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Growing Up in Jim Crow Times

The owner hired him and introduced him to his co-workers, a white man of thirty-five named Pease, and a white teenaged boy named Morris.
  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2686

The Success of Women’s Rights Movement

They sought the equal treatment of women and men by law and fought for voting rights. The women's rights movement was successful because they were united, had a strong ideological foundation, and organized campaigns on [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 552

Eric Foner: Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men

The most important point that the book asserts is that the American Civil was caused by several events. The need for freedom, employment, and free soil aggravated the developing conflict between the North and the [...]
  • Subjects: American Civil War
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 549

R. G. LeTourneau: A Life of an Inventor

Cloaked with his faith in God he proved to the world that he can move mountains out of his inventions.R.G. That God sees the heart of King David and dwells in him to manifest God's [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1560

Back to Africa Movement of Marcus Garvey

Marcus Mosiah Garvey was the leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and the first African-American leader in American history to organize masses of people in a political movement.
  • Subjects: Civil Rights Activists
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 2901

The Role of Ideology in the Cold War

The Cold War was a significant period for the history of the United States, the Soviet Union, and the Eastern Bloc, as well as other countries.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2015

The Million Man March

Thus, two of the most attended demonstrations, the Million Man March and the March on Washington, play a crucial role in determining the current standing of many citizens.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 398

England Reformation

It is clear to historians that the process of the English Reformation was primarily guided by the nobility and highest ranks of the English government.
  • Subjects: Medieval History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 910

The History of Revolution in China 1919-1949

Moreover, people's disagreement with the former Chinese government and the tensions between Kuomintang, Japanese forces, and the Communist Party of China also contributed to Mao's political career.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1191

The Reagan-Bush Years: 1981-1993

The 1980s would not be considered a Go-Go economy as there was significant instability in the earlier years of the decade with the adoption of Reaganomics.
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1288

American History vs. Donald Trump

In this paper, the evidence of the positive and negative impacts of the things that Trump has done for the American nation will be discussed.
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 645

Watergate Scandal and Its Historical Significance

The process and legitimacy of information disclosure have become contentious subjects in the American legislation, with the Watergate scandal implying that greater levels of transparency would be beneficial for American citizens and the U.S.government.
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 577

The Indus Valley Civilization’s Development

For example, both the region of the Indus Valley and the area near such bodies of water as the Yellow and Yangzi Rivers can be considered as cradles of early civilization.
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 882

Heroification in American History

The history of George Washington mentions many positive facts about the man, calling him the father of the country and assigning many heroic qualities to him as a result.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 276

The Silk Road’s: The Main Historical Events

Basically, the Silk Road was the name given to the trade route that existed in Asia and linked East Asia with Central Asia, South Asia and the Mediterranean regions.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 869

Marcus Furius Camillus in the History of Rome

The promise Camillus made to Queen was a tenth of the spoils from the City of Veii and, at the same time, beseeched her to follow them in victory to the city they will share [...]
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 778

Oligarchs and Their Power During Yeltsin’s Russia

The editor of the Russian version of Forbes magazine, an American of Russian descent, Paul Khlebnikov, wrote the book "The Godfather of the Kremlin" in which he addressed the life of Berezovsky in detail.
  • Subjects: Eastern Europe
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2467

Nathaniel Bacon’s Declaration of the People

Although the rebellion was defeated, many of the demands made by the rebels were complied with soon after, in order to pacify the population and improve the public image of Virginia's ruling elite.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 566

Technological Advances in Song Dynasty

Besides, the Song dynasty invented gunpowder that marked the commencement of the production of sophisticated weapons. The desire of sailors to explore the world led to the development of the directional compass.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1474

The Speech “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King

It could be said that the primary goal of the paper is to examine the effectiveness of the speech while evaluating the impact on the audience, occasion, speaker, and the lines of the speech.
  • Subjects: Racism in USA
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 575

Roman Dress: the Influence of Roman Law

The aristocratic nature of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire, and the privileged position of Roman citizens about the other residents of the vast territory of the Roman state, as well as the developed bureaucratic [...]
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1676

