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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 [...]

It was the first constructive strategy to be instituted after the demise of Roosevelt. Furthermore, the USSR could have spread its communist ideas to the south and other parts of the American.

The article "No King unless It Be a Constitutional King: Rethinking the Place of the Quebec Act in the Coming of the American Revolution" by Vernon Creviston published in the Fall of 2011 in Historian [...]

Eisenhower can be discussed as influential in coping with segregation issues and protecting the African Americans' civil rights because he demonstrated the significant political courage in enforcing the Civil Rights laws in 1957 and 1960 [...]

It was successful because it has several divisions, such as The Constitution itself, the Bill of Rights, basic Articles of Confederation and the government's guarantee and responsibility to uphold the laws of a person.

Propaganda refers to the form of communication that is meant to influence the feelings and attitudes of individual to believe or support a certain viewpoint.

The system of chattel slavery established at the very outset generated intense debates for over two hundred years even in the framing of the major founding documents of the nation.

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 [...]

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 [...]

In the book, the author highlights the realities of the end of the eighteenth century during which the Founding Brothers, also known as Founding Fathers, sought to define the practical underpinnings of our government, as [...]

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.

To enlarge on the issue, it should be stressed that "in the telling and retelling of their stories, the elderly immigrants reclaim the authorship of their own history".

Only money solved all the problems and was the source of the decisions in the USA."The Gilded Age celebrated two kinds of virtues: those of the soldier and those of the entrepreneur" and this phrase [...]

Johnson presidential administration shifted the priorities in the sports national policy and vision of sports rivalry in the United States."Addressing the subject in terms of federal initiatives during the 1960s, this article will argue that [...]

The English are referred to as the makers of America, in 1600s the population status of England was mushrooming and this boosted migrations. In addition to that in early 1711, the Tuscarora Indians were attacked [...]

The reconstruction era refers to the period following the civil war whereby the numerous different affiliations in the government intended to find a solution to the socio-economic and political problems imposed by the civil war, [...]

There can be many ways to interpret a historical event, yet the evaluation of the Reconstruction results will depend on four key factors, which are the unwillingness of the President to provide efficient reforms, the [...]

More over, it will seek to establish the comparison and contrast of the visions about freedom and progress of America, as well as the idea of civilization that has occurred in the distinct ethic communities[1].

Labour and economy remained intertwined in that; the former was a factor that determined the state of the latter. Scholars single out economical differences between the two states as the cause of the slavery in [...]

If the actions of Polk while he was alive and in office contributed to the civil war, then he did much in shaping the history of United States since the war was very consequential.

Reflecting the change in the views of death both in their form and contents, gravestones bear valuable and trustworthy information about the cultural, the religious, and the social perspectives of the time.

It did take long for the native Hawaiians, the Asians of Chinese and Japanese origin to start petitioning the King regarding the reduced participation of the natives in the governance of the monarch.

The loss occurred while the ship was on its Maiden voyage from Southampton, United Kingdom to the New York City in the United States causing one of the deadliest maritime disasters of the 20th century.

The 1930s were a decade of extraordinary expansion and influence for labor unions in the United States, making it a crucial decade for workers.

Resources, the quality of the soil, and the climate of a particular area are the cornerstones of any society, as they determine the economic core of the local human population.

During the Cold War, the polarizing gender ideology and the expressive dichotomy between men and women was a means of gaining an advantage in the capitalism-socialism struggle in the global political arena.

The settlements in North Carolina were considered significant parts of the frontier, or backcountry, and became formally included in modern Mountain and Piedmont regions.

The mass executions of the local population, the destruction of all the defenders of the Alamo fortress, and other bloody events of that war showed that American statehood was formed despite obstacles and external threats.

Answering the research question requires providing an overview of different types of intelligence information that had been provided to the decision-makers in the American government leading up to the attack.

The peculiarity of the style is that the second and third floors of the building are made of brick, which significantly distinguishes the building, making it look more like a European style.

The United States was not involved in the war until 1941 since it had a Neutrality Act which established limits to the sale of weapons to fighting parties.

The emergence of midwifery in the city clashed with the arrival of the Irish which is hardly a coincidence seeing how the practice was common with Europeans.

On the other hand, the representatives from the smaller states longed for equal seat allocation among all the provinces, which is known as the Jersey plan. It ensured once again the equal distribution of power [...]

The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration were some of the many programs representing minorities in the New Deal.

When the Kentucky statesman brought the idea of the American System, North and South America were not in harmony; to make America great, the Northern and the Southern states had to be united.

The reason why Bill Simms left his master's home was the willingness of his relatives to receive a wealthy heritage, which may lead to the murder of all the slaves.

The 1920s were a period in the history of the USA when the democratic party lost its influence over the government, and the republicans had a period of active work.

President Reagan’s image against Soviet Union as an aggressive state definitely influenced the foreign policy against Lebanon.

The history of the United States has a life-changing period between the end of the nineteenth century and the middle of the twentieth - industrial urbanization.

