Essays on American History

The battles of Lexington and concord fought on April 19th started the American Revolutionary war. The fighting started on the Lexington Green and soon the British were hastily retreating under intense fire. Many more battles followed, and in 1783 the colonists formally won their independence....

On June 17, 1972, President Nixon was accused of sending five men that worked for his presidential campaign to break into the Democratic Party headquarters to avoid impeachment. Once the Watergate scandal was solved, it truly left behind major long-term and short-term impacts that changed...

Andrew Jackson announced “It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.” As a major political power in the United States during his presidential reign from 1829-1837, Jackson himself can be seen...

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 allowed government to relocate native Americans to the west of the Mississippi river in promises that the government would support them and compensate for their loss. While majority of the native Americans went voluntarily, others fought and/or didn’t take...

Fear is a dangerous state of mind that can consume anyone and anything. Fear has the capacity to drive people to take extreme actions in attempts to eradicate the perceived threat at the root of their fear. The Cold War Era thrived on the western...

The role of the international trade in the American foreign policy before the year 1914 can be divided into two major facts other than the major points mentioned in the book’s chapter for the past two decades, and this was according to the journal published...

Were the U.S. actions during the early Cold War consistent with U.S. values? Yes, because the U.S. had the idea to defend themselves by saying big threats if the Soviet Union would fight the U.S. The US government was given the order to give out...

Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the “World” newspaper was the main competitor against Will Randolph Hearst, publisher of the “Journal” newspaper. This struggle to be the best would later start the issues that lead to the Spanish-American War. The yellow kid comics were first sold to...

Introduction Who invented the Transcontinental Railroad? Well, from my research I learned that Asa Whitney made the idea of the Railroad and Theodore Judah created the Railroad and Aba Lincoln helped make it all happen. In the Railroad, there were lots of Laws, Dangers, and...

Historians’ viewpoints about the factors that lead to the Spanish-American War changed over time because different presidents, professors, naval officers and even journalists had different takes on it at different time periods. Like anyone would have different point of views on the topic, the documents...

There is no doubt that Andrew Jackson had a strong hatred for all Indians during his era. His hatred was so strong that he made the removal of these tribes one of his main priorities. Jackson thought the absolute worse about the Indians and acts...

Introduction The concept of a moral compass can be quite the subjective realm when considering the management of a nation. Take for example the decision by U.S. president Harry S. Truman, to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, ending the Second World War. Even more...

The documentary starts off by stating that Cuban rebels were taking back their rights and oppression from Spain after 400 years. Many thought that America would get involved and help Cuban fighters. On February 15th, 1898, a US battleship was blown up as a result...

In the mid of the 19th century, The Dream of the Westward expansion was moving closer to reality overcrowded cities with migrants, and the doctrines of Manifest destiny were extremely promoting for the idea of westward expansion and exploring the western frontier. Beginning with the...

Throughout the history of the United States there have been many horrible events, in my opinion, the most tragic of all was the Trail of Tears. Also known as the Indian Removal Act, it took place at the beginning of the 1800’s. In the eyes...

Wilsonianism and the legacy of Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of United States of America, serving from 1913 to 1921. His thinking was based under three main concepts: foreign policy should serve to broad human concerns rather than selfish interests, the objective...

Is enough ever enough? A happy employee of any company who has job satisfaction in activity, wages, and benefits will change companies if offered the same job with better wages and better benefits. A Fortune 500 company is not likely to hire an candidate for...

The factors that have led to American involvement in imperialism are military strengths, new markets, and the trust of cultural superiority. The whole reason for the Spanish American war is because of the Cubans wanting their freedom from Spain, imperialism growing and lastly the sinking...

California’s history goes back many years and has evolved in so many ways. California is a well-populated state that, by being multicultural but also rich in various resources, appeals to the masses. There was plenty of space for capital, job opportunities, and expansion of land...

The Gilded age began after the conclusion of the Civil War and Reconstruction. It spanned starting from the late 1860s until the late 1890s. The Gilded Age is defined as the time period that the United States economy and population grew rapidly. It brought along...

In the mid 1800’s, the Pacific Railway Act was signed by President Lincoln towards the end of his term with hopes to connect the eastern and western hemispheres of the United States by a railroad. The breakout of the Civil war had conflicted the ideas...

Gformer reliance on British supplies (The Truman Doctrine: Containing Communism with Modernity). It can be argued that it was the combination of political and economic vulnerability that led to increased foreign intervention in Greece, which is true because the EAM/ELAS, the EDES, and the KKE...

Ever since the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, where the former ‘Thirteen British Colonies’ declared independence as the United States of America; the American founding fathers laid down a concrete and categorical national policy that was sustained for...

In 1784, Patrick Henry proposed a general tax on Virginians to support teachers of Christianity for the benefit of the common good. In response, James Madison wrote the Memorial and Remonstrance in 1785. In the document, Madison argued against the tax proclaiming it was a...

Henry David Thoreau was an American Icon who was an essayist, poet, and etc amongst his life. He wrote this essay and later presented it as a speech he delivered to an audience in Massachusetts. Brown with 21 other men who were abolitionist raid on...

There were many individuals who contributed to the advancement of America during the industrial revolution. Most of these individuals were labeled either robber barons or captains of industry. Captains of industry typically led in truthful, hard-working ways to the nation. However, the robber barons were...

With industrialism looming and the first transcontinental railroad on the verge of completion, the notorious Collis P. Huntington laughed all the way to the bank as he had just invested in the railroad-building venture that would begin one of the most oppressive monopolies in American...

Some 19th-century industrialists UN agency were known as ‘captains of industry’ overlap with those called ‘robber barons’. These embody individuals like J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Andrew W. Mellon, Henry Ford, and John D. Rockefeller. There was a time in U.S. history when the business...

How are people to judge thier nation’s hero’s actions from the past? There are two choices to decide how we see a person, by the standards of the past or of the present. One of American nation’s important figures of the past David Crockett falls...

“Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori”, which translates to “It is sweet and honorable to 1 die for the fatherland”, is the phrase said by Director Dalton Trumbo at the end of the film, Johnny Got His Gun. During WWI, United States had the...