Introduction: In the period between the Civil War and the Great Depression often referred to as Reconstruction and then the Gilded Age, many expansions were made in innovation and everyday life. The United States started to lead the world in industrialization, it was a time of massive political and social changes, and it was a time of relative prosperity. But,...
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Unsurprisingly, at the end of the Second World War, the Allied powers started planning a new order of international finance and trade at the Bretton Wood Conference. Indeed, such plans reflected the Allied powers’ common understanding that the war in Europe and Asia had economic, ideological, and political causes. The major powers which responded to the Great Depression of the...
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The Gateway Arch How much money do you think it takes to build a monument? The Gateway Arch cost $13 million to build overall, but only 25% was paid for by St. Louise's funds. Clearly, it was very expensive, but it has many purposes for St. Louis and its culture. In St. Louis historical past, the Gateway Arch played a...
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“With a Pistol in His Hand” gives an account of the story about the cultural conflicts between the North American and Texas Mexicans along the lower Rio Grande Border during the 1900s in South Texas. The book describes how Texas Mexicans resisted and defended themselves from the cultural domination of the Anglo Texan as a result of the westward expansion...
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“When the Mississippi Ran Backwards” refers to a fascinating historical work, meticulously researched and produced by Jay Feldman. The book explores the series of the most powerful earthquake in the history of America, which resulted in the reverse flow of River Mississippi. In the last desperate rebellion, the earthquake united the Indians. The book uncovers a seamy murder that changed...
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Prior to the Civil War, creations such as the steel plow fostered economic change, endorsing higher profits for wheat and corn, hence boosting the Southern industry. Although all seemed to progress during this time, the South re-entered their deteriorating substandard society following the events of the Civil war, annihilating their once-prosperous economy. As slavery continued in the South, the North...
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Introduction Manifest Destiny, a term coined in the mid-19th century, encapsulates the belief that the United States was destined by Providence to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent. This doctrine was not merely a reflection of territorial ambition but a complex interplay of cultural, political, and economic factors that justified expansionist policies....
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The United States was never gonna join the war, America’s job was to only supply Great Britain with money and equipment to fight Hilter and his Blitzkrieg. When the war started on September 1, 1939, it sent the world into chaos, the United States was safe from Hiter’s army and was not going to get involved, but that all changed...
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In attempting to acquit the American Press of being one of the leading agencies accountable for shaping public attitudes and the subsequent inaction on the American government’s part, one must consider the pre-existing American attitudes towards immigrants at the time. The question of immigration becomes central to this evaluation since the citizens’ notions regarding the immigrants are bound to have...
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The American Dream is an opportunity to succeed and have a better life. The American Dream is freedom and equality. It’s a way to get better rights to live a life where their choices are their own choices. It is also new opportunity to attain jobs, better pay, and a better lifestyle. This dream gives people fair immigration processes, safe...
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Indigenous art over the 500-year period of 992 CE to 1492 CE has differed greatly. Within this specific period, the art pieces greatly varied, due to each regional difference as well as having no European influence from colonisers, such as the Spanish. Specifically pinpointing distinctive characteristics during this period can be difficult, due to the differing styles between each region...
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Introduction Mass incarceration in the United States represents a complex tapestry of legal, social, and economic challenges that have evolved over decades. The U.S. incarcerates more individuals per capita than any other country, a stark figure that underscores the profound implications of its criminal justice policies. This phenomenon is not merely a consequence of increased criminal activity but is deeply...
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Between the World and Me gave insight into the mind of Ta-Nehisi Coates, where he discussed in-depth, his perception of race throughout history. This book was written to his son, Samori, to inform him about his African American history, and lifestyle. It gave him the ins and outs, and the dos and don'ts of his race. Ta-Nehisi Coates delivered his...
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​“Between the World and Me” is written by a journalist, educator and writer; Ta-Nehisi Coates. This book is a form of letter written to his son Samori about what is like to be a black man in America. The author starts by telling his personal story about growing up as a black man in Baltimore and how dangerous was his...
