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The war was fought from June 1812 and it climaxed in the spring of 1815 with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, although the battle failed to solve the issues that had made it [...]

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.

Description John white painted a "bird's eye view of an Algonkian village, located between the present Lake Landing and Wyesocking Bay, on his 1585 visit to the Carolina coast," however, Theodore De Bry, engraved a [...]

In the New Testament of the Christian Bible the prophet John the Baptist pointed to Jesus and said that he is the lamb of God that will take away the sin of the world.[23] In [...]

Published in 1991 and written by Art Spiegelman, the MAUS is a book that provides the account of the author's effort of knowing his Jewish parents' experience, following the Holocaust as well as their survival [...]

An example of such protests were held by the by the University of Washington during the national strikes that took an approximate one week as a reaction to the Kent University shootings and a culmination [...]

The Americans believed in the principles of democracy and free enterprise while the Russians believed that the whole world must convert to a system of governance according to the teachings of Karl Marx and Lenin.

The writers explain that the problem began in the year 1691 and was marked by the behaviour of some girls in the same village who were involved in fortune telling.

The emigrants who settled in the South had moved from England in search of better land to conduct their farming activities and also take advantage of the unutilized land in the states that formed Chesapeake [...]

In my view, although the tax was meant to increase marketability and value of whiskey, the challenge was to farmers who paid more taxes.

However, the country was concerned with the security of Europe following the rise of the Nazi party and that their military had the capacity to sustain an invasion of its neighbors.

Since reconstruction, the importance of geography and migration in the US has been a vital element of the country's history, dramatically impacting the country's politics, economy, and society.

One of the defining features of the political development of the U.S.in the last 60 years is that it combines adherence to political traditions and a flexible response to changes taking place in the world.

Sugar Hill, Harlem, is located in New York Metropolitan and is regarded as one of the nicest areas to reside in the city.

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.

For example, the event referred to as the "Watergate Scandal" is a massive political scandal of the early 1970s involving the then-president of the United States, Richard Nixon, and his administration.

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.

Even though the labor of free people was used in production, the creation of textiles could not do without cotton, the supplier of which was precisely the slave-owning South.

The formation and the development of the police in the United States has a rich, vivid history, and the research problem remains relevant today.

In political terms, the ideas that served as a foundation of the USA were always a potent rallying cry for the country's population.

Bradstreet's other dream was to be able to secure a position in the 'New world' and still be seen as a woman who cares for her family.

As a result, relatively same practices of social death were applied to indigenous American people, which proves Patterson's point of view that this attitude was characteristic not only for the African slave trade.

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.

James Truslow Adams who wrote the book "The Epic of America" defined the American dream as "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity [...]

Let us recall that the greater part of the complaints during the trials came from the Salem Village and the greater part of the accused came from Salem Town and the pattern of economic and [...]

Before 1890 the US officials and the other influential people were very content and satisfied with the position of their country but all of a sudden a wave just swept aside the nation and the [...]

However Jefferson and the other signers of the declaration could not probably believe this at a time when slavery existed in the colonies.

According to the film Slavery and the Making of America, slavery had a profound effect on the historical development of American colonies into one country.

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.

Detroit is the largest city of the Michigan state in the U.S.and twenty-third most populated in the whole country. It has the thirteenth largest economy in the United States, one of the major ports, and [...]

This paper addresses some key figures and events in the history of the United States of America with an attempt to analyze the processes and ideas that formed the future of the country.

The American Dream as Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, and others saw it and forged it to be seen by others contributed meaningfully to the values of the American people and the priorities of a nation.

However, to think that colonists and early Americans pursued a general policy of killing or driving out the native Indians is incorrect.

The voyage resulted in Pope's decree of the division of all non-Christian lands between Portugal and Spain, dying out of the local population of Carribean and Bahama Islands and replacing it with black slaves from [...]

There are three stories that can prove that the beginning of the 1970s was one of the periods when inappropriateness of people's decisions influenced the lives of millions.

Marking the most impressive passages from the chapter, it would be reasonable to note that the authors of the book preferred to adhere to the style which could be called a dialogue with the audience [...]

Thus, the doctrine typical to western Europe of the Roman Imperial Age, the Middle Ages, and the beginning of the Modern Age favored the development of the Empire and Monarchies.

Despite being a former slave, he has managed to earn a significant fortune and was considered to be among the most respected people of color in the city, and one of the wealthiest African-American men [...]

However, the House of Representatives experiences aristocratic democracy because the bills generated in this house are subject to negative reviews of the president and the upper house.

It also played a role in helping people in America to survive As for economic interests, they led to the establishment of new colonies.

Despite being uncertain and risky, the discovery of America is of a high significance and contributed to the development of the world trade, globalization, and innovation by introducing new products, starting the colonization period, acquiring [...]

The unique nature of the United States traces its history to the formation of political institutions between 1776 and 1789, the American Revolution between 1776 and 1783 and the declaration of independence in 1776. Additionally, [...]

The Civil War in the United States continues to attract the interest of many historians who want to discuss the underlying causes of this conflict and its effects.

With these, a number of government agencies were created during the WWI particularly when it emerged that there was a need to regulate or control industrial sector as well as the call for the US [...]

The situation occurred after the colonists began to settle in the country. The aim of Jonathan Edward's letter was to spread the idea of Protestantism and Christianity in the American colonies.

Another large wave of immigration of the refugees of World Wars and disorders happening in the former Russian Empire occurred in the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of twentieth century.

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

For the Soviet Union, the war was a significant devastation and the amount of people and cities lost was enormous. 2 It is obvious that the governments of the two powerful world nations had their [...]