That was due to the cruel nature of the punishments stipulated in it for the behavior considered typical today. In conclusion, I would like to emphasize the significance of the Maryland Toleration Act and the [...]

The primary element of the US further development and spreading the domination beyond the geographical borders was the sea power, which appears to be the key to the improvement.

In his account, the author of the book The Making of a Quagmire: America and Vietnam during the Kennedy Era, is categorical about the dealings of the Americans in the Vietnamese affair.

Andrew Bacevich's book, The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism addresses the existing failures of our political machinery due to badly conceived notions of empire-building that have been prevalent since the end of [...]

The western expansion refers to the process whereby the Americans moved away from their original 13 colonies in the 1800s, towards the west which was encouraged by explorers like Lewis and Clarke.

In the beginning, it's been the United States displacing Great Britain as the world's largest economy and in the end it's the globalization that made the biggest noise.

The state of relevant tranquility that could be observed in the American socioeconomic and sociopolitical environment was the direct effect of the measures taken in the 1980s.

The experiences of her family display the barbaric nature of internment camps and signal the need to introduce the idea of humanity into the treatment of people belonging to opposing political movements.

This decision enabled the federal government to construct dams along the Tennessee River to stop flooding and initiate the generation of affordable hydroelectric power for the resident communities. In August, FDR signed the Social Security [...]

The stark contrast between the fundamental visions and ideologies of the Soviet Union and the United States caused a distrust between the two giants and facilitated the fear of each other's military strength.

This essay is based on an exploration of two books, Philip Vera Cruz: A Personal History of Filipino Immigrants and the Farmworkers Movement by Craig Sharlin and Lilia Villanueva and The Dreams of Two Yi-Min [...]

It was difficult to compare her with any of her friends in the fifties as she was completely different person. The aim of this paper is to elaborate on how different Doris' life was from [...]

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.

This conflict led to the emergence of the two parties: the one led by Hamilton and the other headed by Jefferson.

The United States' military interventions observed during the past five years demonstrated the necessity of developing the position of the world "policeman" for the nation because the U.S.role is to prevent the progress of extremism, [...]

In the entire history of the United States, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King were the greatest advocators of freedom and civil rights. He believed that the whites were not to be allowed to misbehave [...]

The deal was a retort to the situation of the great depression and focused the concepts of 3R's, which according to the historian were termed as RELIEF, RECOVERY and REFORMS.

However, drugs have never been such an acute problem as it used to be in the 1980s during the crack epidemic. Besides, it seems like the approach of the American government to the problem is [...]

At the same time, the location of British North America was close enough to the settings of the Spanish conquerors to observe the dreadful effects of their rule.

The speaker explains why the issue of slavery continues to separate the nation. He offers the best promises to deal with slavery.

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.

Whereas the latter omission may be judged bitterly by critiques of this book, it is interesting to note that the era of the Great Depression has been dramatically discussed by the author to the best [...]

The Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the Civil War remain the greatest accomplishments of Abraham Lincoln as a president of the US in the 1860s.

The outcomes of the Korean War highlighted the need for a policy that would enable the US to counter the Soviet's conventional forces.

In the light of these words, this paper reveals the causes of the depression in the 1890s and the effects it had on the white women and men.

Reconstruction can as well refer to a period in which the southern states were to be transformed with the aim of reintroducing them back to the union.

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.

The American civil war was one of the major turning points in American history and is responsible in shaping the modern America.

One of the most exciting periods of a cultural shift in relation to drugs occupies around fifty years: in the first half of the twentieth century, the general cultural trend in America's attitude to drugs [...]

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 [...]

To begin with, it is profound to note the contemporary civilization being experienced in America was mainly triggered by the Columbus' discovery of 1492.[1] While some historians may argue that the American civilization was bound [...]

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 [...]

In the 1600s, a majority of the bonded labourers who occupied the British interior settlements were white Europeans as opposed to black Africans. The slaves were given pieces of land, which they were supposed to [...]

The argument against the constitutionality of the Louisiana Purchase is founded on the fact that the responsibility of acquiring new territory was not defined in the US constitution.

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 [...]

That is why the central conflicts in the political life of the USA in the 1830s were the problem of protective tariffs and the issue of the National Bank of the United States.

Chosen events after the World War II will be the subject of the study in order to fully understand the development of the American society in the 1960s.

Again, the writers are ignorant as regards to the rights of the minority in US. The state is seen to exercise authority over individuals in a number of ways.

In a considerate and inspiring participation in the existing argument as regards to the meaning of extensive culture and multiculturalism, Gary Okihiro investigates the importance of Asian Americans in history and civilization.

This period, also known as the roaring twenties, is a decade that started with the end of the First World War and ended with the start of the great depression of the 1930s.

The history of the country is made up of debates, disagreements and struggles for freedom that have seen the Civil War, and the Cold War which have changed the idea of freedom in the US.

Paine does not see the necessity of a government because to him the government is the worst tool of oppression. Paine is opposed to the idea that America has flourished under the surveillance of Britain.

