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Florida's Reconstruction Era and the African Methodist Episcopal Church of Reverand Robert Meacham

blacks, who were primarily former slaves, Meacham and other representatives from the AME Church fought the governmental process to...

The Vietnam War and Counterinsurgency Tactics by the Americans

who had been defeated not as much by a superior foe but an irresponsible American government. Many factors came into play ...

U.S. Civil War and Maneuver Warfare

would support the opposite, namely, a "slow, feeble, disorganized attack" (Hughes, 2002). He also explains this strategy based on ...

Interrogation Rooms and the Mandatory Presence of Cameras

it mandatory for video and audio recorders to be in the interrogation rooms. This would aid in preventing excessive coercive pract...

Marriage from a Colonial Perspective

writes in Marriage to a Difficult Man: The Uncommon Union of Jonathan and Sarah Edwards, "The Puritans loved robustly and gave mar...

1930s' Decline of Great Britain

Imperial rule of the colonies was being demonstrated, perhaps over confidence following the 1857 mutiny which had been put down, w...

The Beggar's Opera and the Criminal World of Moll Flanders Compared

them. There was no such thing as government agencies in those days that would provide help for these children. In this novel, Mo...

1775 to 1840 Legal Status of Native Americans and African Slaves

bequeathed to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783 came much sooner" (Holt, 2002). In 1787, the Northwest Ordinance m...

Fertility Art of Ancient Times

forms. This Snake Goddess--who shakes two snakes as an animal sits on her head--may have been used as part of this ritual" (Anonym...

A Civil War Personal Account

of Benjamin Franklin Ferris, 2002). In August of 1861 Ferris signed up to join Captain H. Cook who was recruiting soldiers to go ...

Slavery Reparations and African Americans

times a day (82). Food is an interesting consideration. Other documentation on slave diets is rather dismal. This subject creeps i...

China's Rule of the Seas Report

account of daily life for the people in Ming China. One can actually visualize their lives and understand some of the ordinary tr...

Ethnic Groups in the United States

views. Generally, the idea of ethnic or racial tolerance takes two approaches; in the one, acceptance consists of ignoranc...

1900 to 1921 Foreign Policy of the US

came to be the inciter of "a series of huge blows" (1995, PG) that would endanger the very presence of capitalism as it existed in...

War and Escalation of Violence Such as Rape

committed with the intent to destroy a particular group, in this case the Tutsi. The Akayesu is interesting as well because it ha...

Africa's Native Foods

to be so necessary for proper development of the physical body and freedom from disease. The Neurs especially valued the livers of...

A Civil War History of Devil's Den Action

Online 2002, PG). Of the nine principles of war that were used in this particular battle, the one most used was that of objective...

The Seventies and 2000s Compared

lib became quite the rage and Gloria Steinham spoke about issues which many thought were radical, obscene, and downright anti-fami...

Physical Punishment, Child Labor, and England in the 1800's

and these changes, perhaps more so than any other factor, manifested themselves in part in the manner in which children were expec...

Radar's Role in World War II

the war" (Heywood, 1998; history.html). This lab was only one division of National Defense Research Committee (NDRC), for "in Jun...

Australia, Alcohol Consumption and the Impact of Combining Advertising and Sports

"total years of life lost to disability (YLD), with depression accounting for 8% of the total YLD" (Mathers, et al., 2001; p. 1076...

John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, the Great Dust Bowl, and Families

and set off to search for a way to survive. They were a people, a family, that illustrated how "The movement of people on the Plai...

Hannah Foster's The Coquette

Eliza was unable to decide between her two suitors, the attractive but...

Analysis of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

and how do his views regarding death change throughout the course of the play? Why Does Hamlet Die at the End?...

Man and Icon John Wayne

a football player. Ford then told Duke to "try to tackle him" (PG) and Duke attempted it but was thrown roughly to the ground. W...

A Fictitious Account of a Five Day Natural Disaster

though several bombs had exploded. The streets were virtually impassable with debris and broken glass and there were overturned c...

Banquet Scene and What Macbeth Actually Saw in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

prophetic apparitions make appearances(Shakespeare & Supernatural). One of the most climactic scenes in the play is the banquet ...

Civil Rights and Law Enforcement

loopholes that allowed law enforcement officials to turn the other way during a white-on-black lynching), stories such as Janes we...

Theodore Roosevelt's Early Life and the Rough Riders

area in 1649 (The Archives: Theodore Roosevelt, 2002). His mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, was a Georgia native who supported th...

'The Plague' of Albert Camus

Rieux, who is preoccupied with the departure of his ill wife to a sanatorium, finds a dead rat. This event heralds the onset of on...