Essays on American History

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...

The book and subsequent film Eight Men Out both portray one of the lowest points in professional sports in American history. Popularly known as the Black Sox Scandal, it involved members of the Chicago White Sox baseball team allegedly taking money from gamblers in exchange...

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,...

In his novel The Demon in the Freezer, Richard Preston addresses the American public’s increasing concern about the threat of terrorism after the events of 9/11. As the anthrax scare began spreading through the country, people became more fearful about what might happen next. This...

For the abolitionists and intellectual opponents of slavery during the 19th century, fruitless sympathy from the “enlightened” liberals of northern states was simply not enough. In the literary works “Benito Cereno” and Our Nig, authors Herman Meville and Harriet E. Wilson argue that sentimental sympathy...

Many new social institutions were implemented during the progressive era as a way to better society by help minorities and those less privileged. As a result of these beliefs becoming widespread, things such as public education reformation and other equality driven movements began to gain...

Stephen Oates’ description of the reasons of the horrific Civil War clearly elaborates on the examples that contributed most to the making of the war. His description of slavery makes it clear that the United States was a country that believed in freedom; hence could...

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 novel A Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn, narrates the history of the rulers, conquerors, leaders and also the history of the oppressed and slaved individuals. In the first three chapters, the story talks about the discovery of America during the...

Giles Corey was a prosperous, uneducated, eighty-year-old farmer and full member of the church. He and his wife Martha lived on a farm in the southwest corner of Salem village. Martha Corey, his wife, made a mistake of questioning if the girls accusations were sincere....

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....

Mexico gained independence from Spain and declared itself a nation in 1821. The relationship between the United States and Mexico began as a peaceful one. During the 1820’s Mexico encouraged American immigrants in hopes of attracting new settlers to its northern areas. An increase in...

The transcontinental railroad increased greatly in the Westward expansion in the United States during the 19th century. History of the United States has been obstructed by England in so many ways. In the 1800’s the railroad which was developed in England had a huge impact...

Reconstruction was the endeavor to remake and change the South , monetarily, and socially after the Civil War, and to refashion race relations all through the country. Students of history of the period have concentrated on five inquiries: What situation was trying to alter and...

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...

“My father, with tears in his eyes, tried to smile as one friend after another grasped his hand in a last farewell. Mama was overcome with grief. At last we were all in the wagons. The drivers cracked their whips. The oxen moved slowly forward...

Native Americans were adapted by American colonial expansion from the year 1785 to the year of 1829. They experienced the lack of beliefs, property, and underwayed mending made by whites to all throughout improve the Native Americans that were terribly affected them. Most of...

When Sarah Cloyce and Elizabeth (Bassett) Proctor were arrested in April, they were brought before John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin at a meeting in Salem Town. John Alden, William Proctor John Flood, Mary Toothaker and her daughter Margaret Toothaker, and Arthur Abbott. Within a week,...

This passage is about the way the civil war started, and how the economy was when it had started, and how it had ended. The civil war started in the northern and southern parts. But had been started on different parts of the United States....

George Walker Bush better known as George W. Bush was the 43 president. Bush was elected as president in 2001. He stayed president until 2009. George Walker Bush was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on July 6, 1946.Bush was the oldest child of 6 children...

While America had many battles and wars the Civil War was one of, or if not the most important wars ever. The Civil War defined what kind of nation America Would be. It also changed the lives of slaves forever and set the tone of...

Military The U.S. has four “foundational” agreements that it signs with its defence partners. The Pentagon describes the agreements as “routine instruments that the U.S. uses to promote military cooperation with partner-nations”. American officials have stated that the agreements are not prerequisites for bilateral defence...

Many circumstances and events led to the American Revolution, but the relationship between Americans and British had worsened overtime from the First settlement with Christopher Columbus and the beginning of the American Revolution. During the beginning when the colonist first arrived the Americans and British...

The Montgomery bus boycott was not a small event in the History of the United States, it was a focal point of massive changes in culture and law. Desegregation and equality followed in its footstep and has made the country more free and unified. The...

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...

Shoshone They traditionally speak the Shoshoni language, part of the Numic languages branch of the large Uto-Aztecan language family. The Shoshone were sometimes called the Snake Indians by neighboring tribes and early American explorers. Their peoples have become members of federally recognized tribes throughout their...

The Battle of Saratoga The Battle of Saratoga was an important purpose of the American Revolutionary War. It established to the globe that the Yankee army was a strong combating force that was capable of defeating the dominant British force. As a result of this...

Land ownership was the desire of many individuals moving west across the United States in the nineteenth century. A person who obtained the initial title for a parcel of land in the public domain states, such as Arkansas, was issued a patent—that is, a deed...

During the 1600’s, there were many similarities and differences between the Northern and the Southern colonies. For example, two differences that they had were the climate and growing, also their economy. A similarity was their relationship with the Native American. Throughout the struggles that the...

President Wilson lead to the establishment of the League of Nations but was unable to guide the United States into this general society of states. Because the International Commission for Air Navigation was originally linked with the League, it became a reason for the United...