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The Fast and The Furious is a fast paced male bonding movie that uses the female characters to cater to predominantly male fantasies and to keeping the male gaze occupied.

He compiled the estimates of wages and the costs of living during and after the industrial revolution in order to get a fresh picture of the trends in real earnings during this time.

Coretta was exposed to the social injustices when she was a very young girl where she was forced to face the wrath of a segregated society, that is, the society where the native and the [...]

He stopped going to school at the age of ten, and at the age of twelve, he was already an apprentice to his brother, James. Franklin was sent to England in 1757 to explain to [...]

The literature on the development of peanut butter and jelly sandwich is quite limited especially regarding its formative years and is primarily dominated by issues of evolvement into the current popular brands. Thus, more research [...]

However, great thinkers in the past came to appreciate that it would be very beneficial if the government was to be inclined to people's interest as opposed to the personal interests of its leader.

However, in this cartoon the Church symbolizes the extent to which segregation laws had affected blacks in Churches and other public places.

After the success of the revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini was subsequently named as the religious and political leader of the Islamic republic of Iran for life.

The battle at Gettysburg is considered to be one of the most significant and bloodiest battles of The Civil War. It is also significant because president Abraham Lincoln gave a speech that became instilled in [...]

The first point that is mentioned in the work is that the colonization by Europeans and their actions were characterized through the depletion of Gold and diamonds.

Therefore, for Bascom to define her niche in a field dominated by men, she must have exercised lots of expertise in the field to garner the recognition she was able to achieve.

This began during the civil war in which African Americans stood to fight against prejudice and discrimination. It is undeniable that African Americans have faced many challenges in the U.S.ranging from prejudice to racial discrimination.

The market economy and the invention of the cotton gin intensified inequalities in the society leading to displacement of the native Indians and several acts of rebellion by the slaves.

The reason for the protest was that the pageant portrayed women as objects of allurement and beauty. This was a big triumph for the women.

The site is protected by Public Law and is meant to commemorate the life of Frederick Douglass. This site is a commemoration of the life of Frederick Douglass.

The terms women's liberation and women's movement are synonymous to the feminist movement. Today, the feminist movement still fights for rights of women in the majority of countries across the globe.

What the Pipe Represents The peace pipe integrates the beliefs of the Mi'kmaq people about the world, the spirits, nature, and the supernatural powers.

In this deadly war, the Northern States went into battle against the Southern States for the sake of preserving the unity of the Union of States.

The colonies in the Mid Atlantic regions were commonly referred to as 'the bread basket colonies' because of their dependence and potential to produce grain.

The black people were forcibly taken as slaves and put to work in the farms and homes of the white people.

The book offers a detailed description of the events that took place in the 1994 Rwandan genocide as told by the survivors of the massacre.

By founding the organization called Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, the members were strongly convinced that using armed struggle was the only way to prove the power and dominance of the black community over the [...]

The protracted rivalry that existed between the two cultures was indeed beneficial to the Native Americans bearing in mind that they had a tendency of supporting the opponents of the Europeans in return for unilateral [...]

Demarest affirms that the Maya Civilization was located on the eastern part of the modern day Mesoamerica. The confines of the Maya Civilization are, thus, contentious since they changed with the movement of cultural behaviours [...]

Crop lien contracts demanded that the freedmen work in the farms and earn by getting a share of the harvest at the end of the season.

The latter were used as instruments for airing the voices of the people. The party was keen in drawing the attention of workers who were facing the hard times of industrial revolution.

Through the bill of rights, an individual is assured of a number of personal freedoms, including the right to own property, the right to life, right of protection from the law, freedom of movement, freedom [...]

The proponents of US independence, mobilized against the British and the colonial loyalists during the 1760's and 1770's. In fact, the establishment of a republican government where the power resided with the people was another [...]

The powerful individuals, whose aim was to fulfil the interests of the owners of the means production, controlled the revolution. After the revolution, the Communist Party readjusted its objectives to reflect the aims of the [...]

The Thirteenth Amendment of the constitution of the United States did this. Those who fought the abolishment of slavery and equality laid the groundwork for the civil rights movement.

