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Nineteenth Century America and the Railroad's Economic Impact

In eight pages railroads in the America of the nineteenth century are examined in terms of their history, development, and economi...

Industrialization and the American Economy

In seven pages this paper examines the American economy and increasing industrialization from the mid-nineteenth century until the...

Life in Mexico by Frances Calderon de la Barca II

In five pages this text on early nineteenth century Mexican life is discussed within the context of what it must have been like fo...

Life in Mexico by Frances Calderon de la Barca

In five pages this text's portrayal of nineteenth century Mexican life is examined in a discussion of such topics as social class ...

Slavery Abolition Debates

In eight pages debates during the nineteenth century regarding abolishing slavery are examined in the debates and writings of Walk...

Nineteenth Century South and Slavery

In five pages this paper examines narratives by Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass in a consideration of nineteenth century sla...

How African Americans Were Treated in the US Before and After the Civil War

This paper examines the treatment of African Americans in the United States from the late eighteenth through the nineteenth centur...

The United States and The Civil Rights Movement

equal protection under the law. It later directed that desegregated educational facilities be furnished "with all deliberate spee...

Life and Writings of Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain

night and by day. For about four years, Twain worked as a river pilot. He enjoyed the work which provided constant excitement. He ...

How They Compare 'Ungraded' or 'Multi-Age' Classrooms

This paper consists of 10 pages and chronicles the evolution of school organization from the nineteenth century and continuing wit...

Barbara Novak/American 19th Century Art

"Death on the Pale Horse (1802), oil sketch on canvas, Allstons analysis relates something of his own romantic vision. He writes t...

The Anti-Slavery Movement

that still labored in the homes and fields of the Southern slaveholders. Abolitionists even tirelessly transported illegal cargo....

Day-Age Theory of Creation

While this fact does not indicate that the author of Genesis intentionally used the word "yom" to indicate the passage of billions...

Du Bois & Washington on Education

times, Washington endeavored to alleviate the fears of the white majority by emphasizing that black people were not a threat to th...

Lowell System

single location" (Francis Lowell, 2001). Contemporary commentary on the way in which Lowells first factory seemed to spring up ov...

Crane/Maggie: A Girl of the Streets & Naturalism

in his review of Maggie, vented his "frustration at realism," as he complained that realism "seemed written from the outside" (Gol...

Walker v. Brown, 1862

the jury will find for the defendant (Walker v. Brown). The court is asked to decide the issue of whether or not the plaintiff s...

William Jennings Bryan/Reformer

and borrower (Edwards "The Currency"). During this era, huge deposits of silver were discovered in Nevada, which greatly increas...

Mark Twain’s The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

A 4 page aper which discusses Mark Twain’s short story The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Bibliography lists 4 source...

Mordecai: An Early American Family (Book Report)

North. The business this family chose to engage in, at least eventually, was education. They started a school. The school would be...

Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Depictions of Slaves

the institution of slavery and as such the focus is on slaves, slavery and race relations. That is the theme of the work overall. ...

Bellamy/Looking Backward,

owners of the factories were convinced that there was "no other way in which Society could get along, except that many pulled at t...

Japan, National Goals/1868-1890 & 1890-1912

63). Through incremental decrees, the Meiji government moved toward creating a highly centralized, bureaucratic government. Duri...

Trade Unions, etc.

would rise up and overthrow the bourgeoisie (property owners), in order to establish a socialist state. As this suggests, the po...

Humor in Twain and Barthelme

about a man he knew. Twain immediately presents the reader with the fact that he believes this particular individual may not even ...

Flaubert/Emma Bovary

romanticism prevents her from seeing Charles realistically prior to marriage and her failed expectations cloud her perception of h...

Emotional Changes in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

loves to play and loves to play hooky, desiring to have a good time. However, the adventure comes when Injun Joe becomes part of...

The History of the Financial Markets

slowly and the next major developments moving towards the modern financial markets was the increased use of the corporate status,...

The History of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century

there was nothing else to help to that end. Another important thing that occurred is that in Paris, the doctors would begin to qua...

The Cherokee and the Trail of Tears

forced removal became known as "The Trail of Tears", an event that proved once and for all that no matter what the Cherokee or oth...