The war took four years after which the northern states won and that meant end of slavery end of the confederacy and the beginning of a functional federal government in the United States.

The attitude to the atomic bomb and its role in the Cold War sufficiently changed with the course of time, and this change is reflected, in particular, in the coverage of Cold War events by [...]

In order to answer this question, it is necessary to clear up what the main idea of Social Darwinism was and what the peculiarities of the Americans in the 19th century were.

In social and economic cycles, the interaction of the whites and Blacks was controlled by the laws that neither of the groups was allowed to cross the other party's path.

The head of state and government of the United States of America falls under the auspices of the President who oversees the executive branch of the federal government as well serves as the commander-in-chief of [...]

The Soviet Union began sending military personnel and weapons to Cuba after the defeat of Cuban exiles by the Americans at the Bay of Pigs.

The president has also recognized the need to make adjustments in the education sector in order to produce graduates who fits in the global workplace. In his presidency, Obama has recognized the importance of the [...]

The Clinton's government was able to create more than twenty one million job opportunities, which made his reign to be one of periods with longest and fastest real wage growth rate in the history of [...]

First of all, attention is paid to the collision of New France and the Iroquois, which arose due to the desire for the first claim of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley.

The 1960s in America were a cultural revolution. Overall, the 1960s were a time of great social, political, and cultural transformation in America.

The first important factor during this time period was the expansion and modernization of the US Navy. As it was stated in his Corollary, the US has taken the role of a "policeman" of the [...]

The history of English in the United States of America dates back to the reign of Charles II, who distributed the USA's lands to his loyal companions, increasing English's dominance in these colonies.

The resource Meet the emigrants "Making the Trek" on the Oregon Trail is a virtual tour of the Oregon Trail, one of the most significant events in U.S.history.

Johnson's deep commitment to the Vietnam War and alternative strategies can be explained by the popularity of conflict, as well as the perfect timing for the president to be involved and the domino effect of [...]

In this context, the political division into the North and South, financial crises, and the struggle for slavery abolitionism and women's rights acknowledgment were the main changes of this period.

From 1865 until the dawn of the twenty-first century, substantial changes in the definition of American citizenship occurred, influenced by numerous social, political, and cultural trends.

The election was a precursor to significant changes in the US, as it highlighted the differences between the Democratic and Republican platforms and demonstrated the power of the people to make their voices heard.

The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents created in the history of the United States of America.

This essay will cover the Civil Rights Movement, the Kennedy Promise, Lyndon Johnson's Great Society initiative, and challenging the status quo.

One critical issue related to elections between 1870 and 1880 was the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment to the US Constitution.

The materials include a book on the production of the Woodstock documentary, a cultural history of the event, an encyclopedia, a guide to the event and its era, and a detailed retrospect of the organization [...]

The American forces, or the "Rebels" as they are referred to in the book, were mostly American volunteers and militia, with some German soldiers thrown in the mix.

The document highlights the changes that occurred in the south after the end of the war and during the reconstruction period.

The United States of America formed the CIA and the Department of Defense to enhance the security and safety of its people.

Having a solid comprehension of American heritage is helpful in comprehending the development of the nation and what it signifies to be an American.

The distinctive feature of the USA has always been development, but in the XIX century, the country was experiencing an unprecedented rise which was mostly caused by geographical differences between the South and the North.

From the late 18th century to the middle of the 19th century, an industrial revolution took place in the world, involving almost all the states of Europe and the United States.

The second important change was the increasing complexity of ethnic composition of the United States. As Chapter 11 of The American Yawp notes, most of the Americans lived in rural areas, especially in the South.

The majority of society is used to this, and modern Americans of the dominant culture in the US may not even notice the numerous ways that indigenous peoples continue to face stigma and discrimination because [...]

In the 1930s, the United States experienced a severe depression in the economy, which led to multiple changes within the government.

When it came to actually fighting the war against the British Empire, those who were the most vocal about it were also the ones who could pay their way out of serving in the Army.

The history of America since 1865 has been developing in a new way for the country, starting with the era of reconstruction after the victory over the Southern States of the Confederates.

The gender inequalities experienced during this period spearheaded the feminist movements that inspired the fight for change and revolutionized the roles that young girls and women could play in society.

The cultural change in this period was the introduction of diverse lifestyles and traditions, while the economic changes were urbanization and industrialization, and the main political change was the formation of political parties.

At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, America experienced an era known as the Progressive Era.

In Strength to Love, King presents a number of church sermons establishing the importance of cultivating ultimate love inspired by Christianity as a source of the good capable of overcoming the atrocities of the world.

There were two main issues of the Articles of Confederation: the first was the nonexistence of central government authority. The former supported the constitution and argued that a strong central government was necessary to protect [...]

The Union's triumph in the war resulted in the eradication of slavery and the ratification of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution.

The journal tells about a significant event in the history of the United States about the organization and conduct of an expedition to the state of California by the French and Spaniards.