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Vietnam War, which happened between 1955 and 1975, was an infamous conflict that caused numerous peace protests in the US as a result of American involvement. However, the US involvement began in 1954 after the ongoing conflict in the region for several previous decades (“Vietnam War”). Throughout the years of...
The internment of Japanese Americans is the right choice, and those who are against it do not understand the current situation. Our country is leading a war with Japan, why cannot we punish those who belong to our competitors? Foreign soldiers do not have mercy on children, women, and elderly...
Introduction Wells-Barnett, an African-American feminist, journalist, and activist, led the anti-lynching program in the U.S.A during the 1890s. She was born on July 16, 1862, in Holly Spring city in Mississippi. She was born into slavery, during the time of the civil war. Her parents became active in politics during...
The Southern, Middle, and New England colonies had several key differences which shaped America’s diversity in the future. First of all, the colonists of the three territories had different origins because of the internal problems of England in the mid-seventeenth century. Later, due to the outbreak of civil war, it...
The issue of misinterpretation and mass delusion is the one that was and is controversial for Western society. Some people prefer to avoid notions about the lying press and trust the majority of information that they encounter. The other type of people develops an apparatus for criticism of the messages...
Factors Influenced the Development of Absolutism The War of the Austrian Succession showed the need for reforms in Austria, which was in a state of the financial crisis and was a poorly managed fragmented state. One of the directions of transformation was the implementation of a policy of unification in...
Introduction The rapid transformation of the social and economic order and the advancement of the manufacturing means toward more automated processes emerged on the verge of the nineteenth century. This period was called the Industrial Revolution due to the inception of the industrial economy. However, between 1880 and 1920, new...
When Jefferson was reelected for a second term of presidency, he said, “In a time of war, if injustice by ourselves or others must sometimes produce war, increased as the same revenue will be by increased population and consumption, and aided by other resources reserved for that crisis, it may...
Alice Walker Alice Walker is an African American internationally renowned activist, author, actor, and poet. Through the skills and talents, Walker has explored and exposed gender discrimination, patriarchy, and gender discrimination within African Americans and racism from the whites (Horsley, 2014). For example, the activist described the struggles of a...
The Second World War was the bloodiest and most terrible event in the entire life of mankind. Over 55 million people died in World War II, of which 27 million died in the Soviet Union. Although the American continent was not a place of military battles, Second World War significantly...
The early twentieth century became a ground-breaking period of time for many countries, as the most influential conflicts and events occurred at the time. Japan’s aim of strengthening its political and economic rank in the world could be highlighted as one of the main reasons for its invasion of Korea...
Immigrants mainly founded the United States, and the country has been the recipient of the new energy and resourcefulness that foreigners bring. Immigrants construct about 14% of the whole population, and half of them are naturalized residents (Giuliano & Tabellini, 2020). Settlers form critical portions of the U.S. labor force...
Characteristics of a Progressive According to Roosevelt, a progressive believes in doing what is right and just for a better community. The political coalition had the agenda to reverse the ills in the economic, political, and social sectors. Although it was meant to achieve several positive goals for the political...
Rutherford B. Hayes served as the 19th president of the U.S. between 1877 and 1881. He won the highly contested 1877 elections narrowly by defeating the Democratic Party candidate Samuel J. Tilden by one electoral vote. Hayes’ presidency marked the period in which America transitioned from the era of Reconstruction...
The Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad refers to enslaved African Americans’ secret efforts to escape from bondage through many routes. Ditlmann et al. (2017) explain that it operated from the eighteenth century to the Civil War, although the exact existence dates are unknown. The number of black people who escaped...
Some people wonder what the world would have been if this or that event had not occurred. It is challenging to answer this question because the world’s history is a chain of mutually dependent phenomena and events. If any element is dismissed, it is impossible to imagine how this fact...
The question about the racial identity of ancient Egyptians remains debatable among scholars. Historians indicate that the country of Egypt was the origin of human civilization. Although the country is in Africa, white scholars argument about ancient inhabitants of Egypt were not Africans focuses on dismissing the idea that European...
Tartan refers to the pattern of interlocking stripes that runs through the cloth vertically and horizontally. Today, tartans’ different fabrics and designs are thought to represent specific Scottish clans and families. It has a long-standing history, with the earliest known Scottish tartan dating to the fourth century AD (The Scottish...
