Essays on Government & Politics

Mexican Americans often wore zoot suit consisted of high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders that displayed their culture. These zoot suits were often worn by Mexican American youths and were attacked because of it. People...

The zoot suit became a common sight in the 1930s and 1940s, with many African-American and Latino youths making it the suit of choice. In the same period, the zoot suit gained even more popularity, but this time for the wrong reason; they were associated...

To a significant extent, it can be agreed that the attitudes and atrocities committed towards Mexican American youths of California – ‘Zoot Suiters’, by the main-stream groups during World War II, were discriminative and biased. Despite the Mexican American involvement in the war effort, they...

The days beginning June 3rd up to June 8th of 1943, a series of conflict took place in Los Angeles, California in which was eventually called “The Zoot Suit Riots”. It was a culmination of cultural differences between Mexican-Americans who have been living in the...

In the film ‘Wall Street’ directed by Oliver Stone, and the play ‘Macbeth’, written by William Shakespeare, it is shown that corruption plays a large role in the lives of everyone. To begin with, the director and playwright both suggest that the ambitious easily are...

On June 3, 1864, the Union and Confederate armies met on a battlefield in Cold Harbor, Virginia. The Confederates were well entrenched and prepared to mount a defensive stand. The Union soldiers on the other side of the lines were preparing for an attack that...

Hiram Ulysses Grant, most commonly known as Ulysses S Grant, was the United States of America’s eighteenth president.  Grant was born on April 27, 1822. When Grant was growing up he attended schools in Georgetown, Ohio. When he wasn’t at school, he was working on...

Ulysses S. Grant’s full name is Hiram Ulysses Grant. He was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio on April, 27, 1822. He was the son of Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson Grant. His father was a tanner and a business man. He was the eldest...

There are numerous different qualities that someone would want to have and acquire to be recognized as one of America’s major generals during the Civil War, become an American president, and be known in U.S. history. Hiram Ulysses Grant was mostly recognized as a leader...

“Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts” is a comparison and contrast essay by Bruce Catton about the opposing generals of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant of the Union and Robert E. Lee of the Confederacy, describing their virtues, as well as their similarities...

The American Civil Rights movement is considered the most influential and significant movements in our history. Through the history of America, African American people were severely discriminated against, but it was a long chain of events which spurred on the entire black population of America...

Introduction Requiem for the American Dream is an intense and insightful documentary with Noam Chomsky, the narrator of the film, who elucidates the fundamental flaws of our political system that detract from democracy. Noam Chomsky discusses ten principles in which he refers to them as...

Abstract This paper includes a comparison between Joseph Stalin and the non- idealistic, successful prince created by Niccolo Machiavelli. Niccolo Machiavelli portrayed how this realistic leader should be in his book, The Prince. Machiavelli displays in his book some principles and qualities that he believes...

The nineteenth century was a time of great change and upheaval for humanity. The collapse of entire governmental systems that had been the status quo for centuries, the fall of empires, implementation of brand-new systems of governments, the two bloodiest wars in human history, the...

The country has a lot of conflict and needed someone to lead them but for Russia that leader became Joseph Stalin. When Stalin when into power he aimed to make Russia a strong communist country. He felt as if Russia needs to become more industrial...

The Invictus is a biographical movie talking about the leadership of Mandela on the Nation of the South Africans. The film is also based on a book. “Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation.” From the book title, one can...

Helen Keller broke down a social barrier by going to college and getting a bachelors degree, writing her book, and speaking in different countries about her experiences being blind and deaf. Helen Keller went to college at Perkins School of the blind, for four years...

Writing after WWII, Hannah Arendt, in her text, The Origins of Totalitarianism, moves from a discussion of the plight (danger) of national ‘minorities’ and the altogether ‘stateless’ in the inter-war years of European history to a fundamental critique of the notion of ‘human rights’. Who...

Movement throughout the Black community is brilliant and reflects within every single action and word from every individual. From the early 19th century to now, music has been a big influence on the protesting and liberation of the Black community. As basic human rights have...