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Has President Obama’s Presidency Changed the US?

Obama's Presidency and Transformation of the US From the time the US acquired its independence, all presidents of the United States of America have had their failures and successes in terms of changing the nation.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3055

The New Deal and the Role of the Supreme Court

Written in 1998, Barry Cushman's book "Rethinking the New Deal Court: The Structure of a Constitutional Revolution" is a historical analysis of the famous shift by the US Supreme Court from opposing the social legislations [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 903

The Nationalism and Islam in the Middle East Region

The discovery of crude oil in the region during the 20th century has changed the fortunes of the region. The issue of the Jewish resettlement in the Middle East has been viewed as central to [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1779

Six-Day War: Background & Summary

Other names, such as the War of 1967, the June War, 1967 Arab Israel War, and the Third Arab-Israel war are used as well.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1155

Nationalism and Its 19th Century History

Although the majority of nations in Europe were established during the 20th century, it is worth to note that the events leading to the creation of these states took place during the 19th century.
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1398

The Homestead Strike

The strike involved workers who were members of the steel workers' union and management of the Carnegie Steel Company. The general manager, with the help of the owner of the company, was in agreement about [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2004

Bao Yu: A Chinese Concubine

Trevor-Roper found out that she was supposed to serve the King of the Day in the fourth position as a concubine.
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1519

American Army First Strategic Operations

In particular, one can mention that in both cases, the speed of operations and mobility of forces was of great importance to the commanders.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 826

The Importance of the Progressive Era Reforms

The importance of the Progressive Era reforms is in providing a lot of possibilities for changing different aspects of the political, economic, and social life for the benefit of the US citizens with references to [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

“Limits of Air Power” by Mark Clodfelter

The author argues that the strategic culture that existed in the first part of the 20th century proved to be successful for the country due to the specific geopolitical situation.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 568

New Deal Programs: Key Elements and Effects

The subject on this paper examines the three key elements of the new deal as well as it's the effects. The New Deal focused its attention on provision of relief to issues of unemployment, it [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1113

The Life of Harold Cardinal

Specific attention deserves such works as The Unjust Society: The Tragedy of Canada's Indians written in 1969 and The Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian, which is also famous as the White Paper.
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  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1118

African Diaspora and Globalization

The concepts of colonialism and imperialism as the base of the progress of the racial capitalism traditionally depend on the racial discrimination toward the Africans moved to America as slaves and toward the developed Africans' [...]
  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1112

Roy Jenkins – Churchill: A Biography

The zenith of the narration is in part five, The Savior of His Country and the Light of the World- 1939-1945, where the leadership of Churchill is evident.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1999

Glenda Gilmore: Gender and Jim Crow

Gilmore's book attempts to describe gender relations under the Jim Crow system and the influence of black women on white supremacy in North Carolina in the 19th Century.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 917

Role of Manchukuo in the Second Sino-Japanese War

Manchukuo features in the history of the war because of its significance, or otherwise, in the war. The creation of Manchukuo preceded the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1941.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1667

Mao Zedong: A Blessing or Curse for the Chinese People

Some of the most important of these transformations include the 'Long March' that took place before his leadership, development of the Five-Year Plan, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution that is the subject [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2300

Collective Invention During Industrial Revolution

The major similarity between collective invention and heroic individual invention is that both provided important source of innovations during the early stages of industrialization.
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 526

Was the American Revolution Really Revolutionary?

The nature of the American Revolution is considered to be better understandable relying on the ideas offered by Wood because one of the main purposes which should be achieved are connected with an idea of [...]
  • Subjects: American Revolution Period
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 946

United States-Iran Relations, 1930-1945

The American's mission was to refurbish Iranian army, to reorganize gendarmerie in Iran; they also had financial mission and smaller missions to the police department and Ministry of Food and Supply in Iran.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 18
  • Words: 5027

Nazi Movies and Their Purpose

There is a great value in the Nazi movies as during this era Hitler and his supporters needed to manipulate others applying to the propaganda via mass media and choosing the movies Hitler was sure [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 571

Early American need for railroads

The impracticalities of the turnpikes in transportation of bulky goods and their poor maintenance led many businessmen to turn to water transport for a solution to their problem.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 855

United States-Egypt relation 1930-1945

From the developments in the world during the 1930s to the early years of 1940s, it can be asserted that the United States was concerned with domestic affairs and the political developments in Europe and [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 18
  • Words: 4977

