The Burning of the Witches Throughout the world’s history, one can easily find times when Blacks were exploited and taken advantage of, no matter the setting or time period. Whether it was through the Atlantic Slave Trade, convict leasing after slavery, the execution of the...
The treaty of Paris in 1783 ended the revolutionary war between Britain and its former colonies, America. After a long and gruesome war with many lives lost, the former colonists finally won their independence at the Battle of Yorktown. The defeat of the British at...
The Articles of Confederation were created in 1777 to bring order and a strong government to the states. The Articles gave the government very little powers. However, some of the powers passed national policies. Others settled disputes between the states. Due to the government having...
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The Gilded Age (1870s-1917) was a time of desire, advancement, and class in America. A solid feeling of national pride and reason won, it was an intricate time in United States history. After a twisting Civil War, the nation was on an ascent to power...
Since its original acknowledgment, while not explicitly, by the 1774 Royal Governor of Virginia John Murray, The American Dream has evolved into more than just an idea of conceivable futuristic- achievement; it has become a justifiable goal and an ambition of many United States citizens....
The Core of Free Speech in the US Constitution At the heart of the US Constitution is the right to free speech, where citizens can voice opinions and debate issues without any fear of retaliation from the government. In addition, other rights such as the...
In 1914, the United States of America entered World War I. During that time many resources that were made in America needed for the war were strictly dedicated to the troops more than consumers. During America’s involvement in World War I, Congress passed a “wartime...
Progressive Aesthetics and a Return to Passivity One of the most common television show formats, the half-hour long situational comedy (sitcom), demonstrates some of the greatest aesthetic variation among its programs. While sitcoms have evolved visually from the simple theater-like style of All in the...
Pauli Murray was a champion for human and civil rights who was brought up in Durham. Her bits of knowledge and vision keep on resounding actually in our times. As a lawyer, antiquarian, poet, teacher, instructor and Episcopal minister, she worked all of her life...
Cowper, Blake and Barbauld: Noble Savages in a Post-Colonial Context William Cowper, William Blake, and Anna Barbauld, in their poetry on race and abolitionism, wrote about both the humanity of racialized peoples and the greed and evil of slavery. In post-colonialism, it is important to...
Introduction As I, Mary Warren, look around, I see the town in shambles and in complete chaos. The community has become completely shaken as a result of the trials. As I approach the flimsy podium in the middle of the town square, my anxiety kicks...
From the 17th century through the mid-19th century, slavery had been a common practice within America. In 1865, slavery was abolished; however, white Americans still held many prejudices against black Americans. As black men and women worked towards social equality, white people did whatever it...
The election of 1860 was one like no other, boiling down to four main candidates; Abraham Lincoln (republican), Stephen Douglas (democrat), John Breckinridge (southern democratic) and John Bell (constitutional union). This was a very intense and stressful point in American history due to many big...
In the book, Home Fire, by Kamila Shamsie, Aneeka Pasha was a Muslim girl living in the UK, who fought for the fair treatment for her deceased twin brother, Parvaiz. Similarly, Martin Luther King Jr. was an outspoken civil rights activist attempting to gain long...
America and France went through revolutions, more specifically, political revolutions. While this political revolution was happening, another revolution was happening in England. This revolution was poetic. This coming of age changed English poetry to an extent to where people would not even dare to call...
Introduction Slavery is a prominent part of American History and why America has been shaped the way it has been today. Many artists have captured the raw images of slavery in paintings during the time in order for us today to be better understand the...
Salem Massachusetts, colonial United states, 1692. A young country still growing and unsteady. A place for the unwanted in England, a place of refuge. Among other outcasts there were the Puritans, a group of people that practiced puritanism. They lived their lives directly through the...
Introduction A lifeless body lying on a plush earth with jagged rocks protruding from it, while light bleed frames the shot of the rifle just above the male’s upper torso, is the photograph I chose for this analysis paper. “A Sharpshooter’s Last Sleep” is an...
The significant changes between the end of the Civil War and the end of World War I were Social Darwinism, sharecropping and the Great Migration effect on African Americans. Social Darwinism had a great impact on the people between the end of the Civil War...