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Winston Churchill: What Makes a Leader?

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For instance, Churchill's experience as the First Lord of the Admiralty in 1911 was seen as a negative one and caused him to resign: he was widely criticized for the naval failures that happened under [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 2
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Slave Trade’s Impact on the Black Experience

Discussing the topic of the slave trade and its impact on the development of the Black race has always been complicated since that period of global history was characterized by the unequal treatment of people [...]
  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 579

American Constitutional Debates in 1787

The two major groups at the Constitutional Convention were the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. Where the founding dread of the Federalists was a failure, the original fear of the Anti-Federalists was a loss.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 856

Cold War and End of Empires in the 20th Century

The Cold War was the political and military tension that existed primarily between the USA and its allies, on the one hand, and the USSR on the other, even despite the fact that these forces [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 918

American Grand Old Party’s Changes Since 1820

Change may occur due to the change in leadership of the party, a landslide defeat in an election, political stand over a certain policy issue, or adapt to the socio-political change of the country or [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2849

European Colonization of the New World

The Spanish administration strained to limit the trade between the American colonies that belonged to them and Europe sternly to the flotilla of Spanish vessels.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 866

Black Americans’ Antislavery Strategies

From escaping away from the plantations of their masters to filing lawsuits in the corridors of justice in the 19th Century, Black abolitionists in the US employed a collection of tools to fight for equality [...]
  • Subjects: American Abolitionists
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2801

President Wilson’s Fourteen Principles

Wilson's 14 points were a set of principles proposed by President Woodrow to end the First World War and to mitigate the recurrence of similar wars in the future.
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 8
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Dr. Martin Luther King’s Speech I Have a Dream

For example, at the beginning of the speech where he began by lamenting on the precarious justice system in the United States that was tilted against the Negros, he figuratively used the terms "promissory note," [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 570

Sexism and the Founding Fathers

The doubts based on the founders' wording of the constitution are based on the notion that women had to fight for their rights two centuries prior to the drafting of the constitution.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
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World Modern History: Wars Causes

Still, regardless the presence of various reasons of World War I, as well as total wars, it is possible to provide a general conclusion for the majority of wars that is the initiations of the [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 606

The Prehistoric Culture of Amazon

Scholars employ various methods in the study of life and the past of a person. Nonetheless, similar to the native population who live in North America, European conquerors despised the prosperity of prehistoric Amazonians culture [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 581

Montezuma II and Hernando Cortez’s Methods of Rulership

THESIS: Analyzing personality of Hernando Cortez and Montezuma II, one can notice that some signs of Machiavelli's idea of the ruler are present in both historical persons; however, the use of power, violence and brute [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 920

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

History of Tents in Saudi Arabia

It is seated in a valley that is about eight kilometers away from Mecca, the Holy City and one of the main destinations for the pilgrims during the celebration of Hajj.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 832

A History of the World in 100 Objects

The director of the British Museum has decided to address the specified issue and correct the mistake of disregarding the elements of culture that represent the evolution of the world.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1929

“JB McLachlan Biography” a Book by David Frank

The class of workers became the main force of the industrialized society and it was able to introduce significant changes to the structure of the world and its hierarchy.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1921

Why Franklin Delano Roosevelt Was Most Popular Presidents?

His administration left a lasting mark on the history of the American people because of the way he handled the two largest threats to the world's stability namely the Second World War and the Great [...]
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 14
  • Words: 3785

The Speeches of Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan

Johnson and Reagan used similar reasoning lines, emphasized the need to realize the dream of the Founding Fathers, and used strong arguments and language mean to persuade their audiences.
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 620

The Age of Revolution in Latin America

Just like most authors who have adopted the theory of the Age of Revolution, Uribe-Uran uses this concept to bring out the history of Latin America in terms of political and colonial aspects.
  • Subjects: Latin America
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1763

The Age of a Suffering Nation

Franklin pointed out that there was a need to watch every word of individualism in America if the change was anticipated to take place any time in the vicinity."...so began, in American political life, the [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 607

Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the Theory of Just War

The theory of Just War is meant to provide a philosophical framework, upon which the use of military force is justified. Was the use of the bomb a last resort?
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 652

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
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American Economic History in 1790-1860