The Maya in the southern plain region reached the climax of influence in A.D. The empire reached the climax of its influence and power during the 6th century A.D.

One of the outstanding successes of John Quincy Adams when he was a secretary of state was the Doctrine of Monroe.

The paper seeks to explore issues surrounding the US foreign policy in the course of the war, as well as the implications of the war on the United States' society and culture.

According to Hitler, the German's defeat in the First World War, the Bolshevik Revolution, German's post war inflation, and the economic crisis of the year 1929 were accredited to International Jewry. Over time, the masses [...]

As she was born in Texas and lived all her life there, she is very well aware of the matter of things and political atmosphere that is present in Texas.

Aspects such as gender and race were rarely used to group people because a large proportion of the population was focused on taking advantage of industrialization.

The oozing up of petroleum from the bowels of the earth made the rural Americans experiment on how to extract kerosene; this idea led to the rise of crude oil industries in Pennsylvania and Cleveland, [...]

The League of Nations was meant to create order in the world after the world war one that led to destruction.

Neil Armstrong was instrumental in the investigation of the Apollo 13 crash and he was able to recreate a comprehensive sequence of events that occurred before the crash.

Indeed, it would be rather unexpected in the era when the African American population was oppressed that a person of an African American origin, even a man of education and intelligence of Walker's, would have [...]

The Nile was instrumental for settlements and cities to flourish and the proof of that is the distribution of the population and many peoples along the river valley.

The book covers very little on the normal lifestyle of the people in Youngstown before the crisis; all that it documents are the hardships that describe Ohio as a hopeless place to live.

His book looks at the factors that have caused and prolonged the issues that have deprived many people of jobs and ability to come out of the atrocious conditions.

It led to the formation of groupings in society due to their similarities in their plight to restore dignity and compassion to their lives.

Neither is the language used in the Holy Quran, nor the succession of the Holy Prophet by the divided Shiite and Sunni communities.

The reaction to colonization in North America was, therefore, through rebellions and protests against oppression and illegal acquisition of ancestral land.

On the whole, one can argue that that the Great Depression significantly lowered the standards of living and drove many citizens to the brink of property.

Having grown in Al Anan and experienced some of the hardships in the area, Zayed was determined on protecting the environment and the livelihoods of the people.

According to Vazquez and Mbemba, the slave trade in Africa and Spanish rule in Peru witnessed the annihilation of the existing political systems and the introduction of foreign ones.

The researchers provide rather opposite views on the prison system of the 19th century; that is why, it is important to discuss the history of prisons in pre-1900 America from many perspectives, focusing on the [...]

There were political, economical, and cultural reasons that led to the collapse of the USSR. This led to the collapse of communism as it had lost favor among people in the east.

Although the actual size of their constituency and membership is a subject of debate, the party had a significant impact on the consciousness and political developments of the late 1960s and early 1970s both nationally [...]

Most of the problems faced by Jews were due to the government's quest to make Jewish populations to integrate into the rest of the people in religious and cultural terms.

The movement concentrated on issues relating to history of man and the intrigues of civilization. This brought a new dimension to understanding of social situations and the required procedure for diffusing upheavals in society.

In this article, the author seeks to find the objective of Zheng He's voyages, and in doing so, he takes an opposing stand to the hypothesis that Zheng He was an accomplished explorer.

In spite of the fact there are many years between the two periods of the culture wars, the ideological backgrounds and reasons for the wars are rather similar and depend on the opposition in the [...]

Even though much of the concerns about the alteration of the dressing to have the capacity to erode the culture of the Chinese people concerned what women wore in the ninetieth century, the link between [...]

The article also expresses the validity of the criteria employed in the location of the place of publication for one of their famous article commonly referred to as the "The National Newspaper".

In this publication, Anderson referred to the constructed nature of culture and the role of print capitalism in nationalism. The Revolution attracted the National Guard, the militia, and a section of the army.

Every event in the historical record of the relationships between the Catholics and the Protestants led to the conclusion which Elizabeth provided; the idea of creating a church which would unite the existing confessions was [...]

