Concentration Camp- a large number of people, mostly political prisoners or minorities. Deliberately imprisoned in uninhabitable facilities in a very small area. The prisoners are forced labor and awaited execution. The first concentration camp started in 1895 by Arsenio Martinez Campos, the camps were set...
Cotton was often considered the foundation of the Confederacy. The question this essay will examine is ‘To what extent did cotton affect the outbreak of the Civil War.’In order to properly address the demands of this questions, this paper will explore events and economic factors...
Jonathan Edwards straddled two definitive eras in American history: the hardline beliefs of the Puritans he was raised by in the Connecticut Valley and the freethinking, logical reasonability of the Age of Enlightenment (Norton Anthology 396). These ideas are blended fascinatingly in Edwards’s Personal Narrative,...
There is a common misinterpretation that is continually perpetuated in America today that the civil war was solely waged to free and aid the slaves. Yet the Union’s proclamation of emancipation was a catalyst to winning the war for the cause of keeping the states...
The ways European colonization impacted in the early modern period were the circulation of peoples, plants, animals, goods and diseases. The discovery of the new world opened doors to the Columbian exchange which shaped the modern world through the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution. Once...
Emerging from World War II, was a 46 year conflict known as the Cold War. This war was again between the two most famous antagonists – the United States, and the Soviet Union. In February of 1945, the Yalta Conference took place. Instead of planning...
Coming from a foreign country to migrate to a new one is not always easy. In fact it is not easy at all. The struggles of moving from a place you are so used to, to being received into a place that will “ give”...
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....
African-Americans served in the civil war, because of this they had to of had some sort of effect on the war. In this essay, I will be showing how, and giving multiple examples of how African-Americans indeed affected the civil war. This essay will go...
5th Generation Warfare is not new, revolutionary or a novel invention. It is part of the human experience. In the xGW framework, it is defined as “the secret deliberative manipulation of actors, networks, institutions, states or any earlier generational warfare forces to achieve a goal...
The Christian Herald and Signs of Our Times was founded in England in 1878 by Joseph Spurgeon, cousin of the popular British preacher Charles Spurgeon, and Michael Baxter, Anglican minister and evangelist. Since its founding the Herald coupled apocalyptic fervor with an emphasis on social...
Langston Hughes’ spectacular flair for poetry began on February 1, 1902 when he was born in the small town on Joplin, Missouri. Through Langston Hughes contribution to poetry, he truly inspired a generation of children and adults alike to follow the meaning in his poetry....
Track and field may seem like it’s boring and a waste of time. No one really wants to sit around in the hot sun just watching random people run as fast as possible. Believe me that no one will intentionally put themselves in this position....
You might wonder what it was like to travel in the early and mid-1800s. What did Pioneers struggle with in their 2,000-mile trip to Oregon just for fertile soil and a good amount of rain. In this essay I will discuss about the landscape in...
After four years of conflict, the first World War was finally over. Americans emerged with economic prosperity and cultural change known as the “Roaring 20s”. America’s economy boosted drastically. US troops were back from World War I and with women entering the work force meant...
The American Dream is an idea that America gives the opportunity for anyone to succeed, however, success itself is defined by the individual. The accessibility of this idea that was once the pinnacle of living in America is being challenged, but should it be? The...
Throughout many years there has been a debate on whether the US should lower the drinking age to 18 or have it remain it at 21. In the 1980’s the drinking age was raised to 21 to decrease the number of fatalities occurring and to...
The Revolution of 1800 was a conflict of two political ideals between Thomas Jefferson and John Addams and the result was a compromise of who became president after the election of 1800. The United States presidential election of 1800 was the third presidential election, the...
The beginning of the Era of Good Feeling started after the end of the War of 1812 (1812-1815) which caused there to be a high rise of nationalism in the people. There was a big economic impact from the war shortly after it had ended....
Many people in the United States do not even know that we had a war in Korea. It is often referred to as “the Forgotten War”. It occurred shortly after World War II and is often overshadowed by the Vietnam War. I interviewed my grandpa...
Living in a society propelled by growth certainly has its advantages. Today, we are blessed to have the internet. The times of heading off to the library to take out books, and talking with an attendant at a desk for their aid in researching topics...
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...
Beginning in the 15th century, many countries around the globe were in need of specific resources to prosper and create a highly-developed society. However, there were no forms of an exchange of goods during this time. This catastrophe led to a highly-valued method of transportation...
Did you know during the dust bowl people’s homes were covered in dust therefore they could barely see the floor? The dust bowl affected many people and their everyday lives. Passage 1 is Letters From the Dust Bowl by Caroline A. Henderson, passage 2 is...
While the idea of venturing to the “New World” began to spark interest amongst the English, in the 1600’s upon many of their rivals they began to settle and expand their grounds. They created colonies along the eastern border of the United States, such as...
In her two decades as a playwright, Suzan-Lori Parks has tackled American history from many angles; while she shuffles themes of race, family, death, and time between each of her plays, they are all linked by the common structure of what she calls her “Repetition...
Reconstruction refers to the period following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States. It was a time of great pain and endless questions. The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 signed by President Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in the Confederate states and later all slaves...
At the heart of the US Constitution is the right to free speech, where citizens can voice opinions and debate issues without any fear of retaliation from the government. In addition, other rights such as the pursuit of happiness and a minimum level of protection...
Hundreds of women posed as spies for the Civil War, on both the Confederate and Union sides. These women are arguably some of the bravest people in American history, who took great risks to do anything they could to stand up for what they believed...
John Winthrop and Thomas Paine each hold remarkable places in early American history and strived to establish liberty in the British colonies. John Winthrop, dying nearly a century before Paine’s birth, led the Reformed Protestants to the New World, pursuing an “errand in the wilderness.”...
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