The American Civil War was a watershed instant in our country’s history. Ten thousand battles were fought across the globe between 1861 and 1865 (Hall et al., 2019). The war settled critical questions unaddressed by the revolution. The first was whether the United States was a soluble confederation of independent...
Otto von Bismarck and Benso de Cavour are two prominent political figures who have successfully pursued a policy of uniting their countries (Germany and Italy). Although politicians followed similar goals, their methods differed, the common goal was to conquer neighboring states: the territory could be beaten or acquired voluntarily. While...
Although many events happening during the Civil War may seem quite easy and comprehensible from the modern perspective, generalization is usually the tool for producing such an effect. Therefore, diverse situations may be interpreted differently based on the consideration of facts related to certain examined events. For instance, the issues...
The true biography of Sappho is largely unknown, but certain facts about her have been found either from historical accounts of her life or her own work. She was born around 615 B.C. in an aristocratic family on the island of Lesbos in Greece (Mark, 2021). There has been evidence...
Case Presentation Jack Johnson became the first champion of heavyweight boxing of the world from the black community in 1908. This was during a time when African Americans were being subjected to racism and extreme segregation. On Independence Day of 1910, Jack Johnson won the Fight of the Century against...
According to Gandhi, the concept of civilization means people’s ability to use resources and examples surrounding them, as well as their intelligence and ingenuity, to improve their living conditions to increase bodily welfare (32). For instance, better-built houses, airplanes, and various engines are the emblems of civilization. Gandhi believes that...
Social groups, regardless of their similarities in either cultural, ethnic, religious, or economic backgrounds, were often divisive on the topic of the American Revolution. Despite this, distinct loyalties to and against the revolution were noticeable within socio-economic levels of the U.S. at the time. Though the revolution was opposed and...
Prerequisites for the uprising History has proved that democracy can make a positive impact on the well-being of the people. The Shays’ Rebellion in 1786 is an excellent example of democracy being exercised by the citizens to turn hardship into an opportunity for a better and just life. The war...
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 was one of the major turning points in the world and Japanese history. The affect of the bombing left negative traces in all spheres of human relations: social, political, environmental, psychological, and medical. The atomic strike caused great destruction and the...
The Ottoman Empire was quite successful from its origin and up to its fall. It was created in the thirteenth century and existed until the end of World War I in 1918 (Evrensel and Minx 2). The height of its martial and economic strength began in the 1500s and continued...
Imperialism is characterized as a stage at which monopolies took a dominant position, a complete change in all spheres of people’s lives began. As a housewife, I believe that imperialism has brought only negative consequences that have affected the history of all countries and changed it for the worse. Religious...
The conflict under consideration, the Mexican-American war, which started in 1846 and lasted two years, is notable for its role in the history of the relationships between the countries. This event reflects the attempts to expand the territory by the United States’ leaders and the resistance of Mexico, which could...
This essay covers topics directly addressing the racial and social problems from Reconstruction, when the civil war between the North and the South pushed society to critical changes. Analyzing and comparing the two observed articles helps identify the objective and coherent truth about the events that happened not so long...
Since its beginning, the Spanish mission system has impacted the lives of several previous generations and, to a certain extent, is still affecting people. A way to better understand the Spanish mission is by researching Jean Francois Galaup de La Perouse’s chronicles. However, while relying on La Perouse as a...
The reasons for the Santee Sioux revolt, which resulted in the protracted Dakota War, have been accumulating since the previous decade when the Indians were deceived or disadvantaged by unfair contracts and late payments. Due to the famine, Native Americans were forced to hunt for animals, which was complicated by...
Nowadays, America is one of the most developed continents in the world, and the quality of life there is getting better every year. Spaniards and Portuguese were the first and the major contributors to the creation of American history. They began the transformation of such areas as politics, economics, and...
The period between 1815 to 1860 was characterized by significant social, cultural, and political changes that aided the economic expansion of America. Gender roles significantly changed as women began participating in the cash economy. The growing economy led women to work in simple jobs like waiters to supplement their family...
