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Generals Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and Their Differences

General Ulysses S. Grant had far more humble roots than Lee, and as such had a far less traditional and/or formal ideology regardi...

Moralist and Modernizers by Steven Mintz

medical societies of the power to license doctors. Family patriarchs also saw their legal rights diminished. In reaction to this...

Were the Confederate States Manipulated into Striking First by President Abraham Lincoln?

the nations history forever. "We have in this nation the element of domestic slavery. The Republican Party think it wrong - we t...

Confederate Women During The American Civil War

actual goings-on, but also to the major players of the war including confederacy president Jefferson Davis and others such as John...

US Civil War and the Gatling Gun

Benjamin F. Butler of the Union army is generally credited with having been the first company to employ the use of the new technol...

Confederate Black Soldiers

defeats later, which included the devastating defeats at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. The Confederate Congress finally relented in M...

North and South's Strengths and Weaknesses as a Result of the Civil War

In five pages this paper assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the North and South which ultimately determined the outcome of t...

U.S. Civil War and the Impact of Manifest Destiny

war who resented the Union it for the control it tried to place on issues which they considered to be issues of the state and not ...

'Bleeding Kansas' and Prairie Politics

their expedition passed through it in 1804, and further descriptions of the land had been gained from the expeditions of Zebulon P...

Georgia March of General Sherman

In seven pages this research paper examines how these Civil War tactics were a harbinger of the total warfare military concept of ...

Political Reasons for the UK Riots of the 1980s

In eight pages this paper discusses the 1980s' UK riots and considers the reasons for this violent civil discord in a consideratio...

Hosea Easton's Legacy

In 5 pages this paper discusses the achievements of Hosea Easton, an African American abolitionist author in a consideration of su...

Jonathan Swift, Thomas Jefferson, Henry David Thoreau, and Martin Luther King Jr. on Responsibility and Freedom

In five pages the historical definitions of responsibility and freedom and how they have changed are featured in the works 'A Mode...

Civil Disobedience and Socrates

In five pages this paper examines the justifiability of civil disobedience in a consideration of several philosophers and theori...

The Commandant of the Andersonville Confederate Prison Camp Henry Wirz

Henry Wirz, an American Civil War criminal, is evaluated as to the truth of his criminality. Was he a scapegoat? Many details are ...

Times of War, Art, and Music

In eight pages this paper examines the music and art popular during war times in a consideration of Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacc...

Failed Reconstruction Following the US Civil War

two was difficult. Healing did not come quickly or easily. Hatred between the two entities continued to exist. The South did no...

Reconstruction Policies Following the U.S. Civil War

In twelve pages this paper discusses the Reconstruction policies of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson for after the Ci...

Rousseau and Equality Between the Sexes

This research pasper discusses the work of Jean-Jacque Rousseau and how his political philosophy was one of the guiding elements ...

Race Relations, Slavery, and the U.S. Civil War

In twenty five pages this paper examines the slavery and race issues that culminated in the U.S. Civil War and examines the Jim Cr...

John Locke's Political Theory

in their business. On the other side are those who want totalitarian rule, where the people have little say in what goes on. Betwe...

Saudi Arabial and Civil Engineering Construction

In twenty pages UK and Saudi Arabia civil engineering construction businesses are examined and include discussion of the UK's Alfr...

Civil War's Medical Conditions

In seven pages this paper examines the changes that occurred in medicine as a result of the U.S. civil war and how these changes i...

Florida and Education Prior to and Following the U.S. Civil War

In five pages education in Florida during the nineteenth century is examined in terms of the implications of social, economic, and...

Civil Disobedience as Viewed by Henry David Thoreau

In five pages this paper discusses Thoreau's perspectives on civil disobedience as represented in his essay of the same name. Thr...

Spanish Civil War and Internalization

In five pages this paper examines the Spanish Civil War in a consideration of ideological internalizations and how various faction...

Arguments Surrounding the Issue of Prayer in Schools

place for religion in the schools. The debate is heated. First, it should be noted that there are many good reasons for inclusion....

'Original Understanding,' Positivism, Legal Realism, and Natural Law

In five pages this report examines civil liberties and the concept of 'original understanding' as it applies to natural law, legal...

New York's Urban Environments

This 10 page paper describes various experiences in urban environments in New York City. The environments include a factory, a wel...

Martin Luther King Jr. on Civil Disobedience and Nonviolence

In five pages this paper examines King's 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail' in a consideration of the effectiveness of nonviolence an...