Presidents Eisenhower and Johnson: the Civil Rights Movement

The social historians have managed to cogently present the politics that surrounded the civil rights movement. The movement also managed to gain the support of the aims of government, the executive, legislature, and even the [...]
  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1839

Civil Service Examinations in Late Imperial China

The same thing cannot be said if the only structure of authority in the city is a garrison filled with battle-scarred soldiers and a general who may not be sympathetic to the plight of the [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1163

The Chinese Qing Dynasty

This essay will explore the history of the Qing Dynasty by comparing and contrasting the state and the Chinese society during this dynasty to the earlier periods in the history of the country.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1131

Analysis of Swift’s Modest

At the beginning of the Modest Proposal, Swifts satirizes on the problem of the poor and over-population in Ireland and pledges for the English people to pay attention to it.
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 852

Japanese Soldiers in the World War II

Japanese recruits were forced to torture and maim their victims by their seniors to display their commitment and loyalty. Japanese soldiers thought they were highly respected by other Japanese civilians because of their willingness to [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 570

Cathay Williams: The Female Buffalo Soldier

In the research paper, the researcher examines the soldier's life from the time before her master shifted to Jefferson City, to her death in Trinidad. At the time the war was breaking out, the nation [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3067

Major Trade Routes of the Post-Classical World

The emergence of trade routes marked a major development in the history of humankind. Evidently, the major trade routes of the post-classical world helped in the emergence and establishment of an empire.
  • Subjects: Medieval History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 856

The Rise of Fascism

The French Revolutions included the Action in France and the Popular Front that was a thrilling moment in the history of France.
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 586

The American Struggle for Rights and Equal Treatment

To begin with, the Americans had been under the rule of the British for a very long time. On the same note, the British concentrated on taxing various establishments and forgot to read the mood [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 576

Dissolution of the Roman Empire

Historians seeking to determine the actual cause of the decline and eventual dissolution of the Roman Empire have formulated several theories.
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 559

Turning Points in the History of the Middle East

During the 1980s and 1990s, the history of the Middle East was shaped by three main events namely the Gulf War, the Palestinian rebellion, and the meltdown of the U.S.S R.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2000

History of Empires in Past and Modern World

During the 16th and 17th century, the Spanish empire was one of the strongest empires in the world. Later on, during the 19th and 20th century, the British Empire became the largest and strongest empire [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 652

African American Soldier in American Revolution

It was revealed that the blacks were behind the American's liberation from the British colonial rule, and this was witnessed with Ned Hector's brevity to salvage his army at the battle of Brandywine.
  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 559

Roles of American policymakers in American history

The paper evaluates significance of historical and social context during the Cold War between America and the Soviet Union. The Cold War was caused economic, political and ideological disagreement between the Soviet Union and America [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 727

The History of Blacks in Higher Education

The founding of the USA changed the education landscape in America in the 1800s. Churches emerged in support of higher education particularly among Blacks of the South.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 833

The Life of Zora Neale Hurston

As Hurston later glorifies in her literary works, the town was the first to offer African Americans the chance to live freely and independent of the Whites, as they desired.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2499

Mai Ngai. Impossible Subjects

In the initial sections of the book, Ngai spends her time discussing the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act of 1994 that concurrently heralded the death of one epoch and the birth of another.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2834

Revolution: America and France

Between 1775 and 1815, a revolution was witnessed in warfare that corresponded with the advent of American and French revolutions. Military personnel were made to take a new oath of commitment to France and unwilling [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 458

North Carolina State History

He observes, "history of the universe is not made up of atoms but of stories of atoms" implying that he explored all aspects of the North Carolina since the much popular story of the big [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 612

“From the Shadows” by Robert M. Gates

The main thesis of Gates is the fall down of the Soviet Union and the steps that the United States took so as to speed up its termination.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1455

Historic Sources of Struggle on the Island of Montreal

The struggle with racism was heavily as a result of the different groups of individuals that settled on the island in its colonial days.the Dutch, the British and the French all wanted to claim a [...]
  • Subjects: Canada
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 533

Nazi Revolution: Violence as a Tool of Control

As a result of the contributions made by the members of the party most notably of whom is Hitler and the socio-economic realities of the time, the party was able to grow in size and [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 18
  • Words: 3545

East Asia Economic Development

According to Stubbs, economic growth in Asia arose out of the experiences in the War in the region and not the American and IMF policies of free market systems.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 731

How is Narco-Governance Related to Political Liberalism?

