea that death does not end life. On the other hand, New Ageism, Buddhism,...

Robert E. Lee and Ulysses Grant

In twelve pages the lives and experiences of these great American generals are contrasted and compared. Six sources are cited in ...

Amerian Society and Economy as Presented in John Ford's Stagecoach and Ann Banks' First Person America

of such changes that occurred during the 1930s. A number of the First Person America interviews focus upon the sharp class consci...

The Depression of the 1930s and Black American Artists

noted that in historic cultures that functional objects, often had a decorative component. The works of these artists f...

American Dream Vacation in the Hawaiian Islands

Flowers are everywhere and people wear leis or flower necklaces in Hawaii. Hawaii has Polynesian culture with the luaus and the H...

Great Britain and the Incidences of Suicide by Hanging

method of suicide was increasing. The main increase in this group can be determined by age. Those under 45 showing the biggest inc...

The UK and American Multinationals

part of the European Economic Community. It s seen as an inevitability that the single market will go ahead and it is a matter of ...

Cherokee Influences on Colonial Settlers

This paper addresses Native American Culture and its impact on colonial American society. The author discusses various ways in wh...

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...

Peter Novick's That Noble Dream American Historical Profession

In five pages this paper critically examines the text and the views expressed by the author within. Twelve other sources are cite...