Essays on History of The United States

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Robert E. Lee – a Brilliant Tactician

3 pages / 1225 words

Many consider Robert E. Lee a great general and while some do not support the cause he was fighting for they must give credit where credit is due. Lee was a natural leader who took control and led the southern army to great successes during...

American Civil War American History Robert E Lee

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History of The Oregon Trail and Its Effect on America

3 pages / 1446 words

Introduction: The Oregon Trail was a great historic movement that expanded America towards the western land. The trail was a 2,000-mile journey that stretched from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon. This trail was traveled by thousands of American pioneers in the mid-1800s. The Oregon...

American History Oregon Trail Westward Expansion

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The Main Struggles of The Oregon Trail

2 pages / 735 words

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...

American History Oregon Trail Westward Expansion

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The Oregon Trail and Its Pioneers

1 page / 485 words

Life on the Oregon Trail was a strenuous experience for over 400,000 pioneers who were in search of a new life on the West Coast. The 2,000-mile route took travelers from Independence, Missouri, to the undiscovered territory of Oregon. The most prominent trailblazers of the...

American History Oregon Trail Westward Expansion

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The Oregon Trail in American History

1 page / 461 words

Imagine yourself an emigrant headed for Oregon in the early 1800s; Could the promises of rich farmlands plentiful of resources maybe this is the reason why the trail lured over 400,000 people , more than 2,000 miles of track left as an reminder of the...

American History Oregon Trail Westward Expansion

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Depiction of Systemic Oppression in Pop Culture: Analysis of Movies

4 pages / 1956 words

Modern literature, cinematography, music industry, graphic novels or any other major component of pop culture is in one way or another reflection of the society in which it is created and formed as a part of the mainstream culture. For years, popular culture has been...

Oppression Oppression in America Pop Culture

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Analysis of Racial Oppression in America Using Critical Race Theory

3 pages / 1484 words

Introduction Racial oppression and discrimination are identified as a prominent and critically vital subject in the American lives and all through the American history. Over 150 years following the 13th Amendment obliterated slavery in America, majority of the American citizens claim that the legacy and...

Oppression Oppression in America Racial Discrimination

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Conflicted Nativism and Racial Oppression in America

3 pages / 1386 words

Introduction: The Struggle of Black Identity in America Being American and black can be described as the constant struggle to prove your patriotism to a country that systematically works to exclude you. Niambi Michelle Carter tackles this concept in her book, “American While Black”, and...

Oppression Oppression in America Racial Discrimination

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Oppression of Minorities in Modern Society

3 pages / 1272 words

Martin Luther King once famously said that he looks forward to a day where people will not be “judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Though we as a society have made great strides since those words were first...

Discrimination Oppression Oppression in America

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Oppression of Minority Groups in America from 1800’s to Today

3 pages / 1196 words

Today in society, there are still many types of oppression happening. People are forced to go through these different types of oppression because of something they had no control of. Being born black, a woman, or in the wrong place. Subjected to violence, discrimination, and...

Discrimination Oppression Oppression in America

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Black Oppression in America: Jim Crow Laws to Today’s Society 

2 pages / 1041 words

The United States of America is thought to be the “land of the free.” Freedom is what one thinks of the U.S., but there is a long history of millions of African Americans that were treated unfairly and worse than people of the Caucasian race...

Oppression Oppression in America Racial Discrimination

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Oppression: Sexual Violence and Marginalization of Today

2 pages / 986 words

According to Iris Marion Young, oppression is structural, and America is not ready to talk about it. In a traditional sense, oppression is defined as the political dictator preventing people from exercising their freedoms such as voting or protesting. It is also defined that oppression...

Gender Discrimination Oppression Oppression in America

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Oppression of Women in The 21st Century

2 pages / 890 words

In the biological view, there are only two known genders in the world, one in which is male and the other is female. Everyone regardless of gender receive a form of oppression in our daily lives. Oppression is a state in which a person is...

Gender Discrimination Oppression Oppression in America

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Johnny Got His Gun: The Constant Fight for Democracy

2 pages / 1123 words

“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...

American History Film Analysis Johnny Got His Gun

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David Crockett: a Nation’s Hero of The Past

2 pages / 894 words

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...

American History Davy Crockett

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Harlem Renaissance in Claude Mckay’s Poem Enslaved

3 pages / 1512 words

Introduction An Introduction to the Harlem Renaissance Creative and intellectual life flourished in African American communities in the North and Midwest regions of the United States in the 1920s, but nowhere more than in Harlem. The neighborhood of New York City, just three square miles...

Claude Mckay Harlem Renaissance Poetry

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How The Stamp Act Pushed The American Revolution

3 pages / 1497 words

During Britain’s victory in the French & Indian War, the nation had collected a national debt that reached £130,000,000. The citizens’ discontent was revived during this period of time due to unfair treatment from British Parliament. Although the Stamp Act allowed England to fund recovery...

American Revolution Stamp Act

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Patrick Henry – One of The Founding Fathers of The USA

2 pages / 784 words

On May 29, 1736, in Studley, Virginia, a brilliant orator and a significant figure of the American Revolution, perhaps best known for his words ‘Give me liberty or give me death!’ which was Patrick Henry. Patrick Henry was one of the Founding Fathers of the...

Patrick Henry

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Analysis of The Life and Career of Patrick Henry

4 pages / 1638 words

I chose Patrick Henry for my essay mainly because I presented a portion of arguably his most famous speech for the Walk Through the American Revolution in fifth grade. In this oration, the very enraged manner of Patrick Henry was exhibited. I assumed this meant...

Patrick Henry