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the world" (Faragher et al, 2000, p. 550). Raw materials and finished goods could now be shipped all over the country. The Cumber...

were taken without what was now a deeply ingrained sense of restraint. Revolutionary warfare was simple and to the point....

2007). These events were The three most important events that led up to, and caused it, were "the Boston Massacre, The Boston Tea...

to love scholarship and excelled. Though John did love the church as well, he found there was far too much controversy taking p...

exceptions, but there were not many. WWII changed all that. As every able-bodied man not involved in defense development o...

of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of th...

foreign war" (Nachbar). In 1941, the House of Representatives the measure to continue the military draft passed by a single vote ...

propaganda; they raised money for the army and to support the new government ("About this book"). Berkin shows how they ran farms ...

elected to the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governors, Senators, and Congressmen. Black faces dominated the state legislatures...

predominant mindset of manifest destiny that set the stage for the many abhorrent actions that were yet to unfold in Native/White ...

the proliferation of entertainment and leisure. Films, plays, restaurants and night clubs are a part of the landscape. After th...

Interestingly, however, although we looked to our mother country for that support, little was forthcoming. The early years of the...

to not only stay afloat but to allocate sufficient funding for the identification and colonization of various new lands which were...

the year 1774 arrived. The smell of war began to be pretty strong, but I was determined to have no hand in it. I felt myself to be...

single women over the age of twenty-one and widows had the power to make contracts and hold property in her own name (22). A marri...

more democratic, liberal and capitalistic visions of the 19th century (Wood 95). With republicanism we see that such things as ine...

settled the Chesapeake the reasons were not so simple or peaceful. One author provides us the following in relationship to the rea...

There were also conflicts between the Australian Imperial Force and the militia troops, who had hastily been drafted when it becam...

well as the rising tension of the competitive race between the teams from the East and the West" (Rochman, 1998, p. 908). By the ...

were clearly relevant. During the American Civil War, some of the techniques were used. However, cavalry would not perform trad...

states and what free states could join the Union in order to maintain a balance wherein slave states never had the upper hand it s...

to come from the time period, the many things we take for granted in graphic arts would not be available. Of course, there is anot...

Cubas position in the Caribbean has made it attractive to non-natives for centuries. The Spanish gave it extra attention in the 1...

USS Monitor is heralded as "the most famous of all American warships" largely because of its rotating turret, but in early March o...

deal to do with the fall of the South as well. The belief was that British debt holders that supported the South ended up taking t...

record of communication between Semmes and his superiors. Boykin, in his Preface, also thanks the Alderman library at the Universi...

civilized nation. While historians blame Grants lackadaisical resolve to enforce Reconstruction laws, that slavery was ever sough...

of Yeoman Households" notes that in standard anti-bellum society, the white male plantation owner was the prime owner of everythin...

know that he was a slave and until he was old enough to experience the suffering and see the suffering endured by others. This ...

Nor was it uncommon for these "belles" to become involved in politics, which would have been unheard of before the war (Clinton et...