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Evangelicalism, an umbrella group of the Protestant movement, is a part of various Christian denominations and became a dominant religious practice for many Americans and British in the early to late 19th century. Solely focusing around the concept of being ‘born again’, Evangelicals had the opportunity to repent for sins, do good and focus on individual needs, essentially having a...
American HistoryCivil WarManifest Destiny
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Ulysses S. Grant was the president during the Reconstruction era. He was the Union General that led the Union’s victory over the Confederates States. Andrew Johnson was very lenient to the South. He allowed them to regulate the transition to free states themselves and offered no political roles to blacks in the south. The South tried to bring back slavery,...
American HistoryReconstruction
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Voting is one of the most important things you can do as an American citizen. It is an extremely special thing that we often take for granted. Voting is not just a right that we have. It is an opportunity to make a difference in our country’s politics and perhaps the course of American history. Throughout history, people from all...
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After winning independence from Britain and becoming a country of its own, America was determined to remain neutral from the political conflicts of other nations. They were especially motivated to adopt a different foreign policy than that of Great Britain, their former oppressor. America thereafter became an isolationist nation. The war of 1812 however, was a crucial turning point when...
American HistoryImperialism
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The Reconstruction era was a period throughout American history in which lasted about 14 years, the main purpose of the Reconstruction was to help the South become part of the North again. President Lincoln's plan was to make it easy for the Southern states to rejoin the Union stating that if 10% of the voters in a state supported the...
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The end of the bloodiest war in United States history brought about a new Reconstructive era forcing massive political, social and economic changes in the following 80 years to come. Political changes quickly followed with the addition and ratification of the 13th Amendment of the United States. Socially, change abruptly started with the organization of the Ku Klux Klan in...
American HistoryReconstruction
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Historians in the 1980s hoped that studies of categories of analysis would illuminate subjects that had previously been obscured. Joan Scott foregrounded gender in particular as one of these useful categories. ‘Gender’ has been widely substituted for ‘women’ in the labelling of this type of history which ultimately makes sense since the same cultural processes produced both ‘women’ and ‘men’....
American HistoryCapitalismGender
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According to Loewen, United States history is seen as the most irrelevant and boring of all of the subjects to take in high school. He believes textbooks are the reason why the majority of students have a negative view on the subject. Teachers are dependent on textbooks, as many plan their entire curriculum based on them. However, textbooks provided in...
American HistoryBook Review
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The American revolution was a war that will go down in history, as America demanded its independence from its parent nation, Britain. War is considered revolutionary when it introduces new ideas or topics that are advanced from its current state. This war brought about new ideas of nationality, democracy, and radical ideas of freedom that would lead to our lifestyle...
American HistoryAmerican Revolution
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Brandlin Bailyn in The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (first excerpt) discusses what he believes is the main cause of the American Revolution, which he thinks that is fear of the people over losing their liberty to Britain. He discusses that writers with high status wrote about things like slavery and corruption which the general public believed and caused...
American HistoryAmerican Revolution
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As one of the biggest influences in architecture, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 left a very imprinted memory on the city itself. The fire itself altered many aspects, from the rapid growth of Chicago to the changes in building codes that impacted on the birth of a new style that represents one of many American architectures. The Great Chicago...
American HistoryArchitectureChicago
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Japanese American families are given a number to wear on their jackets as armed American soldiers order them to leave their homes. The young children hold tight to their parents’ hands. They are filled with feelings of fear and uncertainty as their families are put onto trains and buses that will take them away from the homes they have established...
American HistoryJapanPearl Harbor
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Racism by definition is any act or belief that denies the rights and needs or that degrades a specific person of a different race or someone from different geographical origins from others. Racism does lead to someone’s dignity and life being perceived as lower than others. Historically, racism was once left out in the dark before it was fought for...
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The steep economic downturn experienced by eastern Tennessee and the rest of the Appalachian South following the Civil War is one that served to hamstring the recovery of the region for years after the official end of the war. The cause of this downturn can be attributed to a myriad of reasons, with a few of them including the depleted...
