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History of the Civil Rights Movement in America

the Union. It was Lincoln who had endorsed the Reconstruction plan, but Congress was far more cautious. Congress determined that...

Technological Advancement and Janet Abbate's 'Inventing the Internet

much stayed on one plot of land for much of their lives, passing the land to the children when they died. Then the children grew u...

Westward Settlement and Environmental Effects

Americans from the land). In addition, during the early part of the century and by Congressional Act, the U.S. forbid fore...

19th Century Developments and the Relevance of Social Darwinism

Darwinism. Old ways were questioned but there was a caveat. Suddenly the mainstream had an excuse for their past and present bruta...

Nationalism, Conservatism, and Liberalism During the 19th Century

laws, economic structure and political processes all supported maintaining this hierarchy. During the early part of the 19th cen...

Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre

for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as me...

Nineteenth Century America

the 19th century that lead us to argue that it was isolationist we look at some of the significant historical events from that tim...

Immigration to Nineteenth Century America in 'The First Great Wave'

of the time were the primary motivators for virtually all of the immigrants to the United States. The example of the Irish serves ...

Labor and Public Activism of Women

duties of men" (Craik 5). Craik argued that women already had a position, a role, and a work-based duty, that was the underpinnin...

Romantic Art and English Painter J.M.W. Turner

In ten pages this nineteenth century artist's life and art are the focus of this report with his music in paint Romanticism the pr...

Fukuzawa Yukichi's Influence

This of course would serve to weaken the state, thus giving the Western nations a way to step in and take control of Japan. As h...

A China Foot-Binding History

In this paper of six pages the questions of how and why foot binding is practiced in China are answered and the changes since the ...

A History of Bausch & Lomb

Historic information about this well known company is relayed and current information is also provided. An analysis of this firm t...

Three Robber Barons

financial gods (Himick, 2004). According to Himick, Morgan had such power over wealth, if he said someone had money, that person h...

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Writers Compared and Contrasted

work, Candide, is a direct commentary on the search for lost spirituality and humanity, which typifies the eighteenth century writ...

The Lowell Offering Writings by New England Mill Women, 1840-1845 by Benita Eisler

In nine pages this report considers the lives of women who worked in fabric mills in Lowell, Massachusetts during the mid nineteen...

The Social Construction of Gender in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper examines Shelley's novel as a metaphor for social issues of the nineteenth century. This five page paper has one sourc...

Life and Military Achievements of Sudan's Muhammad Ahmad Ibn As-Sayyid' Abd Allah

In seven pages this paper examines the life and major military accomplishments of the Mahdi nineteenth century leader of Sudan. F...

Andrew Jackson vs. Henry Clay by Harry L. Watson

In five pages the political battles of these two highly competitive nineteenth century leaders are detailed in Watson's text. Two...

3 Film Adaptations of Frankenstein

In five pages a review of 3 interpretations of Mary Shelley's Gothic novel are compared with the nineteenth century text with plot...

Contemplation in Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth and Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson

with his family, he finds himself reminiscing about his adventurous past, and nature encourages his ruminations: "It little profit...

19th Century Changes in Turkey and Egypt

In six pages the changes that took place in Turkey and Egypt during the nineteenth century are discussed. Six sources are cited i...

The Issue of Adultery

wants to hear about it. In addition, cliches such as "The grass is always greener on the other side" abound, and did not become ...

'Ode on a Grecian Urn' and a Dissection of John Keats's Prose

In eleven pages this essay explicates Keats' nineteenth century poem in a consideration of life experiences, language, and poetic ...

Nineteenth Century Inventions

Inc., 2003). As an example we note that such inventors of the Middle Ages "could not generalize from a water wheel to the theory o...

Women's Rights Movement and Contributions of the Antislavery Movement

In response to this exclusion, the first ever convention was held to discuss womens rights, and this took place in Seneca Falls, N...

Nineteenth Century Surveyor and Contemporary Map Inventor William Smith

rocks carefully and diligently (University of California/Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology). While examining the rocks, Smith had ...

1834 Bermuda

Indians but most were brought forcibly from Africa (Bermuda History, 2003). Typically, they were used as domestic servants but we...

U.S. Era of Free Banking

when the bankers there allegedly established free banks in hard-to-reach locations - locations "where the wildcats roamed" (Dwyer,...

Feminism as Seen in Gilman's, The Yellow Wallpaper

to appear more frequently. Eventually she locks herself in her room and tears the paper from the walls (Gilman, 1996; Yim, 1996). ...