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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

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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.
  • 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

Barack Obama’s Family History

Payne, on the other hand, was born in the year 1922 in Wichita, Kansas and she died 86 years later on November 3, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 982

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

Japan’s Role Since the End of the Cold War

Having assumed a relatively 'peaceful' stand, Japan was able to recover from the impacts of WWII to become one of the most powerful countries in the world at the end of the Cold War in [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 659

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

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

The Role of Women’s Labor in British Columbia

The role of women grew in the context of Euro-Canadian labor, as many countries enriched and capitalized itself by means of exploitation of the aboriginal population of the colonies.
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2375

What makes the Middle East different?

The Middle East seems to be the centre of the world or to put it lightly, the centre of attraction due to its many conflicts, controversies, and issues.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 2810

War and Crusades: The Concept of War

According to Brad, It is important for the state to have these rights as stipulated by the international law for the well being of its citizens and to promote peaceful interactions.
  • Subjects: Medieval History
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2767

U.S. Intelligence Recurring Themes

The strategic theme that gave rise to this reform was represented by the expansion of the presence of the United States navy in many international oceans in addition to the increment of the United State's [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1744

Asian Studies: Suharto’s Fall

This essay will examine the impact of Suharto's fall from power and the subsequent fall of authoritarianism, corruption, and political persecution in Indonesia, and examine the subsequent protection of women's rights on Indonesian women.
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3117

The Adoption of Feminist Doctrine in Canada

Both feminist theories and the liberal democracy have a greater role to play in reference to autonomy, diversity, the enlightenment of women, and the necessity to accommodate differences in the political setup. This is itself [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 3116

Feminist Movement in Canada

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Since historically men's position used to be superior to the one of women, feminist ideas have been brewing in the society for quite long.
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 580

Reconstruction: Presidents Lincoln and Johnson

The reconstruction took place in three phases namely the Presidential reconstruction of 1863-1866, Radical reconstruction of 1866-1873 and the redemption of 1873-1877.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 583

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

The First Nations Women in Canada

The status of First Nations Women is demeaning and inhumane; injustices continue to be met to these women with the main contributors of the status being: historical injustices; violence by white men, and internal discrimination [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1816

Misperceptions and the Cold War

After the WW II, the America rose to become the most powerful nation in the world, however, the USSR perceived this negatively, which resulted into fierce rivalry between the two nations and the war hang [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 861

Cuban Missile Crisis Management

The US administration of the time believed that Moscow's activities in Cuba were a threat to International security, hence; the ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba enhanced a major security blow to the leadership of United [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1184

Slavery Effects on Enslaved People and Slave Owners

Reflecting on the life of Douglass Frederick and written in prose form, the narrative defines the thoughts of the author on various aspects of slavery from the social, economic, security, and the need for appreciation [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1093

The Role of Sea Power in International Trade

The historical influence that the marines or the navy has had on international trade and the complications in comparing measures of sea power has been issues of discussion in the past.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1003

Schelling and Kahn on the Deterrence Power

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Schelling proposed that the power of deterrence in the nuclear age is pegged not only on the equality or balance of the nuclear-possessing countries, but on the "stability of the balance".
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2750

Transcontinental Railway Construction

The writer notes that the construction of transcontinental railroad from Omaha, Nebraska to Sacramento, California was the greatest achievement of the American people.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 563

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

Britain and the United States War of 1912

Another course of the war of 1812 was the War Hawks and expansion in the west. This was opposed by leaders of the Native Americans6 and this led to the institution of confederacy to oppose [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2385

The women in the New France

Once these women and the other sailors set out for the migration, they used to face very many hazards along the way, for instance the Spanish marauders, the storms and the sea sickness that used [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2110

The U.S. Civil War and Its Aftermath

In the aftermath of the bloody war, the South was devastated by the scorch earth policy of the North. Many of the abolitionists believe in the power of the written word to influence and open [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 3001

Role of WWII in Shaping America’s History

Boost to the Economy The entry of the United States into WWII was a major boost to the economy that was still reeling from the effects of the Great Depression of 1930.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 530

International Trade Shaped the Economy

Soon after the Romans and Egyptians joined in the silk trade route and explored East and Central Asia The silk route trade influenced in many ways the central Asian countries, and played a part in [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1678

The Problem of Slavery in Africa

The capture of Constantinople by Ottoman in 1453 led to a stop of the movement of slaves from the Balkans and the Black Sea region.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2326

Michael Jackson

Even though MJ was never proved to be a paedophile, the fact that he paid one of his 'victim' to settle the case out of court and that another man accused him of molesting him [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2273

Native People in the USA Today

The United States of America and the Euro-Americans attempted to address the harms that were perpetuated on the indigenous people internationally and particularly the ongoing subjugation and oppression of the Dakota and Ojibwe people through [...]
  • Subjects: Native Americans History
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1439

The War of 1812

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The War of 1812 was fought between the United States of America and the provinces of the British North America, especially the Upper Canada, Lower Canada, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Cape [...]
  • Subjects: Canada
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 714

Last Night I dreamt of Peace

Despite the love that she has for her nation and the effort that she had put into place to ensure that all her personal goals of freedom and peace have been achieved, Thuy was also [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 887

French and Spanish Conquests

This analysis is going to address the French and Spanish conquest in the new world and the establishment of their respective empires.
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1205

Social Security Act of 1935

The text of this document can be regarded as the excellent primary source that can throw light on the intentions of policy-makers who attempted to create the model of state that could better ensure the [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1095

Causes of the First Crusade 1095 and 1099

The crusades started in the year 1095 with the appeal of Pope Urban II to the European Christians and ended in the year 1291 with the downfall of Acre.
  • Subjects: Medieval History
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1668

Contemporary Legend in the U.S.

