The civil War started in 1861 after 11 Southern states succeeded from the Union. The fight between The Northern and Southern States of America lasted until 1865. 680,000 to 800,000 men died. Slavery, States rights, Lincoln’s election, and the differences between the North and South...
The Vietnam War was an atrocity which involved the U.S.A, Cambodia, Vietnam, China and other U.S.S.R backed allies. Lasting from 1st November 1955 to the 30th April 1975, it not only secured the Communists an upper hand in the Cold War it also meant an...
Introduction As a nation, America has undergone numerous political changes throughout her lifetime. Leaders have come and gone, each with distinctive goals and plans for the future. As history unfolds, however, most of these “progressive developments” reach an end. One such development was Reconstruction. Reconstruction...
In October 1929, there was a worst breakdown in the US economy which remained for 10 years and bring the whole economy to its knees. This cause unemployment, hunger, homelessness in the whole economy. Before Great Depression the economy of US has an exciting period...
In many ways there were a range of ways we reacted to the emancipation, that many European nations saw it as putting sort of a right authority on the war and so, as an outcome of, places like England and France said well, we will...
The new deal of the 1930s was seen as the radical action needed during the depression to help American people and the American economy. However, some people criticized it for not being radical enough as it didn’t help all Americans. In 1932, President Franklin D....
In October of 1841, the slave ship Creole sailed from Virginia to New Orleans, carrying a crew of 19 and 135 slaves. On November 7, 1841, as the ship approached the Bahamas, Madison Washington ran up to the deck and called on the other slaves...
During 1700s-1865, free African Americans and white abolitionists who were against slavery, developed a secret network of people who helped fugitive slaves in their escape from slavery. The people who aided the slaves were known as “conductors”. The fugitive slaves hid in private homes, churches,...
Throughout American history, blacks and whites have always been separated in regards to pretty much every aspect of life. For instance, people use black and white in regards to differently treated classes of people. One of the things many people don’t realize about segregation is...
After his success with the Montgomery bus boycott, Martin Luther King was receiving national attention, receiving job offers, calls to speak, and interviews with magazines like Time Magazine and Playboy. He even parts of Africa and Europe. Of course, he also took time to deliver...
The Civil Rights Movement was arguably the most important thing to ever happen in the United States. This movement pushed for equality between whites and African Americans. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was almost 100 years before this movement, the African American people still were...
Although the Supreme Court passed the “separate but equal” doctrine in 1954, the battle by African Americans for equal rights in the United States had been bubbling under the surface for quite some time. Towards the end of the Civil War when abolition of slavery...
The Haitian Revolution and American Revolution were both inspired by the Enlightenment Ideals. However, while the American Revolution was created to gain independence of British rule, the Haitian Revolution catered more to slaves. Eventually, the Americans gained freedom, and the Haitian Revolution lead to interference...
Rosa Parks has been known for decades as the African American women who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This bold move triggered bus boycotts all throughout the city. She is known now as a civil rights activist...
Rosa Parks is famous for a lot of things. But, she is best known for her civil rights action. This happen in December 1,1955 Montgomery, Alabama bus system. She refused to give up her sit to a white passenger on the bus. She was arrested...
The Industrial Revolution is considered by some the most significant time in human history. This point can be well argued because before the revolution, the world was static. Society was largely agrarian, with a large population of peasantry working on farms. It had been this...
Introduction “Was the United States justified in going to war with Mexico?” This is a trigger phrase similar to watching two siblings fighting over who gets to play the Xbox. “It’s MY Xbox.” “But you ruin the whole game.” In this case, Mexico owns the...
The Lewis and Clark Expedition took place August 31, 1803, and was lead by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. This expedition was issued by Thomas Jefferson after he purchased the land for 15 Million dollars. In a letter to congress, Jefferson wrote: The appropriation of...
A glimpse 200 years in our past would leave you baffled, the miniature United States and endless frontier land. In those lands, on those plains, up in those snow-capped mountains lay the hopes and dreams of men throughout our small, developing nation. Men young and...