“The Week the World Stood Still” by Sheldon Stern

Though, the discovery of the power of the atom and the creation of a weapon that explores it to make the destructive effect stronger had altered the approach to warfare radically and introduced the threat [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1482

Historical Research Methodology

The main goal of the scientific research methodology is the provision of the general theoretic principles for solving the formulated tasks and issues.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 583

Holocaust vs. Japanese Colonial Era in Korea

The Holocaust in the history of Jewish people, as well as Japanese occupation in the history of Korean people, was one of the greatest tragedies.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1113

Roman History: Caesar Augustus

During Augustus's reign, the Roman Empire conquered Egypt, the land along the southern bank of the Danube, the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula, as well as the territory between the Rhine and the Elbe.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 652

Empire of Cotton: Making Cotton Global

The same chain can be perceived in the cotton empire cotton is grown in the USA using extensive slave labor, then it is shipped to Liverpool and used to create cotton fabrics, after which these [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 862

History of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Things did not look too bright at the time: the condition of Japan after Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings; the divided Koreas; the beginning of the cold war between the Soviet Union and the U.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1599

Lewis and Clark Expedition and Its Consequences

While it is clear that the political and economic achievements were made both on long-term and short-term basis, the social impact of the European American entry into the native west is largely arguable, especially due [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1151

Child Abuse in the Victorian Era in Great Britain

This was unacceptable in the eyes of the factory owners resulting in the implementation of the practice of children being sent into the mechanisms of machines while they were still operating since they were supposedly [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1114

Communism and Its Worldwide Impact

The idea was to redistribute the wealth of the upper class among the poorer cohort of the population in order to achieve this equality, but it was also vital to communism that all manufacturing be [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 847

Egyptian Papyri and Technology

Incorporating the papyrus technology into a conference that seeks to discuss the history of Egyptians begins by understanding how the technology worked, including its significance to modern developments and hence the reason for including this [...]
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2769

Henry II of England, His Life and Work

Furthermore, there was another nickname that Henry II was known with as "The lion of Justice" this nickname was given to Henry I who was the grandfather of Henry II.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1100

The Guild System in Germany

Dating back to the Middle Ages, guilds for a long time had been the key representations of local self-government and created the basement of the modern European city self-regulation.
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 549

Alessandro Volta, His Life and Contributions

Volta had a normal childhood life and was educated in the public schools in Como, having started school at the age of five at the school of Rhetoric in Como Volta.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2063

American Frontier Myth and the Cowboy

The pioneers first settled on the East and they set out to conquer and establish settlements in the west of the country. In the minds of many Americans, the cowboy embodies the virtues of the [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1658

Women’s Rights Since Pre-History to 1600 A.D

In this regard, most women from the medieval times could determine their social and political destiny, but the responsibility to others mainly rested on the men.
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1388

Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points

Another of the flaws inherent in the 14 points was the fact that they were inherently dependent on the negotiating power of Wilson.
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 574

Mummification in Egypt: Nature of the Process

In addition, Egyptians believed that both animals and the human soul were inseparable from the rest of the body. The Egyptians felt that such practices were important in the well being of every individual in [...]
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2214

Stereotype of Aboriginals and Alcohol in Canada

Therefore, it is necessary to research whether the given prejudice has certain grounds to base on, track the measures that are being currently undertaken to eliminate the stereotype and offer other efficient ideas that will [...]
  • Subjects: Native Americans History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1176

The Boxer Rebellion in China: History and Impacts

The rebellion was against the foreign powers that tried to establish spheres of influence in the region. There was fear all over that the missionaries, who were increasing in number, would snatch the land from [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2331

Chinese Calligraphy in Tang Dynasty

Calligraphy or the art of beautiful writing in traditional China came along as the visual art of a highly cherished handwork of the time.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2810

Ancient Chinese Inventions History

In this article, I highlight some of the inventions and contributions and examine four that I consider to be outstanding. A sample of these inventions and contributions include "silk, tea, porcelain, paper, printing, gunpowder, the [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 856

Women’s Rights in the Great Depression Period

The pursuit of the workplace equality and the protection of women from unfair treatment by the employers were quite unsuccessful and slow due to the major division in the opinions.
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 880

Why China Became Isolated in the 15th Century?