Legitimacy in Chinese politics The state of legitimacy formulates a theory of domination that is an essential aspect of China’s history. The patterns and history of legitimacy shaped Chinese politics. The citizens of the country comply when they are subjected to brutal coercion from the government. Such brutality entails high...
Introduction Democracy has faced several challenges with regard to its growth. The historical period of 1930 to 1950 witnessed great difficulties in the ideals of democracy around the world. At the center of the crisis of democracy were the four European powers at the time: Germany, Britain, the USA, and...
The theory of just war was revived in the late 60s of the twentieth century in the United States. This was due to the desire to find objective moral criteria for assessing the correctness and incorrectness of the armed force. A healthy skepticism about the justice of war is perhaps...
European colonization has impacted the development of once colonized lands drastically. One of the primary ways European colonization affected Sub-Saharan Africa was the state’s economy and inability to recover financially. During the decades of colonization and land exploitation, European countries used African agricultural welfare and human capital to strengthen their...
On the one hand, the activities of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are directly related to the liberation movement in America. On the other hand, the Founding Fathers were notorious for holding their slaves without freeing them when the opportunity was presented (Chervinsky, 2020). It cannot be considered hypocrisy because...
This historical essay aims to discuss the thesis that although most scholars of the American economy have argued that Irish immigrants worsened labor conditions for citizens, further research shows that in New York of the 1840-1860s, newcomers profoundly influenced the Market Revolution.” While the newcomers were one of New York’s...
World War I, also known as the Great War, was an unprecedented military conflict. The catalyst for the dispute that primarily took place across Europe was Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination in Sarajevo on June 28th, 1914 (Payk 811). However, the primary reason for the dispute was the anarchic system and...
An individual can influence or change the life of their nation or the entire world, and history includes various examples when one person’s actions became a turning point. Among these responsible historical figures were such women as Claudia Jones, Jane Addams, and Chien-Shiung Wu, who impacted the course of lives...
The massacre that took place in Jamestown, which is often called the uprising, at first seems to make sense to consider in other terms since the event took place in the occupied territory. To a greater extent, the Indian attacks on the English settlers should rather be called a struggle...
Julius Caesar was assassinated by a few senators who wanted to keep the republic of Rome and wanted to end his reign. He had established himself such that he was well known and an important person in antiquity. He also had a good personality and was in control of the...
After reading ‘Created Equal,’ the third president of the USA seemed a man of struggles and choices as it was harsh for him to break stereotypes and common beliefs due to the essential radical time for black people when Jefferson was in the government. The dialogue with one of the...
The source offered for analysis speaks of two terrible events, the El Salvador Uprising of 1932 and the Haitian Genocide of 1937. The first event, the El Salvador Uprising, is the first peasant uprising in Latin America. In the early 1930s, the world economic crisis affected El Salvador’s economy as...
The traditions of the Igbo people served as the basis of their community and provided guidance for all types of occasions. They had been developed for generations, and the inhabitants of the place had never attempted to challenge them. The rules were strictly followed until the European missionaries arrived in...
The author of the article Ancient Roman roads and their influence on modern road designs is Rowyn Lea. There is no reliable information about this writer on the Internet. At the same time, the author has another article on a similar topic called Modern Roman Roads on this online platform,...
Cambodia is a developing country with an authoritarian government of Hun Sen. It has an uneasy history, connected with the local battles and revolutions during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. The most terrible period was the ruling of the Khmer Rouge, a communist revolutionary...
Since the beginning of the discovery of America and the development of new territories, slavery has become widespread. Slavery occupies a relatively large segment of the historical existence of British America and the United States. The constitution adopted in 1787, simultaneously with the proclamation of various democratic freedoms, legalized slavery....
Encyclopedia Britannica. Julius Caesar | Biography, conquests, facts, & death. Encyclopedia Britannica. Julius Caesar possesses a noble stature and represents the patrician roots of his parents. Gaius Julius Caesar and Aurelia helped their son become a great general (Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d.). Being named a dictator, Julius Caesar refuses at first,...
Introduction In the seventeenth century, the political situation in the world was significantly impacted by the active position of the British Empire, which expanded its power on a global scale. It had a particular interest in obtaining the lands of North America, which is why the large territories were gradually...
