With men off to fight and die, women in America took to the workforce to both support their men and Uncle Sam's war effort. Because women could now be seen as part of the war, no part of society was safe from war. The idea of total war began to eme Continue Reading...
224). The truth about Columbus, Vizenor asserts, is that he was "an untrue concoction, the ruse of his own representation. He is the overstated adventurer, to be sure," and moreover Columbus is the "master of neocolonial celebrations in a constitut Continue Reading...
Therefore, the totalitarian threat does not just replace the first president with Hitler, but also removes any possibility of difference or ambiguity. The multiple, varied, and multifaceted portraits of Washington are replaced entirely by a single, Continue Reading...
Political or Social Problem Racism has been a major social problem in American history going back to the colonial period of the 17th and 18th Centuries, and by no means only in the former slave states of the South. In fact, the condition of blacks Continue Reading...
suck-egg mule!": An Examination of Southern Euphemisms Euphemisms lend languages a colorful and meaningful quality that is not easily achievable otherwise, and all languages share this common linguistic feature to some extent. Although euphemisms p Continue Reading...
During the 18th century there was a fierce competition between the British and the French colonial empires which ultimately led to The Seven Years War. The final result of the conflict favored the English who, nonetheless, were forced to make appea Continue Reading...
Having started as a bookkeeper in Cleveland, John D. Rockefeller accumulated money while being a merchant, and then bought his first oil refinery in 1862. By 1870 he had started Standard Oil Company of Ohio. His secret agreements with railroads all Continue Reading...
Page updated June 1, 2002. April 23, 2009. http://www.civilwarhome.com/gordoncauses.htm Leidner, Gordon. "Causes of the Civil War: A Balanced Answer." Great American History. April 23, 2009. http://www.greatamericanhistory.net/causes.htm Litwak, Continue Reading...
Thus, paramount American interests were to be presented as being really the interests of the Europeans themselves. It would be a situation wherein America was simply helping along people who were, at present, unable to adequately help themselves. T Continue Reading...
Germany Before the rise of Nazism in Germany and the Second World War, there had been acts of violence and discrimination against the Jews, but there had never been a systematic policy for ridding Germany of its non-Aryan population. However, as the Continue Reading...
Women and the Home Front in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee during the Civil War This paper examines the living conditions and attitudes that shaped the lives of the women in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee during and afte Continue Reading...
Foreign Policy Nixon's Detente Description Detente was a cooling down, or thaw, among America, Russia and China's arms' race (Detente). The United States and Russia could either slow their weapons production or continue the arms race, which, peopl Continue Reading...
Underground Railroad- Function and Significance The title "Underground Railroad" is a powerful figure of speech that was first utilized in the year 1834. The term described the escape of slaves from southern slaveholding States to northern free sta Continue Reading...
President Harry S. Truman found himself entrenched in a major dilemma as the Korean War unfolded. The consensus among most political leaders in the United States was that the Soviet Union was intending to export communism to the rest of the world. Th Continue Reading...
This gave everyone motivation to let themselves be heard and say whatever it was that was on their mind. This was what American life at the time was all about, and it was through American Literature that they were able to do so. Transcendentalism br Continue Reading...
Presidential Campaign revolves under the presidential leadership from its formation. The presidential candidate has to undergo an electoral process so that they are declared winners. The nation has faced challenges like the world wars and even the c Continue Reading...
However, our continuing humanitarian obligation to the Indians cannot allow these primitive peoples to stand in the way of national progress. They must be removed and granted only a reasonable amount of territory. Editorial Against Indian Removal Continue Reading...
South Vietnam, it believed, could be a base for the desired ability to mount military and economic operations throughout the globe and regardless of the insidious presence of communist influence, a premise which stood in direct contrast to Ho Chi Mi Continue Reading...
This is a deducted consequence of the inability of the market to absorb all the immigrants coming every year in the country. More precisely, "the number of immigrants -- legal and illegal -- living in the U.S., is growing at an unprecedented rate. U Continue Reading...
Bonta states of Rome that, by the first century B.C., sexual mores had been abandoned, and the former sanctity of marriage forgotten. Crime, once almost unknown in Rome, became rampant. In such an environment, Rome became an easy target for politica Continue Reading...
