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Process of Electing American Presidents

the Electoral Vote (which is formally ratified upon completion of the election). The problem is, however, that based on this syste...

Impact of the Dred Scott Decision of 1857

contention was that the black slave lived in a state of oblivion to his position of being owned as property and was almost complet...

Relations Between the Soviet Union and the United States and the Truman Doctrine

nations of World War II as destinations for possible conquest. In response, that leader, Josef Stalin, grew to hate and mistrust t...

1955 to 1975 Feminist Movement Rebirth

participant within the workplace was but one aspect of feminism between 1955 and 1975; however, along with it also came undesirabl...

Ethnicity, Race, and Religion in the United States

It is always important, essential even, to keep in mind the fact that American society is a pluralistic society in which diversity...

Disagreeing with the Assertion That Modern Latin American Neoliberalism Results in Democratization

that the concept of democracy is conspicuously absent from this equation. By its very nature, neoliberal policy is responsi...

American Trucking Industry and the Effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement

cost thousands of US jobs. None of those unions has been as successful as the Teamsters, however (No truck with free trade; NAFTA...

Character Building and the Boy Scouts

exciting manner. Working to complete various projects so that they can receive titles and work up through the ranks, these boys l...

Gelsey Kirkland, Ballet Dance Artist

seductive powers of the imagination at an early age. In her candid autobiography, Dancing on My Grave, she recalled, "In crossing...

Anton Shammas and Being a Palestinian in America

of that pool of your created, acquired and invented memories" (Shammas 24). A.s Palestinian father belonged with the roughly 800,...

Puritanism and the English Civil War

be fired (Crossby, 2002). Upon a discovery that the Scots had been making plans with the French he again decided attack wit...

Overview of the Death Penalty in the U.S.

The Death Penalty, 2002; p. 22). They offer up the following questions which plague the country in regards to capital punishment: ...

'Amerka, Amerka' by Anton Shammas

(ICA), Shammas was literally forced to view some "nature" while in the Southwest, which resulted in what sounds like a miserable t...

Contemporary American City Development

and the turn of the nineteenth century, there would not be any significant economic policies, although it helps to remember that t...

A Fictitious Company Ships to the UK

The shipping of goods from the Far East is the subject of this report. Its fictitious company is considering five ports in America...

Victorian Age Hypocrisy and Advice

In five pages the hypocrisy of advice and attitudes in America during the Victorian era pertaining to women's sexuality is discuss...

The Gilded Age by Mark Twain and the History it Reflects

In five pages this paper considers America following the Civil War and how this time period is reflected in Mark Twain's The Gilde...

American Explorer John Ledyard

In five pages the eighteenth century Pacific explorations of John Ledyard are considered as are his expulsion from Russia after at...

US Family Myth

In five pages this research paper considers the American family ideal in an analysis of 3 essays from the Rereading America multic...

FDR's New Deal and 1935's National Labor Relations Act

In ten pages this paper presents an historical overview of the New Deal legislation enacted by the administration of President Fra...

Financial Information for America Online

In a paper consisting of five pages company ratios and a balance sheet are used in an examination of America Online's financial st...

Enlightenment Ideals and Military Theory

In twenty five pages this research paper examines how late 18th century military theory was profoundly influenced by the Enlighten...

Honor Thy Father by Gay Talese Critically Analyzed

In five pages the Cosa Nostra in America from the Bonanno crime family perspective as represented in Talese's 1971 text is the foc...

US Women and the Effects of Divorce

is most prevalent. The societal expectation has become that divorced life is less satisfying than married life. Divorce is assoc...

U.S. Social Fabric Up to 1840

the country (Abrahamson, 1990). This sharp upsurge in the number of immigrants put a great fear into those who were born on...

Old Values in The Sovereignty and Goodness of God by Mary Rowlandson and A Model of Christian Charity by John Winthrop

In ten pages this paper examines old beliefs and values and how they impacted upon behavior as revealed in these two texts from ea...

Ghana's Astante Group and Healing Practices

In eight pages the Asante of Ghana are examined in terms of their religious and medical practices with a comparison between those ...

One Hundred Years of Political Action in the United States Between 1900 and 2000

In five pages this report considers political action in America over a hundred year period in a consideration of political parties...

Three Leaders, Tecumseh, Jefferson and Columbus

was 14, leaving him 2,750 acres in land and numerous slaves. Between 1760-1762, Jefferson attended the College of William and Mary...

West's Rise and Bulliet et al's The Earth and Its Peoples

In five pages this paper discusses the West's rise in a consideration of this 1997 text by Bulliet et al that includes the Atlanti...