American HistoryReconstruction
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Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States, was inaugurated on March 4, 1829, eventually serving for two terms until 1837. Jackson's early life was difficult, yet filled with accomplishments. He and his brother were held as prisoners after being captured by the British in the Battle of Hanging Rock in 1780. Held in poor conditions, he and his...
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The Searchers': A Cinematic Exploration The creative decision in “The Searchers” (1956) John Ford Film makers use various cinematographic techniques and attach special attributes to characters with the aim of passing their intended message in an emphatic manner. The Searchers is a 1956 film directed by John Ford that carries such a strong message on the themes. The film, based...
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“Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of effort” (F. D. Roosevelt). The period of which the Great Depression took place was called the “Dirty Thirties”. Many people didn't know how to react to economic disaster. The Great Depression left many in poverty. It was arguably the largest...
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The 1930s was dominated by the Great Depression. The crash of the stock market caused mass panic. It was cataclysmic and exposed deeper economic issues that caused the long term crisis. As the nation faced an incredibly high loss of assets and saw unemployment rates rise exponentially, ways meant to protect from further loss only proved to be destructive. Hoover...
American HistoryGreat Depression
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America tried to stop Japan’s expansion, Clues in ads came out to warn America. A large number of bomber planes attacked, and caused PTSD, and large amounts of death and damage. Japan’s Unstable During the 1930s, Japan, having already annexed Korea in 1910, sought to further expand its empire, particularly to gain resources. Japan couldn’t have done an attack more...
American HistoryJapanPearl Harbor
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Introduction The United States' entry into World War II marked a pivotal shift in the global balance of power. While the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, is commonly seen as the catalyst for U.S. involvement, it is intriguing to ponder how history might have unfolded without this event. This essay explores the possible trajectory of U.S....
American HistoryJapanPearl Harbor
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Released in 1970, ‘Tora! Tora! Tora!’ depicts the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. From its conception, it was intended to be as unbiased and historically accurate as a film adaptation of history can be. Drawing material from two books by respected historians, the film allows us to view the event from the perspective of many key...
American HistoryJapanPearl Harbor
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Introduction The expansion of the United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries has been a subject of extensive academic debate, encompassing a myriad of economic, political, and cultural dimensions. This expansion, often referred to as Manifest Destiny, was driven by a variety of factors that proponents argued were not only beneficial but necessary for the country's growth and...
American HistoryManifest Destiny
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Prior to the late 19th century, America played a minimal role in worldly matters. However, this isolation would change due to imperialism, which is the political, military, and economic control of powerful countries over weaker territories. European nations and Japan initially started the race of acquiring new territories in the 1800s, and in due course, America would join in on...
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In the American Constitution, the foundation of the country, it states that a person has the right to believe what they choose. The essence of the constitution was to protect those who chose to believe something different than the minorities. So, for Americans to impose their way of life onto people who were on their own land is unconstitutional. I...
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Resilience and adaptation are terms that can certainly be applied a ship that started an eventful timeline as a Battleship, and ultimately morphed into the one of the first training drones used by the US Navy, as is in the case of the USS Utah. Understanding the history of the USS Utah will give senior enlisted leaders a sense of...
American HistoryJapanPearl Harbor
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Exploration and conquest were two of the defining traits of old Europe, whether it was discovering entirely new, uninhabited land, or land that only appeared new until traces of civilization were discovered. One such land was the Americas, aptly labeled “the New World”. In the modern day, it is considered a melting pot of various cultures, comprised of over 300...
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According to Kimberly Amadeo, “65 percent or around $580 billion U.S. bills in circulation are currently used outside the U.S. 75 percent consisting of $100 bills, 55 percent $50 bills, and 60 percent of $20 bills”, which have Andrew Jackson’s portrait on them. To foreign eyes abroad, President Jackson represents our country, our treasury, and our countries financial backbone or...
American HistoryAndrew JacksonMoney
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Both books recognize that the American Revolution was a far more complicated affair than the more traditional narrative provides. In ‘The Hanging of Thomas Jeremiah: A Free Black Man’s Encounter with Liberty', J. William Harris is able to show the hypocrisy of a nation that fights for independence while simultaneously denying the same right to others because of racial differences....
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