However, when rethinking the possibility to ignore the principles of democracy for the sake of winning the battle, one has to take into account that, in case of victory, there will be no way to [...]

The start of his reign in 1894 is one of the events that led to the eventual collapse of the Tsarist regime.

In the first place, Puritanism was the movement that "sought to purify, or reform the Church". Of course, they remained faithful to their religious tenets as this was one of their "safe zones" in the [...]

Thus, the Revolutionary War resulted in the victory of the American colonists because the experienced British army was defeated with the help of the new military techniques, approaches, and strategies, the Americans had the territory [...]

It is interesting to note that there was no single cause behind the American Revolutionary War that was wholly attributed as the "trigger" so to speak behind its inception, rather, it was the result of [...]

Besides her treatment as an object of racial inferiority and medical research, Bartman's experience manifested the intersection of various forms of discrimination, such as, gender, race, nationality, and class discrimination. Bartman's experience was a manifestation [...]

It is fictional to believe that the Pilgrims held the first thanksgiving ceremony. Many people believe that thanksgiving is a ceremony that is related to the family.

Because of his exploits in the Crusades, Saladin is perceived as the chief "hero" of the Crusades by both his Islamic side and the Christian side.

Needless to say, both the economic power and huge population proved to be vantage points for the Union in claiming victory against the southern states.[3] Perhaps, the most fundamental contribution of the Union in the [...]

The elite were at the forefront of these vices owing to the need to protect their interests. In the new American colony, the elite did not epitomize liberty; they used their positions of power to [...]

The arrival of the British colonists in America led to the oppression and exploitation of the native Indian communities. During the British rule in the American colonies, many changes occurred, and they were not in [...]

Contrary to the Virginia plan, the New Jersey plan called for equal state representation in the congress regardless of the size of the state.

Despite the restriction imposed on women, the decree can be regarded as a step forward for women in Saudi Arabia, contributing to significant changes in terms of women employment and rights.

This article focuses on the exhibit of the great fire of Chicago that is on display at the Historical Museum of Chicago.

At the beginning of seventeenth century, many newcomers conquering Virginia were of aristocratic origins and, therefore, the main purpose of their expansion consisted in increasing the profits of the Virginia Company, the first enterprise established [...]

Unlike Bill who was from a second-class family who could afford his education, Benjamin had to drop out of school due to inability to afford it and work for his brother in the printing sector. [...]

The court held that it was improper to have separate schools for white and black children yet the children were not any different.

This is the why she gets my nomination for recognition in the "Museum of Silent Voices of the Modern Civil Rights Movement".

Nonetheless, the largest wave of immigrants arrived in America in the 20th century. Therefore, failure to control the number and type of immigration in America is not a new thing.

In essence, understanding the relations between ethnic groups in the United States requires a thorough look at the history of immigration.

This paper will therefore explore the history of immigration in the United States. However, they are the most decorated in history of United States.

One of the key disputes was the failure of the Soviets to accept the reconstruction strategies for revamping the economy and political stability of Germany."Britain, France, the United States and the Benelux countries later combined [...]

Nelson Mandela did not use his power to benefit himself; instead, he devoted his presidency in serving the republic of South Africa and its citizens.

The signing of Plan Colombia led to adoption of aerial spraying of the coca plantations using glyphosate herbicide which kills the coca plants. There have been attempts by leaders from Bolivia and Colombia to help [...]

The signing of the Lisbon Treaty on December 13, 2009, transformed the structure of the European Community, which was subsequently renamed the European Union.

The War of 1812 was instigated by the agitation of the Americans due to the dissatisfaction with the British government. After the War in 1816, the Bank of the United States was chartered by the [...]

The link represented a great advance in the progress of the long distance trade in Eurasia compared to the Sub Sahara.

To begin with, the letter was diplomatic due to the level of diplomacy that the Chinese empire had exhibited then. Other sources indicate that the letter was send to the Queen through a British friend [...]

Turning to the analysis of the book and the cases presented there with the purpose to understand the process of the emergence of the law of slavery in Mississippi, it should be stated that this [...]

