Chapter 6 titled as ‘Good Neighbors? The United States and the Americans 1900-1945’ covers in depth how United States used various policies of expansionism to develop a firm grip on the western hemisphere placing them on a strong footing with the Europeans and paving way to United States becoming one of the most powerful nations of the World. This chapter...
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Benjamin Franklin is a man of many wonders and helped shaped the world as we know it. This autobiography explains the life and travels of Benjamin Franklin. During this edition of ‘the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin’, it was the intention of the publishers to try and attempt in a fit and discuss the life of Franklin and how he changed...
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Sometimes, a person can hear a speech and be so moved from the words that they act on what was said. That was how America felt about the two speeches we discussed in class. Those speeches came from a time of tragedy and were separated by many decades, but still carried the same emotional value. One was able to convey...
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Introduction American imperialism, a contentious topic within historical discourse, describes the United States' expansionist policies from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. This era was marked by the acquisition of territories and exertion of influence across the globe, driven by economic, political, and ideological motives. At the heart of this phenomenon was the belief in Manifest Destiny, which propelled...
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It took many different people, and different kinds of people for that matter, to make the American Revolution possible. Some you have probably heard of but others you may have not. These people made separate contributions that impacted the revolution differently and created what history is known for, which is cause and effect. An example of a few of the...
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What does it mean to be an honest lawyer? To unravel this, is to come a step closer to understanding the role lawyers’ play. Most people possess some degree of personal ethics by which they live, some others refer to a moral compass but laws and rules guide both groups. They can be easy to conflate so the ability to...
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The origin of Jamestown began with the support Of Virginia company of London, who were investors that hoped to profit from the journey. On December 6th, 1606 104 English men climbed aboard three ships named Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery and head towards North American. A year later on May 13th, they picked Jamestown Virginia for their settlement...
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Benjamin Franklin was more an ideological person then more a partaker of a sector of a religion. Although he was raised as an Presbyterian and exhibited some quality of it in that there is one God and that your actions of goodness should be a constant part of one’s life. This lack of religious belief was truly exemplified in ‘the...
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Both Hughes and Cullen were significant writers during the Harlem Renaissance, establishing their sole topic of race and equality. According to Theresa L. Stowell, the author of ‘The 1930s in America’, the Harlem Renaissance began as African-Americans came to realize that they were not offered the same programs for those in poverty as white people. This unfair realization initiated a...
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Education is the process of learning, teaching and discussion in acquiring proper learnt results of knowledge, skills, values, and beliefs. As to be known, the education systems is differentiate formally within few stages such as preschool, primary school, secondary school and then college or university. In the education system, it is compulsory up to certain ages while beyond the limit...
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On August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans, Louisiana. With winds reaching more than 125 miles per hour, Hurricane Katrina at one point, reached a category 5 level hurricane. According to Rubin, Hurricane Katrina had a direct loss of $81 billion and was one of the deadliest hurricanes causing approximately 1,870 deaths. Once the hurricane had passed,...
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Often, the interpretation of southern sentiments regarding progressivism is lacking in nuance: most interpretations portray this region in a non-varied stasis of ineptitude and traditionalism, which is epitomized in historical analysis regarding the Progressive Era. During this critical period in American history, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Oklahoma, Ann-Marie Szymanski, argues that it is rather...
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In Benjamin Franklin's life, we can assume that male and female spaces were different. His life indirectly revealed a difference between genders. Back then, men deemed more worthy than women. Gender greatly influenced education, workspace, and politics. Gender played a big role in education. Men could decide if they wanted a great education. On the other hand, women weren't authorized...
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In 1692 religion was the center of most people’s lives in Salem, Massachusetts. When the idea that the devil could give other humans the power to harm others is when the turmoil began. Those who were given these ‘powers’ were coined with the name of witches. The Witchcraft Act of 1542 passed by Parliament, defined witchcraft as a 'crime punishable...
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The Articles of Confederation were an adequate beginning to how we create a union, and establishing order within our country. This Confederation style of government helped our nation persevere through the Revolutionary War and give hope to those coming out of the “Mad” King George’s ruling. However, soon after, it would need to be altered as it quickly lost its...
