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Historical and Legal Perspectives on Federal and State Citizen Equality in America

The concept of equality and how it has been reflected legally throughout American history is the focus of this sixteen page paper....

Davy Crockett's Frontier Life

married to Polly Finley, and as he would later wryly comment, he had proven himself "better at increasing my family than my fortun...

Latin American History and One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

In 5 pages this paper examines the history of Latin America as it actually existed in a comparison with the period spirit evoked b...

America in Our Time by Godfrey Hodgson

his analysis by discussing the impact that the assassination had on the country. In other words, he shows why this time qualifies ...

Recent History of the Textile Industry in America

This paper presents an overview of the American textile industry's recent history in twelve pages with innovations and future plan...

Different Cultures for Women in America

Women in America do not have a monolithic cultural experience. This paper examines the difference between Chicano and African-Amer...

Charles Chaplin in Movie Made America: A Cultural History Of American Movies by Robert Sklar

In five pages this paper discusses the Hollywood contributions of Charlie Chaplin as featured in this text by Robert Sklar. Four ...

History of American Currency

experiences a period in which it competes with a second currency as a medium of exchange ... During an episode of dual currencies,...

A Book Review of Milton Meltzer's 'Brother Can You Spare a Dime'

In 5 pages, this paper focuses on a popular middle school textbook's exploration of the Great Depression's economic crisis and the...

An Investigation of American Airlines

The company problems plaguing American Airlines are the subject of this paper consisting of twelve pages and includes a brief corp...

The Great Depression History Firsthand by Dennis Nishi Summary and Review of Dennis Nishi's “The Great Depression (History Firsthand)”

the stock market crash of October 1929 that blindsided everyone even though there had been disturbing warning signs surfacing week...

Society and American Pop Art

In five pages this paper examines pop art as featured at New York City's Whitney Museum of American Art in terms of history and th...

1820s and 1840s Age of the Common Man

to make their own destinies -- to follow whatever dreams they may have kept harbored deep inside for fear they would never be able...

New Deal of Franklin D. Roosevelt and its Influence on Cyclical American Presidential History

In three pages FDR's New Deal is considered in an examination of U.S. presidential cyclical timing and how it both defined and con...

A History of Racial Discrimination in Portland, Oregon

This paper provides a brief history of legislation and other issues pertinent to race relations in this American city, dating back...

Industrialism: Impact Upon The United States Population

who effectively directed the masses. According to Perry M. Rogers, author of Aspects of Western Civilization: Problems and Source...

Bennett: "Before the Mayflower"

North and South" (Bennett). Bennett pays a good deal of attention to detail, explaining the position of Blacks in ancient civili...

A History of Foreign Language Curricula in American Schools

of the world speaks languages other than English. Hence, there is good reason to speak the language. Yet, American public schools ...

Ballet

of her toes), wearing the bell-shaped white tutu that is, for many, the enduring image of the ballet dancer" (Webb, 2006; 41). ...

Southwestern Cuisine

of spiciness (Cuisine, 2006). "Chiles form the base form the base for the red and green sauces that top most northern New Mexico d...

Thoreau/Civil Disobedience

American people, Thoreau argues that the government "does not settle the West. It does no educate" that it is the American people...

Rauchway/Murdering McKinley

that Roosevelt succeeded in causing the majority of Americans and many historians to forget about McKinley in the wake of Roosevel...

John Moretta/William Penn & Quaker Legacy

historiography of Penn scholarship to-date. However, it would have been enlightening and perhaps made his text more appealing to h...

The American Novel

slavery and freedom. The main character is Huckleberry Finn and he simply wants to help out his friend, the runaway slave. But, ...

“The American Indians”: A Critique of the Web Site

cell phone. There are numerous other hints, however, that "The American Indians" web site is more of a commercial site than a tru...

Internal Migrations

own language. "Indian" is the name Christopher Columbus gave to the natives he met when he came to the New World, believing he was...

Algeria, the Army and Independence

named Colonel Hourai Boum?di?ne told the Algerian people that it was the armys mission to defend the Algerian culture while at the...

19th Century American History

slavery, a trend which leads towards the development of Sectionalism in the Southern states. 1830s: Southern states begin to seek ...

How to Reduce Infighting in the Bicameral Political System: A Modest Proposal

at the bicameral system that dominates American politics. Conventional wisdom has held that there are truly only two political par...

Progress Comes at a Price: American Civil War

notes, "Serious scholars still debate whether the Civil War was necessary" (Kagan, 2005; B07). At the same time one can speculat...