Overall, it is possible to argue that violence cannot be regarded as a legitimate way of civil disobedience because it implies that an individual rejects the idea of law and dialogue between a person and [...]

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.

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.

The book distinctively outlines the colonial history of the USA in line with the development of the Great Awakening. From this perspective, one of the book's strong points is that Lambert proposed the innovative approach [...]

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.

This paper will argue that the U.S.moved so quickly from being the least militarized industrial nation in the world to the most powerful military force in human history due to its successful industrialization, economic interests [...]

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.

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.

In his paper The Significance of the Frontier in American History, Frederick Jackson Turner argues that the development of the American society was largely shaped by the exploration of the new lands and westward expansion.

The historical background of the Hollywood ten The blacklisting of the ten professionals in the movie industry had its roots back in the years between 1930 and 1940.

One of the first organizations that became to defend the rights of African Americans was Knights of Labor. However, it was one of the most significant steps to slavery ending and equality of rights.

In 1801, the thoughtful and innovative display of mastodon remains by Charles Willson Peale, in Philosophical Hall, in Philadelphia, and in Europe, thrust both Peale and the ancient, giant relative of the elephant into this [...]

In chapter three, Jacobs elaborates the events that would happen during the New Year, the fact that the hiring day coincided with New Year's holidays is a show that the Southerners wanted to paint slavery [...]

These are the first people at the site of a disaster and they attempt to mitigate the impacts of the disaster and save lives. Local and State authorities need to respond decisively in the event [...]

The selection of people was random each one of these individuals brought along their personal skills to the camp mostly to be used for personal development in the camp.

American Labor Leader Andrew Furuseth spoke before Congress in 1926 and noted that just after prohibition began, there was a large change in the working population, but he also added: "Two years afterwards I came [...]

The purpose of the Manhattan project was to develop atomic bombs that were the first to ever be created in the world.

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 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.

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

In the 1920s, the United States was facing worrying rates of crime that called for the intervention of the Congress to avert the situation.

The Bay of Pigs Debacle refers to the failed attack that was carried out by the CIA on southern Cuba. Another major reason that contributed to the approval of the plan was that it was [...]

The expressions race and ethnicity connote the multiplicity of the American society that today is one of the most diverse in the world.

One of the reactions of the leaders and most especially the presidents under this period was to impose a policy of non-intervention by the federal government.

With the development of the American nation, there was a shift of the frontier to the west. These political organizations acted as the voices of the numerous farmers that lived in the West in a [...]

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 [...]

The attack of the straps and stripes by Pasha was taken as assign of war declaration and the first Barbary war began in earnest in May1801.

Overpriced stocks The value of stocks in the stock exchange market rose sharply to unprecedented levels in the 1920s. They bought on the margin because they were of the belief that the prices of the [...]

The main aim was to declare the necessity for independence especially to the colonist as well as to state their view and position on the purpose of the government.

In his book, "American expansion and the origins of Deep South", Adam Rothman argues that we must understand the origin of the Deep South if we are to understand the expansion of slavery during the [...]

Due to the inexperience of America in the concept of global domination, there were great challenges occasioned by the nation's inability to decide whether or not to use the military to secure the interest of [...]

Moreover, it has come to a restoration of the oratory of the Chicano Movement of the 60's and 70's. I hypothesize that in the second part of the 20th century, the Chicano community underwent several [...]

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 book highlights the identity of the American people from the immigrants' point of view in the history of the United States.

The notion of Manifest Destiny was also used to justify the displacement of Native Americans and the subjugation of other cultures.

The reforms took shape against the background of the Gilded Era, which was the start of the industrial growth of America and the expansion of machine production.

One of the scenes representing the whole false desire of the Dream of the Coast was through the death of Harry and the dialogue between Mrs.

While formerly enslaved people enjoyed their rights and dignity in the U. Various Acts and amendments were initiated to protect the rights and freedoms of formerly enslaved people in the U.S.

The 1960s and 1970s were significant social, economic, and political changes in the United States and worldwide. These movements fought for the rights of colored people, women, and LGBT communities and led to the creation [...]

One of the most vital aims of Reconstruction was to support the freed people and unite the South and North. The main problem of conflict and clashes after the Civil War was the lack of [...]

As a result, the United States troops were deployed to protect the citizens of Cuba, and the result of this war was the acquisition of an island empire.

However, the President's approach was that the government should allow the economy to stabilize independently. Thus, President Hoover's inaction and the US government's encouragement of the wealthy class contributed to the deterioration of the country's [...]

Still, the New Deal aimed to change the ideology in the 20th century, engage the ordinary person, do away with monopolies and cartels, and bring them under the rule of the ordinary person.

New crops like sugarcane and coffee were introduced to the Americas, which resulted in the growth of the plantation economy and a growth in the need for enslaved Africans to labor on the crop plantations.

It is possible to state that BlacKkKlansman provides an effective historical commentary on the events of the 1970s in American society.

Therefore, colonial patriots, capacitated by a strong ethos and civics and leveraging multiple approaches, including political activism, tax revolts, rebellions, and social movements, pushed for the creation of the American government to address their various [...]

The United States in the 18th century was a time of political transition, as the country established its federal government and defined the powers and responsibilities of the national and state governments.

Second, the slaveholding class in the region used the Bible to justify slavery by recognizing its existence and the history of master-servant relations expressions in the book.

The balance between the executive branch and the rule of law in the United States is the basis of the democratic order that allows the country to function.

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 institution of slavery in America, with its deep and enduring impact on the nation, is a dark chapter in American history. American capitalism grew as a result of the earnings from cotton and other [...]

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

To fully understand the reasons for the witch trials, it is necessary to delve into the study of the social system in the historical context of that time.

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

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 [...]

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 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.