The article: "Whispers in an Ice Cream Parlour: Culinary Tourism, Contemporary Legends, and the Urban Inter-zone by Bill Ellis" delves into a contemporary legend in the U.S.in 1910 that presented the notion that white women [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 847

Racial Slavery in America

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The study of the history of the development of America reveals the issue of race as being central in the economic, social and political development of the nation.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1113

The Revolutionary War Changes in American Society

The Revolution was started by the breakaway of the 13 American Colonies from the British Crown. A significant consequence of the American Revolution is that it led to the drafting of the Declaration of Independence [...]
  • Subjects: American Revolution Period
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1151

Native People and Native-European Colonialism: 1880-1920

The dramatic move in 1892 for reformation by the Populist Party platform at Omaha summarized the agenda of the union of farmers, small businesspersons, and reformist leaders with the impetus for change with a view [...]
  • Subjects: Native Americans History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 591

U.S. War in Afghanistan: Pros and Cons

Although the US war in Afghanistan has lasted a decade already and is still continues as we speak, the United States of America together with its allies should still persist because the Afghan government needs [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2012

Conversation with Mr. Mark Houghton

He is an octogenarian who gives his views concerning the unfolding of events in the mid twentieth century to-date, and how the same have impacted his life; influencing event the decisions he needed to make [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1655

New Imperialism and Politics 1850 and 1914

One of the characteristics of the new imperialism was that Britain was no longer a major economic and political power in the world politics due to the emergence of other powers such as the United [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1936

Indian myth and legend by Mary Fraser

From the summary of the article, it can be noticed that the author has attempted to explore the background roots of this Indian sub tribe.
  • Subjects: Native Americans History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1097

Women Liberation during the Socialist Era

A federation was started, Women's Federation, to better the status of women in the society. With this sort of confidence and the backup of the law, women were empowered to bargain even at the household [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2015

Reintegration of Women Combat Veterans

Feminists observe that the subjection of women to the power of men originated from the rise of private property, the family, and the state.
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1685

Santa Cruz and Peru-Bolivia Confederation

This paper examines the efforts of Santa Cruz in the realization of the Peru-Bolivia Confederation as put forward by Natalia Sobrevilla Perea in his book The Caudillo of the Andes: Andres de Santa Cruz.
  • Subjects: Latin America
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 575

Total War in Modern World History

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In this paper, I will explore the validity of the above-stated at length, while promoting the idea that the very emergence of the term 'total war' cannot be discussed outside of the fact that, throughout [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1472

Reconstructing the United States After the Civil War

Basically, the rationale behind acquiring knowledge about the history of the past is because one will stand at a better position to understand the people and the societies we live in today and, hence, appreciate [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1570

First Nations in the Twenty-First Century

In particular, the reluctance of the Canadian population to accept the authority of aboriginal population premises on the impossibility to realize their identity and connection to their land.
  • Subjects: Native Americans History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1105

History of Soviet Union and America in 20th Century

In order to be successful in any armed conflict, a country must be stable in a number of ways and some of the key aspects to observe here are things such as economical status and [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2236

Republican Presidents Theodore Roosevelt & Taft

And so he set out to work as the president of the United States consequently becoming known as one of the vigorous presidents that the country had ever had.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 16
  • Words: 4451

Thomas Paine’s Vision and Legacy

In his simple radicalism and using means he could, that of the pen, Paine used it so effectively that he is credited with the success of the American revolution, the French revolution, and the British [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1416

Civil Rights Court Case: Griggs vs. Duke Power Co

Facts The case involves the policy at the Duke Power Company employment policy of 1950s that allowed black people to work in the labor section of the company.
  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1361

The First World War’s Aftermath

For instance, one can mention the formation of ANZAC or the troops formed by the soldiers for Australia and New Zealand.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 671

Desert Storm Intelligence Operation

It will then speculate on the effect of the use of otherwise unfriendly technology in terms of the results of the war as well as the strategies that were applied.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 4140

Visualized Language: New Concept or Recurrent Feature?

The article "The Ideological Use of Meta-pictures and Visualized Meta-texts in Iconography of the Cultural Revolution" by Francesca Dal Lago delves into the use of meta-pictures and visualized meta-texts within the context of the cultural [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 889

History of Old Regime

The movement towards the republic was the key goal of the people, demanding their rights and freedoms acknowledged but the direction was being constantly halted by economic domination of the ruling class in agriculture and [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1385

The Samurai History in Japan

The daimyos and the shogun could not increase taxes because rice farmers were reluctant to appreciate the role of the samurai in society.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1690

Hizbut Tahrir as a Movement

Contemporarily, the Hizbut Tahrir, which is the party of liberation, is one of the biggest Islamic groups across the world. Hizbut Tahrir saw this opportunity and established the caliphate as a solution to the conflicts, [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1967

Boycotting American Goods Movement

The negotiations that were held in 1905 did not help the Chinese who were in the United States of America because the government of China was weak.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1106

Legal Mexican Immigration Wave Since 1965

The influx resulted in a heated debate in the US Congress as the massive population of the Mexicans in the United States has caused devastations on the social order in the United States.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1662

Loury, Douglass, and King Jr.

Loury addressed the challenge to liberals and conservatives that was in the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. Loury found it difficult to sell the idea of self help and reliance among the black because [...]
  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 551

Communism in the 20th Century China

Although the Japanese remained in control of the cities, the people of China started to view the communists as the probable force behind China's liberation.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1941