Essays on History of The United States

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What is The True Meaning of The American Dream

6 pages / 2808 words

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....

American Dream American History

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The Success of Information Revolution

1 page / 637 words

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...

American History

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Concequences of Wartime Prohibition

4 pages / 1901 words

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...

American History Prohibition Era

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Analysis of All in The Family Television Show

3 pages / 1387 words

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...

Aesthetics Progressive Era

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Role of Women During Civil Rights Movements in America

3 pages / 1399 words

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...

Abolitionism Civil Rights Woman

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Main Themes in The Poems of William Cowper, William Blake, and Anna Barbauld

5 pages / 2179 words

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...

Abolitionism William Blake

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Freedom for The People: The Possible Speech of Mary Warren

5 pages / 2182 words

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...

Concept of Freedom Freedom Salem Witch Trials

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How Americans Justified Lynchings Through Scientific Racism 

3 pages / 1569 words

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...

American History Racial Discrimination

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The Election of 1860 and Lincoln's Platform

2 pages / 886 words

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...

Abraham Lincoln American History

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Struggle of Martin Luther King Jr. and Aneeka Pasha

2 pages / 714 words

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...

Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King

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Industrial Revolutions & The Development of Democracy Worldwide

2 pages / 1016 words

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...

Democracy Industrial Revolution Industrialization

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Slavery in American History Through The Prism of Famous Artworks

5 pages / 2075 words

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...

American History Artwork

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The Motivations Behind The Salem Witch Trials

3 pages / 1310 words

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...

Motivation Salem Witch Trials

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"A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep" – Haunting Civil War Photograph by Alexander Gardner

2 pages / 946 words

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...

American History Civil War Photography

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World War I as a Turning Factor in African History

1 page / 583 words

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...

African American Civil War

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Escaping Salem: How One Person Can Make a Difference

3 pages / 1304 words

In Richard Godbeer’s historical novel, Escaping Salem: The Other Witch Hunt of 1692, the author discusses the famous Salem Witch Trials and their effect on New England during this time period. Richard Godbeer explains to his readers the social and judicial differences throughout New England...

Control Salem Witch Trials Witchcraft

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Critical Overview of The Supreme Court Judges and Their Major Cases

6 pages / 2625 words

John Marshall, appointed by Federalist John Adams, was one of the greatest justices of the Supreme Court; because he avoided corruption, was a level judge of constitutionality, and did not “legislate from the bench.” He was one of the longest-serving justices of the Supreme Court...

Marbury v Madison

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Understanding of Government Work

2 pages / 762 words

How do we know our government is working as consistently and productively as we can manage? Has trias politica manifested further into other countries and how have they incorporated it into a checks and balances system? What happens when we discover a major gap in...

Marbury v Madison

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The Importance of Judicial Activism for The American Constitution

3 pages / 1266 words

In the United States of America, the Constitution has always been a document which upholds and protects the rights of the individual citizens. However, the country’s Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution in 1776 using broad and general terms, which has led to debate and disagreement...

Marbury v Madison