Introduction Slavery and the slave trade are some of the most inhumane practices the world has ever witnessed. The European Slave Trade was one of the three stages involved in the triangular transaction, otherwise known as the Trans-Atlantic trade (Prince 11). In the Trans-Atlantic trade, Europeans shipped arms, textiles, and...
Modern researchers make considerable efforts to comply with basic ethical guidelines when implementing their studies. For instance, the Belmont Report released in 1979 highlights the major principles of conducting a study (autonomy, beneficence, and justice) (Forister & Blessing, 2016). However, ethical concerns were often neglected in the past. One of...
Introduction The Japanese governance structure was constantly transforming throughout the medieval period, changing and adding ideas and practices from various local rulers and leaders. Authority has always been one of the essential aspects of governance, as it has primarily determined the effectiveness of the whole system. Understanding this fact, some...
After the 13th Amendment was introduced, Black people believed that hey were entitled to free land after years of unpaid work as slaves. In 1865, President Andrew Johnson formed the Freedmen’s Bureau. According to the second plan, black people had the right to receive forty acres of abandoned land for...
American Revolution in 1775 was the result of prolonged tensions with British Empire that lasted over a decade before ultimately resulting in the revolution. The Seven Years war of 1756-1763, resulted in acquisition of new territories by the crown. However, the prolonged conflict caused extreme exhaustion of national resources and...
The United States of America, being a free and developed country now, has come through a long path fighting for its sovereignty and freedom in the XVIII century. Back in the first half of the XVIII century, England was a world hegemon having leadership above a sustainable number of colonies,...
Introduction In media and communication, information can be shared in different features that may vary in one way or another. For instance, news feature is based on timely trending content with a human interest that is widespread from one region to another. The civil war in Bougainville lies under past...
Ellis Island is one of the most important historic sites in the United States. It is known for its role in immigration since it was the place where people from other countries arrived. Therefore, its significance is explained by the meaning of the location for the newcomers as it was...
It has been almost ten years since the death of one of the most dangerous terrorists in the world. There is hardly anyone who has pitied the person responsible for the killing of so many innocent people. In spite of this fact, some still debate on the legality of Operation...
Today, there is only a small number of Native Americans that remain on the continent. However, many stories are still related by mouth and written word. They talk of the heroism, nature, and the people that once walked the land on which the US is based now. One of the...
Being a female leader is not easy, but being an African-American female leader in the 19th century was almost impossible. Despite this, the world knows such women, one of whom is Harriet Tubman. She was born in slavery, but from childhood dreamed of being free and subsequently was able to...
The problem of segregation in the U.S. has been quite notorious. Intended to marginalize racial minorities, particularly, African American people, it deprived them of their humanity in the eyes of the dominant White population, exacerbating the process of discrimination. However, even presently, when significant efforts are being made to promote...
As a process of gaining control over a foreign land and its people, colonization is a uniquely European phenomenon. The technological development of European countries in the nineteenth century allowed it a substantial advantage over less advanced countries, including those on the African continent. This process became known as new...
The Discovery of the New World by the Europeans started a long history of colonizing modern US territory. This process involved Great Britain, France, Spain, those who decided to permanently move to the American continent, and the local Indian tribes. After protecting its colonies from the French, Great Britain was...
Introduction The skyrocketing expansion of manufacturing in the period between 1877-1900, named the Gilded Age, generated enormous wealth and made the USA the most economically developed country. Nevertheless, along with achievements, industrialization gave rise to many significant social issues, including a yawning break between rich and poor and economic instability,...
The Emancipation Proclamation forced the new chapter in the United States’ history that led the citizens to change their perception of slavery. Lincoln (1863) stated that “I declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States shall be free and that the Executive government will recognize and maintain...
The Great Depression was among the most devastating events, which affected and severely hindered the US economy. It is important to note that Americans faced a wide range of issues, which included unemployment, homelessness, the collapse of international trade, deflation, economic output shrinkage, the banking system failure, stock market failure,...
The significance of Polis resides in the structure of the ancient Greek world. Polis was a structure of community, or territory of the land. It means a community of people living together. Research indicates that Polis is the birthplace of culture (Oniszczuk 33). Thus, an individual Polis was different from...
One of the conflicts, which led to the Civil War in the 19th century, addressed the existence of slavery on the territory of the United States. Although, according to the Constitution of that time, slavery was considered to be legal, president Abraham Lincoln comprehended that it presented a pressing concern....