According to Abu-Lughod, the period that falls between AD 1250 and 1350 is crucial to the history of the world because it acts as the 'turning point' of the previous and current systems. The initial [...]
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  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 581

“History in Three Keys” by Paul Cohen

How history is written depends on the position of the historian. To address the issue, he reflects on the events and incidents in the past to illustrate his point.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2160

Slavery in Islamic Civilisation

The Quran, which is the Holy book of the Islamic religion, played a key role in the grounding of the slave trade in the Muslim community.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 843

Interpreting the Macartney Embassy in China

Most of the English resources uphold that Macartney did not perform the ritual to preserve the sovereignty of his King and that, perhaps, became the reason for the failure of the mission headed by him.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1675

The Mayan Civilization’s Disappearance

In spite of the fact the Mayan civilization disappeared many centuries ago, the mystery of the sudden fall of the successful and developed civilization which cultural achievements are still examined and discussed as significant ones [...]
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 588

The Black Saturday Bushfires – a Tragedy of 2009

To my mind, the representatives of CFA are the ones who are responsible for such a huge number of losses and deaths caused by Bushfires: they did not take into consideration the possibility of the [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 939

Impacts of Slavery and Slave Trade in Africa

Slavery existed in the African continent in form of indentured servitude in the previous years, but Atlantic slave trade changed the system, as people were captured by force through raids before being sold to other [...]
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  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 835

Bronze Vessels in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties

The same explains the existence of certain vessels During the reign of the Zhou dynasty, there are elements of religion and.warfare which characterize the Bronze vessels.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2499

The History of the Silk Road Islamization

Muslims used the word 'Islam' to mean the submission of a community to the authority of another community; it did not mean the spread of their beliefs.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1672

The Expansion of Federal Bureaucracy During WWI

With these, a number of government agencies were created during the WWI particularly when it emerged that there was a need to regulate or control industrial sector as well as the call for the US [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1174

Ireland History and Development

8 million people live in the Republic of Ireland while the rest inhabit Northern part of Ireland and is part of the United Kingdom.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1651

Women’s Suffrage Movement

The struggle for women suffrage augmented in the middle of the nineteenth century with the establishment of diverse associations. The formation of the International Council of Women occurred in the year 1888.
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1926

History Fukuzawa Yukishi: From Samurai to Capitalist

According to different historians, the majority of these westerners wanted to redefine the history of Japan by force. Fukuzawa and his colleagues inspired the people of Japan to support their country.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1385

Ancient History: the Great Pyramid of Giza

The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. It is worth analyzing the place according to its appearance to the eyes of the millions of viewers who visit [...]
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 574

The History of Boston

It was evident that much of the economic growth of the city was occurring in non-urban regions due to affordable land and accessibility of this ring, enhanced by the Interstate Highway connection.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1683

Kuwait Walls Construction Periods

Some of the most popular features include the four walls of the country that have since been reduced to three following the demolition of one of the walls to create room for the development of [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1972

Indochina and Colonization: French Colonial Empire

2 The paper focuses on the in-depth analysis and understanding of the various effects of colonization on French Indochina, financial benefits that might have been accrued from the colonization process, and undertaking a comparison between [...]
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  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2471

Women and Their Acceptance of Feminism

The theory emerged from the imaginations of various women who sought to comprehend the nature of gender inequality through the understanding of social roles and various positions of individuals in society.
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2802

How the Puritans Differed from the Pilgrims

The most significant difference between the two groups is that while the Pilgrims desired a separation of church and state, the Puritans only wanted to purify the Church of England from within.
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  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 583