Modern imperialism also relates to economic globalization in that the European and Western powers emphasized on civilization, as they spread in most parts of the world; this ultimately led to economic globalization. Modern imperialism led [...]

According to Huffman, the Meiji government developed nationalism in Japan. Furthermore, under the Meiji regime, Japan was able to expand and had a stronger military.

Grimke's play was one of the first to be written by black authors highlighting the plight of blacks in the US.

The latter is the one that looks backward with nostalgia while the former looks forward for explanations of the present and the future.

The economy of northern states relied heavily on industry and development of technology whereas southerners tended to keep their ways as they were in the eighteenth century.

The war provided Americans with an opportunity to take control of the world and stamp authority in regions that belonged to other world powers.

This was after the evolution of the use of herbs as poisons that were used to kill people. Herbal knowledge in the region revolved around the army quite a bit and the soldiers gained from [...]

The response to this challenge led to the formation of a defensive posture that acknowledged the place of slavery in the natural order of the things and viewed abolitionist challenges to the peculiar institution as [...]

The utilities enjoyed in the modern world such as cell phones, computers and the internet can be credited to the work of scholars such as Charles Babbage, who was the first to conceive the idea [...]

It is alleged that through their firms, these businesspersons reduced the prices of their products and services to lure more customers and push their competitors out of business.

In Res Gestae Divi Augusti, the Roman Emperor Augustus talks about his remarkable achievements and journeys contributing to the welfare of the Romans.

In spite of the fact the book covers the shift from the era of postwar liberalism to the economic crisis of the 1970s, the author's arguments can be discussed as relevant for analyzing the current [...]

After the collapse of the Nazi government, in the year 1945, the US and the Soviet Union became the world superpowers.

The author's main purpose of writing this book was to draw attention to the experiences of Chicago industrial workers during and after the great depression.

Warren's place, as a woman, gave her plenty of time to consider the activities of the revolution and offered a keyhole, which allowed her to record the events of the war.

His association with the Nation of Islam equally put him to the limelight, as he headed the movement from the year 1934 to 1975 when he died, leaving his legacy and philosophy enshrined in the [...]

In her publication, 'Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939', Lizabeth Cohen examines the possibility of the industrial workers to form union movements during the Great Depression in the 1930s.

His popularity started after he led other activists in boycotting the services of the Montgomery Bus Service in the year 1955 after an incident of open discrimination of a black woman in the bus. Martin [...]

As it can be seen in the video The Chinese are Coming, the most distinctive features of how the Chinese approach the task of expanding the sphere of their influence in Africa, can be outlined [...]

The Anglo Americans had slaves back in the United States, and brought them to Texas. They wanted to become part of the United States, and eventually Texas was annexed to the Union.

Later on, he shifted to Bukhara where he got his accreditation in the field of mathematics as well astronomy based in medieval principles.

The author makes sure that throughout the entire novel, the story of Su Qi's family relates extensively to the historical context of the book.

The accusers took advantage of the ignorance of the people to make them believe that it was indeed supernatural causes which made the town of Salem suffer.

The Glass Slipper is one of the movies that show the position of women in society in mid 1950s. All women agree that subordination of women to men in the society is a result of [...]

During the late part of the 19th century, the development of Zionism as the focus on the historic connection between the Jews and the lands of Palestine led to the active Arabs' opposition because of [...]

The process of colonization of America that began in the mid of the 16th century was instrumental in formation of the United States.

Although many Founders discussed the phenomenon of slavery as violating the appeals for freedom and liberty for the Americans, the concepts of slavery and freedom could develop side by side because the Founders did not [...]

Besides, it looks at the events that led up to the siege and the actual days of the siege. In the first day of the siege, news of the impeding attack from the Mexicans circulated [...]

Hence, this study examines the main achievements of Harold Washington in the fields of employment, racism, equality in provision of social amenities, gender equality, freedom of expression, and the creation of the ethics commission in [...]

The Congress largely known as the European Concert was the initial sequence of the worldwide conference to be held for the diplomatic European power balance.

The drastic change in the industrial sector across the United States led to the spanning of mechanization, specialization, and division of labor between 1820 and 1870.