The impunity displayed by these drug lords goes beyond just controlling the government spending; the government is always at their beck and call and any disgruntled voices are either intimidated into silence or killed, in [...]
  • Subjects: Latin America
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1846

Racial Profiling Towards Arabs in America

Although the 9/11 attacks presented lawmakers and enforcers with the problem of ensuring the security of Americans, the practice of racial profiling and racially motivated attacks within the United States quickly emerged and provided a [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3013

Military Fascism in Pre-WWII Japan

The military fascism was a way of expressing the Japanese economic, power and policy dissatisfaction by the west, and it hence contributed in some ways to the rise of World War II.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 639

What kind of Canada did the stores help to create?

The book, 'Retail Nation: Department Stores and the Making of Modern Canada' retrospectively views the transformation of Canada from the era during which time monopolized department stores such as Eaton's committed themselves to strengthening the [...]
  • Subjects: Canada
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2016

Failures of the Media During the Falklands War

The Falklands War of 1982 was alleged to be the worst reported warfare after the Crimean War, as the war reporting went back to the pre mass communication era.
  • Subjects: Contemporary History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 721

Balkan Region History and Profile

Presently, the definition of the Balkan-peninsula encloses the entirety of the region of Southern-Europe as it is enclosed by water bodies from the Adriatic, the Mediterranean, as well as the Black seas.
  • Subjects: Eastern Europe
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 500

Last Night I dreamed of Peace

She also makes her decision to move to South Vietnam because of her spirited heart of humanity and love and long for an end of the war and the sufferings and pains subjected to the [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 1054

The German Way of War

Lack of enough knowledge of land terrains among Germans and high population of their enemies may also have contributed to German loss in the war.
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1029

Ned Kelly as an Iconic Figure

The life of Ned Kelly continuously attracts the attention of Australian historians, anthropologists and even sociologists, because to a large extent, this person has become a part of the national culture.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2300

Analysis of the Twentieth Century’s Last Decade

This book highlights the issues that were present in the world towards the end of the 20th century as people in the world braced themselves for the 21st century and the new millennium that was [...]
  • Subjects: Contemporary History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1121

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome

As slavery is a social issue that depicts discrimination in terms of color, the treatment of slaves by the whites gives an impression to African Americans that they are the minority group and less human.
  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1626

History, Culture and Language of Wales

The main advantages of the development of these territories as the province of the Roman Empire were in building the powerful forts, the progress of the agriculture and markets, and the adoption of the Christianity.
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  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3316

Cairo: Renewing the Historic City

This has further led to the loss of heritage in the city. The loss of historic fabric in Al-Gamaliya is a challenge to the historic Cairo.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2622

International Development of China

The Qing Empire opposed the move by proscribing the use of opium in the state. The counselors to the monarch requested the emperor to stop using force and institute a legal system that would respond [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1691

Colonists’ Disagreements with Britain

In the bid to maintain the resources for their vast empire, the British government issued a declaration to limit the control of the territories by the colonial authorities.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 862

The period of absolutism

The exercise of absolute monarchy in the French territory began in the16th century, and it was preceded by the era of renaissance monarchy that was exercised on the basis of political consensus among the social [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1099

The Civil Rights Movement in the USA

The movement's main aim was to end the racial segregation and fight for the voting power of the black people in America.
  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1089

Abolition of Slavery in Brazil

In most parts of America, the legislation to abolition slave trade was greatly opposed by big plantation owners who needed the services of slaves and knew that the legislation to end slavery was a major [...]
  • Subjects: Latin America
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1354

Women in World War II

The involvement of women in the war was quite significant to the women as they were able to have a strong arguing point after the war and this made it possible for the women to [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2629

Causes of the 1812 War

In sum to the determination of Americans in eradicating the presence of the British in North America, their need and quest for expansion also contributed significantly to the rise of the 1812 war. The participation [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 932

America’s Failure in Promoting Its Politic in Vietnam

Existing literature purports that, part of America's agenda in Vietnam was to stop the spread of communism and in other literature excerpts, it is reported that, America was persuading North Vietnam to stop supporting the [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2258

FDR’s New Deal: Democratic Platform

In addition, it is necessary to investigate how the president Roosevelt delivered his speech with the help of the first radio address with the suggestions of the New Deal as the program that was aimed [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1634

The Heritage of the Soviet Union

Thus, to understand the future of these countries, it is important to consider political systems within the countries and define factors which resulted in the development of such regimes.
  • Subjects: Eastern Europe
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3340

The Post-War Army: Problems New and Old

The griffin novels tell us more about the lives of the soldiers and their roles in the various wars, than the events of the actual wars.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1330
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