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America the land of the free, even if we may know the country as the land of the free America holds a dark history of slavery in the early centuries. Dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries when slavery was born, over millions of Africans were being captured and forced into servitude, Africans were not only the form of...
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President Andrew Jackson, like many other white frontiersman, believed that Indians had no rights and should be treated according to such. After his election in 1828 Jackson recommended that the Eastern Indians be moved west of the Mississippi River to what had become Oklahoma. In Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi state laws had already stripped Indians of their powers, rejected the...
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Racism - prejudice or discrimination directed against a race based on the belief that ones race is highly superior (“Racism”). ‘Last hired, first fired’ was a phrase that was pinned to the black community during the Great Depression, and it perfectly described what they had to go through in the workplace. In the election of 1932, black votes were drastically...
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Howard Zinn was an American historian, a playwright and an active social activist. He attended college on the G.I. Bill, earning a B.A. at New York University; and went on to earn a master’s degree and a doctorate at Columbia University. Zinn later on became chairman of the history department in 1956 at Spelman College. Before completing his academic endeavors,...
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“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right” - Rosa Parks. What is the right thing? Throughout society, people have been fighting to do the right thing. From America fighting for their freedom, to women's equality. Sometimes doing something right changes society, other times no matter how hard people try, evil takes over. As...
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The gilded age is a period from around 1875 to 1900 that was characterized as a time of wealth but also of greed and corruption. The word gilded means something that is covered in gold on the outside and the inside is cheap and inferior. This age is also known as the second industrial revolution where manufacturing and transporting goods...
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Regulations during the Progressive Era played a key role in helping the general economic performance. The Progressive Movement is associated with the way assessments concerning challenges facing the people were resolved. Government involvement was necessary for the reforms. During the Progressive era (about 1880 to 1930s), the ideology of justice begun taking hold. Members of the Progressive Movement supported the...
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Introduction to Entertainment in 19th Century America It’s incredible to fathom just how much the American society has advanced and adapted over its life span. For only being present around 250 years, we have achieved a rather fantastic history of rich culture and experiences. Over these years, the United States of America has gone through a good amount of changes...
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The Gilded Age was a period that spanned the last three decades of the 19th century and started from the end of the Civil War in 1865 leading up to 1900. The Gilded Age saw the United States enter a period of rapid industrialization and innovation. Railroads were being built and people could travel and transport goods across country faster...
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Complimentarily, Arthur Miller’s application of juxtaposition highlights the differences between characters who are significantly different and brings to light those who don’t belong. An example of the juxtaposition Miller applies is between the characters Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor. The black and white rulings of the characters would be almost ironic, bearing in mind that Arthur Miller wrote this play...
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The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the industrialised world's history, lasting from the 1929-39 stock-market crash. This time began after the October, 1929 stock market crash, which devastated Wall Street and wiped out millions of shareholders. Consumer spending and investment dropped over the next several years, causing steep declines in industrial output and employment as workers were...
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On April 19, 1775, the first battle of the American Revolution began in Lexington, Massachusetts. However, the idea of getting their independence from the British had been in the minds of the colonists for a long time. They felt that the British were controlling and abusing them in an unfair way and that they deserved to be free and to...
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Having the warmest climate out of all colonies, Virginia had the greatest spread of diseases than colder settlements in the northern colonies. Virginia was one of the most successful colonies for being rich in tobacco and to the people, it was like gold to them. But Virginia has experienced hardships that led to fruitful and productive aftermaths. The Colony of...
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The ‘We Can Do It!’ poster was designed by artist J. Howard Miller for the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. It was made in 1942 to encourage women to take wartime jobs in the defence industries and was a symbol of female patriotism. Once the war ended, many companies forced women out of the jobs to give them back to...
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As society advances, new problems are created by that advancement, the Industrial Revolution was no exception to this case. New problems arose as the United States began to industrialise. Problems such as the fact that the United States was split into two parts with a mass of land in the middle which was terrible to cross, and the dry south-east...
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