Hamilton stood for the development of the American economy as the centralized and highly industrialized one while Jefferson was the proponent of the republic with strong decentralization and the agrarian sector of the economic development.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
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Reagan’s Era in “The Triumph of Conservatism” by Oakes

The relative rise of conservatism in the XX century United States began around 1950s, and continued through 1970s, at that time the movement was marked by the general diligence, as well as the beginning of [...]
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 873

Race, Ethnicity and Crime in America

In the view of recent events, crime cannot be considered as a violation of laws that leads to the penalties of those who committed the crime.
  • Subjects: Racism in USA
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 776

Church Role in Witch Hunting

Despite the fact that a lot of research has been done on the history of witch prosecution and the part of the Church in it, it is still debatable whether its power exceeded the influence [...]
  • Subjects: Medieval History
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2266

Cultural Consequences of the US Slavery: 1620-1870

3 In the same way that the African had adopted the new language and devised their own language, the Whites began to be influenced by their style of talking and their speech began to be [...]
  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 1551

Social, Political and Economic Forces in 1840-1850

This paper will discuss these events in detail, emphasizing that the emerge of the Republican Party took place not only because of the conflict between the North and the South considering slavery abolition but due [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 851

Vietnam War and American Revolution Comparison

Consequently, the presence of these matters explains the linkage of the United States' war in Vietnam and the American Revolution to Mao's stages of the insurgency.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
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Japanese History During the Meiji Restoration

It is against this backdrop that this paper explores the Meiji restoration and also uses pictures and image arts to appreciate the differences in time and models that were dominant during the imperial rule.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1386

Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation

However, the primary advantage of the book is that it presents a different perspective and casts light on some facts of relationships between Native and White Americans that people, whether intentionally or not, tend to [...]
  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 551

The Activities of Malcolm X

This desire elevated him to one of the highly influential African Americans in the long history of the United States and the black community in the country.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1782

Authority from Ancient to Early Modern Times

The concept of authority can be described as the link between administrators who determine the main points of a particular policy and people who take full responsibility to follow and perform that policy in a [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1167

President Johnson in the Civil Rights Movement

The problem of gay and lesbian rights appeared to be rather challenging and disruptive to the society. They include hippies and other social layers that were not eager to change things while others were trying [...]
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 583

The Tang Dynasty Era and Chinese Development

The epoch of the Tang Dynasty is traditionally considered as the period of the uttermost might of the country. The idea of the association of China and the nomads under the rule of the Tang [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1672

Red Scare and McCarthyism Consequences

These socio-political phenomena were caused by the birth of Communism and the Soviet Union, as well as by the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 851

Women’s Suffrage: The Nineteenth Amendment

The abolition movement, which dealt with the attempt to stop slavery, and the women's rights movement, which was meant to allow females to enter the political life of the country.
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 879

America’s Reconstruction Era

With the emancipation of four million African Americans, the problem of their education and training arose. Those were the black church, the black school, and the Freedmen's Bureau.
  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1097

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

Why Should Catalonia Gain Independence from Spain?

Majority of the province's income and revenue sources come from the industry and services sector via textiles and other exports, and highly developed tourism that made Catalonia one of the most attractive destinations in Europe [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 2805

It’s Bigger than Hip Hop: History of Ghetto

A Conversation with the African-American Ghetto" helps to realize the importance of knowledge of a longer history of the Jewish ghettos and their possible connection to and impact on the African-American ghettos, US segregation policies, [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 561

History of American Conceptions and Practices of Freedom

The government institutions and political regimes have been accused of allowing amarginalisation' to excel in the acquisition and roles assigned to the citizens of the US on the basis of social identities.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2243

The Maasai and Bushmen of Africa

The Busmen and the Maasai are two communities that are found in Africa and they inhabit the Eastern and Southern regions of the African continent, respectively.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3208

The History of Tanzania

Tanzania is the country with a rich history that began with the migration of the first Cushitic tribes, continued with its colonization by Germany and Britain and its struggle for independence, and resulted in the [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1316

Common Leaders in History

The visionary nature of these three leaders is shown to be responsible for the stability of their kingdoms and the fact that their legacies are part of modern systems Hammurabi is an ancient Babylonian ruler [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1476