Racial Capitalism: How Slavery Shaped American Economics and Capitalist Structure and became the Precursor of the Civil War Introduction It was William Henry Seward’s (1858) belief that “the very constitution of the Democratic party commi Continue Reading...
Civil Liberties, Habeas Corpus, GWOT The legal right known as "habeas corpus" is what protects a citizen from being suddenly seized and arrested for no reason, and locked up without trial. It is considered to be a foundation of the modern legal syst Continue Reading...
Cetacean Skeletons at Local Museums Right Whale Skeleton Exhibit, Great Mammal Room, Harvard Museum of Natural History After visiting the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, I was left in awe by the amazing displays featuring fully int Continue Reading...
Spanish American War, until the current conflict in the Middle East, why does the United States move from relative isolation into an international role At the time of the Spanish American War the United States went from relative isolation to increa Continue Reading...
Negative Impact of Post Apertheid on South Africa Economy Negative impact of post apartheid on South Africa economy Apartheid, which refers to separateness in Afrikaans, is a policy of racial segregation that was operating in South Africa from earl Continue Reading...
Interestingly enough, part of the economic conflict between the north and the south stemmed from the fact that the South could export its crops directly overseas and receive remuneration without involving the northern seaports. Thus, from this persp Continue Reading...
Gradually, though, the war effort eroded the practical and theoretical underpinnings of racism in the United States. The war stimulated the domestic economy, particularly in the industrial and manufacturing sectors. Jobs were opening up rapidly, and Continue Reading...
Gender Relations and the Experience of African-American Women under Slavery Race has grown to be a serious matter in politics and social life. Not only it is an issue in the United States of America but many other parts of the world have faced and a Continue Reading...
The interview questions will be prepared based on the literature review. Merrian (2006) describes 4. Chapter Structure The dissertations will be divided into five chapters. Chapter-1: Introduction will consist of an introduction of the research is Continue Reading...
Grant and Wilson I propose that doing a comparison of Presidents Ulysses S. Grant and Woodrow Wilson would allow for a comprehensive understanding of how the leadership styles of these two men shaped the United States of America during their respect Continue Reading...
Big Enough to Be Inconsistent Book Review of George Frederickson, Big Enough to Be Inconsistent: Abraham Lincoln Confronts Slavery and Race. Harvard University Press, 2008. Like almost all whites in the 19th Century, Lincoln held prejudicial or ra Continue Reading...
World War II -- a Catastrophic Event that Changed the World What was the most crucial and important cause of World War II? It would be fair to look to the Nazis and Hitler's fanaticism as the most crucial and important cause of World War II. And ce Continue Reading...
This League advocated the peaceful and friendly expansion and recognition of African-American culture and roots in Africa. It also helped pave the way for more militant African-American advocacy groups that found their way into popular African-Ameri Continue Reading...
The belief was that eventually the North would have to give up, as long as the South could maintain a unified defense (McPherson). The Confederate Army was not well organized in the beginning, however, and the widespread and largely independent mili Continue Reading...
In December of 1867, "the House defeated an impeachment resolution" (Carlton, 423), but when Johnson dismissed Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, this was seen as "a deliberate breach of the Tenure of Office Act" which brought new charges against him. Continue Reading...
His moving speech offers heartfelt appreciation for those who left their families and the comforts of their homes for the sake of preserving the Union. Lincoln respectfully refrains from disparaging the secessionists. The President of the nation cou Continue Reading...
For instance, the United States aided in the installation of Fidel Castro in Cuba, and then initiated a trade embargo against him when his policies did not meet their expectations. Ronald Reagan's involvement in the Iran-Contra affair suggested Unit Continue Reading...
Industrialization, Immigration, Urbanization, And Transportation in United States Post Civil War The process to modernize the American states after the end of the Civil War was one of the most complex events that shape the way in which the history o Continue Reading...
That intervention considered, it is fair to say that on the one hand, the fact that the U.S. came out as the winner of the Cold War was obvious, and on the other hand that a certain change had occurred in terms of the rule of the international law. Continue Reading...
It was also the driving force behind the annexation of vast territories by the United States in the West, including Texas, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona, which were conquered from Mexico, and Louisiana, which was purchased from Fr Continue Reading...
