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to. For example, during the Civli War , the Confederacy imposed a national draft (Miller & Faux, 1997). The union would also impl...

finally received the freedom they so desperately wanted. When the Reconstruction Period arrived, it looked as though blacks were ...

North and the more rural, ante-bellum Old South. Most historians agree that, in addition to the concept of slavery, vast d...

the vision to build a railroad across the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, and then to continue the railroad across the Unit...

contention was that the black slave lived in a state of oblivion to his position of being owned as property and was almost complet...

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

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

in time between release of the hammer and the subsequent explosion, which resulted in inaccuracy (Reid 167). After a number of exp...

This 14 page paper comprises brief essays on various topics in U.S. history from 1877 to the present. Topics covered include Roose...

In seven pages this paper examines the fall of Ft. Donelson, Tennessee in this consideration of the Civil War and how this along w...

In fifteen pages this research paper examines the reasons behind Martin Luther King's opposition to the war in Vietnam in a chrono...

Lafore. In this text, Lafore gives his interpretation as to the causes of World War I. In this tome, Lafore gives the reader a v...

In five pages this paper discusses the U.S. Civil War in a consideration of the history of conscription or the draft and its decli...

This research report looks at the American Civil War and how knowledge is acquired through letters written during the time period....

All five opposed King Richard III and, at various times, were personally accused of treason by Richard. Chapter 2 gives a brief in...

et al, 2000). And the settlers brought diseases with them against which the Indians had no defense, wiping them out in large numbe...

been various "military revolutions"-new ways of thinking about warfare that have caused complete changes in the way combat is cond...

Orend points out that the mere threat of war, or mutual dislike and disdain, are not necessarily indicators of war. "The conflict ...

democracies, did not want communism to spread throughout Europe. Both superpowers possessed nuclear weapons and both had the power...

In ten pages this paper discusses the Civil War in a consideration of the impact of events that took place in Kentucky before and ...

he unravels the various people involved that served under, and aside from, Lincoln. While one could argue that his work, and sourc...

had no voice at all. Jefferson Davis accused the North of wanting "an unjust system of legislation to promote the industry of the...

However, there are many tribal and ethnic divisions within these and so, it is difficult for all of them to get together and form ...

First World War, and similarly beggared the ability of contemporaries to imagine its sweep, duration and consequences."5 For one...

new technology. With these elements in mind, the following paper examines railroads, weaponry, and ironclads as it relates to the ...

from east to west and the number of states was growing with that expansion (Foner and Garraty, 1991). Among the more precipitory ...

of civil rights had something to do with the win. Boller puts it this way: "Truman...waged the kind of campaign, according to jour...

Ordinance was one of the earliest reflections of the importance of the issue of slavery in this nation. There were many more refl...

for caring for the wounded (Holder, 2003). For the first time in American history, women were asked to leave their homes and act...

Barrios de Chamorro transform her country into a peaceful nation, but she also abandoned the dictatorship that had heretofore oppr...