Scandinavian Expansion in the Viking Age

However, the lack of unity was problematic, and it is possible to state that they did not have a common goal most of the time.
  • Subjects: Medieval History
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1386

American Great Depression and New Deal Reforms

What is definitely certain is that many factors like the shifting of the economy, unstable credit and financial system, poor government decisions, and the fact that the international economy was still recovering from ruinous effects [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 584

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

American Imperialism and Global Identity

The entry of America into imperialism was orchestrated through the military and economic approach. This implies that imperialism was a remedy for the lawlessness happening around the world.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 614

Western Relations with China in the 1500-1900s

The period between the 1500s and the 1900s was signified by the intense relations between China and the Western. As China warmed up to the West during the 1900s, economics remained the key point of [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 947

The Stamp Act Resolutions and Declaratory Act

The act dissatisfied the settlers, leading to resolutions, which reflected the personal and political interests of the colonists towards the management of local affairs during the preceding century.
  • Subjects: American Revolution Period
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 830

American Empire in the 18th Century

The American constitution is a reflection of innovative opinions that were grounded on the respect of human rights as the shaping of democracy and government by the multitude, and the partition of power.
  • Subjects: American Revolution Period
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1650

Industrialization, Enlightenment, French Revolution

Human history has been shaped greatly by three periods: The industrial revolution, the period of enlightenment, the French revolution, and finally the period of protest and revolution 1815-1850.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 870

Money Evolution in Ancient Times and Nowadays

In the means to defining what money is, most of the scholars from the psychological and physiological field have come up with the theoretical aspects of money and the ways it influences the economic growth [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1135

Sectionalism in the American History

In the past, the United States observed some incidents of sectionalism and has continued to play a major part in the current affairs in the country, such as in politics and economic development.
  • Subjects: American Civil War
  • Pages: 2
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“How Aborigines Made Australia” by Bill Gammage

The book The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia by Bill Gammage represents the work on the history of the Australian Aborigines and answers the question of how they managed to survive under [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1002

Qianlong’s Rejection of Macartney’s Request

For some people the objection by Macartney to kneel before the Emperor's subordinates was the reason for the rejection of the King's request, while to others the traditions of the Chinese people did not play [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1101

Progressivism in the American Reform Period

Additionally, each of the aforementioned factors related differently to the progressivism movement, therefore, an evaluation of these relationships is important in enhancing the understanding of progressivism.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1130

Native Americans in the US of the 19-20th Centuries

In the beginning of the twentieth century, the number of the Native Americans in the United States was approximately 25,000. The political problem that the Native Americans faced was the issue of land.
  • Subjects: Native Americans History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 800

Freedom and Liberty in American Historical Documents

The 1920s and the 1930s saw particularly ardent debates on these issues since it was the time of the First World War and the development of the American sense of identity at the same time.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1462

Sociopolitical Change in South Africa and the US

The end of white minority rule, racial segregation and involvement of Africans in all government institutions are some of the major aspects of change that took place in South Africa towards the end of apartheid [...]
  • Subjects: Civil Rights Activists
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 585

Tiananmen Square Incident in Literature and Films

It was a peaceful demonstration led by the students in Beijing in the spring of 1989. Many leaders in the government consider students who took to the streets as an echo of the chaos of [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 839

Chinese Civilization During the Han Dynasty

The history of the Han emperors, their conquering prowess, system of administration, scholars, innovators, entrepreneurs, and the common people represented emergence of a great Chinese culture. The success of the system prompted the government to [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1371

Barack Obama and Race Impact on American Politics

A detailed explanation of this last statement from a deeper perspective helps in determining how race impacts the views of voters and people of American society and how Obama directed and structured his campaign to [...]
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 4118

Medgar Wiley Evers in the Civil Rights Movement

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Following the rejection of his application to study at the University of Mississippi, NAACP hired him as a field secretary to Jackson that was to the Deep South in recognition of his effort and contribution [...]
  • Subjects: Civil Rights Activists
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1166

Legislative Branch Power, Its Limits and Expansion

The constitution of United States is of federalist set up where the states and the federal government share power. The "necessary and proper" clause is the last paragraph in article 1, section 8 of the [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 628

Frederick Douglass as an Anti-Slavery Activist

In "What to the slave is the fourth of July?" the orator drives the attention of his audience to a serious contradiction: Americans consider the Declaration of independence a document that proclaimed freedom, but this [...]
  • Subjects: American Abolitionists
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 835

