Essays on History of The United States

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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

762

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

763

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

765

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

767

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

768

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

770

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

771

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

774

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

775

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

776

Review of a Plea for John Brown by Henry David Thoreau

1 page / 502 words

Henry David Thoreau was an American Icon who was an essayist, poet, and etc amongst his life. He wrote this essay and later presented it as a speech he delivered to an audience in Massachusetts. Brown with 21 other men who were abolitionist raid on...

American Civil War American History John Brown

777

The Influence of The Watergate Scandal on America

3 pages / 1283 words

One of the most famous scandals in the world, the Watergate Affair aroused a large-scale wave in the political world. During these years, June 17, 1972 to August 8, 1974, the thirty-seventh president Nixon, who belong republican part, would persevere through the fighting of denying...

American History Richard Nixon Watergate Scandal

778

Harriet Tubman and Her Role in The History of Slavery

2 pages / 1066 words

“When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was...

African American Civil War Harriet Tubman

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The History of Track and Field and Its Development in America

2 pages / 851 words

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....

American History Track and Field