Essays on History of The United States

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The Spanish American War and Its Long Term Effects on Us

2 pages / 747 words

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...

American History The Spanish American War

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The Impact of Transcontinental Railroad on California's Development

5 pages / 2180 words

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...

American History California Transcontinental Railroad

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The Building of Transcontinental Railroad and Dangers Behind It

1 page / 582 words

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...

American History Transcontinental Railroad

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The Inventions of The Gilded Age: Transcontinental Railroad and Others

2 pages / 830 words

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...

American History Gilded Age Transcontinental Railroad

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The Impact of Transcontinental Railroad and Westward Expansion on Settlement

3 pages / 1166 words

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...

American History Transcontinental Railroad

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The Transcontinental Railroad and Its Impact on America’s Economy

5 pages / 2074 words

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...

American History Transcontinental Railroad

748

The Events of Cold War and Truman's Doctrine on Communism

2 pages / 708 words

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...

American History Truman Doctrine

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The Communism and Its Containment in Truman's Doctrine

7 pages / 3103 words

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...

American History Communism Truman Doctrine

750

America’s Fear of Communism: The Events that Paved The Way in Influencing America

5 pages / 2173 words

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...

American History Communism Truman Doctrine

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The Policy Containment and Globalization in Truman Doctrine

7 pages / 3124 words

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...

American History Globalization Truman Doctrine

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The Policies that Changed America: Truman Doctrine, Woodrow Wilson

4 pages / 1772 words

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...

American History Truman Doctrine

753

Review of The Film Tuskegee Airmen

1 page / 590 words

With over six film wins and sixteen nominations, including the nomination for one Golden Globe, Tuskegee Airmen is a remarkable dramatic film based on historical true events centered during World War II. Director Robert Markowitz proves greatly capable in presenting a family-friendly emotional film along...

African American History Tuskegee Airmen

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Tuskegee Airmen and Discrimination of African Americans During World War Ii

3 pages / 1323 words

Back during World War II, between the years of 1940 and 1945 there was approximately 909,000 African Americans that went and enlisted into the United States Armed Forces. Shortly following their enlistment these members of our Armed Forces were placed into separate squadrons that were...

African American History Tuskegee Airmen United States Army

755

Critical Analysis of Plessy Vs Ferguson Case

1 page / 610 words

The Historical Context of Plessy v. Ferguson The Plessy v. Ferguson case was one of the many significant trials in the 1800s among many others. It involved Homer Adolph Plessy going against John Ferguson over segregation on one of his trains departing from New Orleans...

African American History Plessy vs Ferguson

756

Depiction of Poverty in Eugenia Collier’s Marigolds and Thomas Hart Benton’s Cotton Pickers

1 page / 450 words

The short story ‘Marigolds’ by Eugenia Collier, explores the impact of poverty from the Great Depression not only in the lives of the adult, but also in the children. The confusion of hopelessness and fear of there future is explored throughout the story. During the...

Great Depression Marigolds Picking Cotton

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Comparative Analysis of The Slave Narratives by Olaudah Equiano and Mary Jemison

3 pages / 1525 words

There are a variety of aspects that contributed to the European colonization in North America. But specifically, there was a blending of cultures from the Africans, Dutch, French Europeans, and Native Americans. These interactions of these cultures differed from every area and depended on economic,...

Olaudah Equiano Slave Trade

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Olaudah Equiano and The Realities of Servants and Slaves in 17th Century

1 page / 431 words

Back in the 17th century long ago there was a man by the name of Olaudah Equiano who was taken from his native land and family at a young age; He kept a detailed journal in which he described the horrors of slavery, being kidnaped...

Olaudah Equiano Slave Trade

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Analysis of The Memorial and Remonstrance by James Madison

3 pages / 1495 words

Introduction 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...

American Constitution American History James Madison

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The Outcomes of The Watergate Scandal for American Society

3 pages / 1194 words

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...

American History Society Watergate Scandal