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Throughout the 16th to the 19th centuries, Native Americans in the Southern United States came in constant contact with varying European explorers and colonists, who not only recorded aspects of Native American society and culture, but also changed them, rather purposefully or indirectly. These records of Native American society give modern historians a glimpse into the lives and roles of...
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Memoirs are a great medium for learning the in-depth details and story that occurred throughout someone’s long and storied life. This is most certainly the case for the two memoirs written by J.D. Vance and Ta-Nehisi Coates. J.D. Vance wrote his memoir titled “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” regarding his life events in Jackson,...
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In the United States there are more than 700 indigenous tribes. With there being so many various tribes in the United States alone there must be a large diversity when it comes to religious traditions, practices and teachings. When it comes to the Native American Religion myths seem to play a very important role. Myths can give life lessons as...
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I believe being aggressive would have allowed the Native Americans to keep their culture, land, and freedom longer. Native Americans were forced into treaties and agreements that went against their beliefs. Americans then unfairly broke the agreements that were made and didn’t follow through on the promises made to the Native Americans. The Native Americans were too soft, and it...
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Abstract This paper will be set up to explain how African Americans are targets for arrest and makes up majority of the prison's population. This paper will explain many different reasonings as to why this occurs, and the effect that this issue has on people, more specifically African American people. This paper will mention and explain a theoretical framework that...
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Motor city, Detroit, Michigan, had long been known as the automobile centre of America but by the end of the 1960s Detroit was equally as famous for being the home of Motown records the launch pad for many black artists to become successful in mainstream America. Because of the appeal of the automobile trade and the many jobs there were...
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In Tayari Jones book An American Marriage, Roy, was wrongfully convicted of raping a woman he met after an argument with his wife (Jones). Although Roy got released from prison several years before he was supposed to be released, his life was never the same. Even though he was free from prison, he wasn’t free from the label that had...
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The United States holds the highest rate of incarceration in the world, accounting for 25% of the incarcerated population, despite having only under 5% of the human population. (source 1). On top of this, the United States barely makes it in the top 50 crime index. So how exactly does the U.S get off having the highest incarceration rate? (Crime)...
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Millions of individuals throughout the United States have the Pledge of Allegiance memorized and some even recite it every day. One particular line, however, is rather conflicting. “Liberty and justice for all.” The United States prides itself on being a utopian world of freedom and equality for all people, but the reality is that this is not the case. The...
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Since the birth of the United States, African Americans have been controlled through institutions such as slavery and politics which come and go in new forms that reflect the political climate of the time. Each time a new form of racial discrimination emerges, the new system is weaker than the one previous. However, this is not to be mistaken with...
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In this analysis between two books, hillbilly elegy by JD Vance and Between the world and me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. These two books are similar, but there is a lot of comparison between one and other. Hillbilly elegy is a book that talk a lot about different types of cultures and how they affected the writer trough his life. the...
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In both Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me and J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy contain an underlying theme of feeling as if both J.D. Vance nor Ta-Nehisi Coates do not belong in the place they were raised. However, one is more mental the other is more physical. In both books, Mr. Vance and Mr. Coates do eventually come to terms...
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Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance and Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates are similar, but there is a great deal of comparison between them. In the following paragraph I will discuss key points that will compare and contrast Coates and Vance’s history, and the difficulties they went through. Both authors experience some moments of intervention that changed the...
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Was Christopher Columbus really the first person to step on the ground we know today as America? Well, the expansive territory we know today was first inhabited by the Native Americans and others such as Columbus explored the land throughout the 16th and 17th century, Native Americans started to respond. Their were many stages, but it grew from cooperation, to...
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In Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, the author begins the novel by recalling an instance in which a talk show host asked what it meant to “lose his body”. Unbeknownst to the host, this particular question was a tired one. Coates expressed disappointment at this disconnect of not only the host, but also the audience because to...
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For many years, this land was known as British North America. Now it is called by one name. Canada. Canada used to be a country with a small population until there was a revolution. It was the Canadian Pacific Railway. One astonishing fact is that the Canadian government gave the CPR company over 25 million dollars and 25 million acres...
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