Causes of the Breakup of the Former Yugoslavia

In the Yugoslavia context, primordials hold that deep ethnic, social and religious divisions played a significant role in the processes that led to the breakup of the country, while the constructivists hold that ethnic conflict [...]
  • Subjects: Eastern Europe
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1000

Contribution of Women in the Vietnam War

Special emphasis will be given to nurses because without their contribution, so many soldiers would have lost their lives or suffered from deteriorating conditions in the War Some of the nurses in the Vietnam War [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1844

The Caste War of Yucatan

The Caste War of Yucatan commenced after the Maya people revolted against the economic and political dominance of the Yucatecos. It can be argued that the Maya people were right to engage the Yucatecos in [...]
  • Subjects: Native Americans History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 613

The Red Record Rape Analysis

The whites considered the progress of the African Americans as something that threatened the success and achievements of the whites in the society.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1725

Ancient Greek Civilization History

He criticized the government for tyranny and as a result, he is considered the father of democracy in Greek Sacred disease refers to epilepsy.
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 593

Steve Jobs: The Life and Times of the Great Entrepreneur

Throughout his life he was able to face hurdles which were some kind of a stepping stone towards success, manifested through the empire and legacy that he built with the aim of improving the life [...]
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  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1653

Was the Holocaust the failure of or the product of Modernity?

The date that traditionally marks the beginning of modernist era is 1453, when the City of Constantinople was conquered by the Turkish Ottoman Empire, as far as this date symbolized the end of the Byzantine [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2121

Why are we learning US history?

It is only by studying the history of the specific society that they can be able to systematically understand the evolution the society has undergone.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 882

George Appo’s Autobiography

At the 'Sing Sing' prison, where he served most of his sentences, Appo describes the brutality and torture he and the other convicts experienced at the hands of the guards.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1403

Discrimination Against Black Women

Owing to the fact that these imageries of a group to forecast and analyze the performance of people, employer's classification of black women as solitary mothers could form the ground of discrimination.
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1300

History of Linux

In fact, the people who first developed major components of the Linux operating system: Linus Torvalds who developed the kernel, and Richard Stallman who had developed utilities and programs that were used in Linux, shared [...]
  • Subjects: Contemporary History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 945

Fischer on Historical Fallacies

The fourth fallacy that Fischer identifies is the fallacy of fictional questions. The fourth fallacy that Fischer identifies is the fallacy of fictional questions.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2114

Imperialism History and Legacy

Moreover, the scramble for Africa by colonial masters began, and this led to the Berlin Conference of 1888. Consequently, massive migration from the colonies into Europe occurred, and this was a key factor to the [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 823

An Analysis of the Impact of British Colonization

An Analysis of the Impact of British Colonization: A Study of Mike Davis' Late Victorian Holocausts: El Ni o Famines and the Making of the Third World The late Nineteenth Century saw an increased political, [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1070

The Origins of Fascism’s Brutal Ideology

A significant aspect during the formulation of fascism was the merging of nationalism with the political right, while on the left there was sorelian syndicalism.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 550

Nationalism in World War II

Another critical "nation-statehood making" is the break of the Soviet Union and the end of cold war between Soviet Union republic and the United States.
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1382

Analysis of Christopher Columbus Voyage

According to Butterway, the fallacy anchored on the aim of Christopher's voyages was that he was not motivated by the possibility of gaining more wealth for himself and his Spanish government, but to construct the [...]
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  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1275

Ottoman Empire: The Tanzimat Period

As the Ottoman Empire was getting more and more dominated by western nations, Europe used the chance to market itself in the territory as a way of assisting them.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1100

The Life of John Pierpont Morgan

At Duncan Sherman and Co, he spent the first few months as a copyist and later advanced to positions of higher responsibility due to his father's influence in the business world.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1098

Margaret Thatcher, Simon de Beauvoir and the woman’s movement

Although her accomplishments as a politician is somewhat indebted to the relentless efforts of the Women's Movement that fought for the increase in number of females in positions of governance, she never conceded to this [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 821