American Finance Evolution and Its Stages

What is significant about the beginning of the 1860s is the establishment of the national banking system and putting an end to the era of free banking defining the hierarchy of banks.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 655

Anglo-American Relations, Freedom and Nationalism

Thus, in his reflection on the nature of the interrelations between two powerful empires, which arose at the end of the 19th century, the writer argues that the striving of the British Empire and the [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 858

Second Great Awakening and Transformation in the US

As far as the culture is concerned, the lessened economic role of women and their new position of homemakers led the country to one of the greatest religious revivals, the Second Great Awakening.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 669

Western Dominance Decline in World History

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The Western civilization has clearly left a mark on the evolution of the humankind, spawning the changes of a tremendous scale in all domains of life, including the cultural, the political, the economic, and the [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 636

Henry VIII and His Sociopolitical Decisions

Henry VIII is known as the king who played a significant role in the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church, and who established the supremacy of the English monarch over [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 14
  • Words: 3923

Ruling America: Wealth and Power in a Democracy

The American Revolution changed into a fighting area amongst two dominant and strengthening armies: the escalating superiority and the control and privilege of extraneous frontrunners, and the emerging equivalence, especially of the "middling sort", which [...]
  • Subjects: American Revolution Period
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 839

The Meiji Regime and Westernization

The first significant reforms to be carried out in Meiji Japan involved ending the tradition of the samurai and inducting these warriors into the bureaucratic society.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 479

Dilemmas of Ruling Elites in Revolutionary America

The American Revolution evolved into a combat zone among two influential, intensifying forces: the mounting exclusiveness and sense of prerogative of foreign leaders, and the incipient equality, particularly of the "middling sort" that was just [...]
  • Subjects: American Revolution Period
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1123

Money Evolution in the 21st Century and Before

The history of the world cannot be described effectively without identifying the function of money. Money has been used to measure the value of resources and financial markets.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1127

“The Feminine Mystique” by Betty Friedan

Single and widowed women under the age of fifty years were always looking for a man to complete their image. The 1960s women were even treated as equal to their husbands, a privilege that their [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2003

American South vs. North States in the 19th Century

The convergences in the perspectives on the evolution and development of states contributed to the increased number of differences between regions within the United States.
  • Subjects: American Civil War
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 881

British Industrial Revolution and Social Changes

In this paper, a variety of aspects and contributing factors of the evolution will be discussed including putting-out system, the three unique sets of Britain's advantages that stimulated the process of industrialization, the support of [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1143

James Monroe’s “Annual Message to Congress”

Monroe emphasizes the independent position of the United States regarding the political ambitions of the European powers. John Calhoun's "A Disquisition of Government" of 1845 addresses the subject of community, distinguishing between two types of [...]
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 564

Japan’s Expansion and Place in the World

The initial victories in regards to the modernization era of 1868 made it possible for Japan's leaders to become bold in their assertions of Japan's position in the world.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 476

Meiji and Economic Miracle in Japan

The nationalization of the education and the shift of power from individuals to the parliament were of particular importance to the democratization of Japan.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 560

African and Asian Independence and Postcolonial Time

Apart from a similar enemy, it is possible to draw a number of parallels between the struggle for independence of the "new nations" in the two Americas in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and that [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 856

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

African American Sociology, Psychology, History

Rather, it has to do with the ongoing progress in the field of empirical science, which in turn causes more and people to doubt the appropriateness of the Eurocentric approach to addressing the issues of [...]
  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1118

Weber on Separation of Church and State in the US

In the United States, the 'separation of state and the church' policy was strictly observed. Perhaps aware of the corrupt and unscrupulous members of the guild, the seller explicitly expresses his optimism with the sect [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 888

History in Marx’s Manifesto of the Communist Party

The Manifesto of the Communist Party is a powerful source of information about the most crucial force in history that is the attention to social and personal interests, the peculiarities of the bourgeoisie with its [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 877

7 Years’ War in “US: A Narrative History” by Davidson

Chapter six entailed the point of departure in thinking between the colonists and the colonialists, how the two sides started to drift apart in terms of anticipating to carry on with the duties of the [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 905