In the 1930s, America faced the most significant crisis known as the Great Depression which harmed economic development and infrastructure. By 1933, more than fifty-five hundred banks had closed, and unemployment stood at 25 percent or 13 million workers, having a bad influence on people’s well-being and the general mood...
Introduction Living at the time of the Cold War in the United States of America was challenging for the citizens due to a number of political reasons affecting their well-being. From this perspective, the principal factor worsening their conditions was of a psychological nature since various events, and the governmental...
The Great Depression is one of the most critical periods in the modern history of the United States. It began with the global economic crisis in 1929, which most affected the United States. Throughout the 1930s until 1939, the economy could not fully recover from the crisis and recover. Therefore,...
Birth The man who was to become one of the greatest Presidents in the entire history of the United States was born on February 12, 1809, in the state of Kentucky. Lincoln’s family was far from affluent, and young Abraham was definitely not born with a silver spoon in his...
In 1917s, the great migration of the black community from the South part of the U.S. caused over 1.5 million African Americans to move in just 25 years. People were running from poverty, peonage, stagnant wages, and violence they experienced in Jim Crow. Also, natural disasters such as floods, withering...
High (epithet) intelligence, remarkable (epithet) talent in medicine, and unshakable (epithet) firmness of character have repeatedly helped Lavinia Dock make the right decisions that led to success. Her life’s destiny was the most necessary and challenging; she was a woman who faced the most critical task — the fight for...
The Civil Rights Movement The civil rights movement is based on the elimination of division and discrimination based on skin color. The first case, “Brown v. Board, 1954,” presents a lawsuit, the essence of which was to end the separation of education for black and white students. The court passed...
African Americans participated in all the wars of the United States, serving their country and people. Military service offered them promotions in the economic, social, political, and military spheres. Thus, the participation of African-Americans must be understood in the context of the importance of racial issues that arose in the...
The surprise attack launched by Japan on a fateful March day of 1941 is now regarded as one of the major historical events in the history of the United States. The American government’s emergency efforts during the Pearl Harbor tragedy became a subject of nuanced scrutiny from experts and the...
Introduction Many ethnic and racial minorities have been experiencing different forms of discrimination in the United States. The major groups that have been facing discrimination include Asians, Native Americans, and Latinos. Some groups such as “the disabled, women, and homosexuals have been facing a wide range of challenges” (Jacobs &...
The Revolution brought new rhetoric of independence and freedom to American society. However, calls for equality were widespread but maintained a number of inconsistencies in relation to slaves and women. The Revolution increased the differences between the Northern states, which abandoned slavery, and the Southern ones, in which it flourished...
0Jersey City is one of the cities that has high cultural diversity in America. It has an underground rail that passes through, and it helped the slaves escape to Canada and the North that had banned slavery. The term “Underground rail” does not mean the actual railway system, but it...
The John F. Kennedy administration was partly responsible for the crisis because it misled the public on facts of the crisis. The president told the public that the country had fewer missiles than its counterpart, the Soviet Union. However, the truth was that America had nine times as many nuclear...
The nineteenth century was an important period in American history, which underlined the demand for the reconsideration of its economic, social, and political systems. The key statement of the paper is that slavery emphasized the issue of freedom in America and led to effective national changes in its legislation, economy,...
Understanding the motives behind theories of war created in medieval times is an essential part of the knowledge regarding this civilization. The snippet presented is referred to as the speech of Pope Urban II, recorded by Fulcher of Chartres at the Council of Clermont (Chartres, 1905). This excerpt comes from...
Introduction In the article, Crucible of Fire: The Boer War and the Birth of the Canadian Army Medical Corps, the author, Ian McCulloch, takes the reader through a short history of the origins of the Canadian Army Medical Corps (CAMC). Specifically, the author highlights the nature of medical services that...
Workers’ rights in America are essential to all employees as they protect them against discrimination under federal law based on religion, color, sexual orientation, race, disability, or even pregnancy. Between 1877 and the 1980s, there were several turning points in workers’ rights. These points had a tremendous impact on the...
A number of well-known Greek men made their outstanding contributions to literature, philosophy, medicine, and politics, and their significant impact is hard to be overestimated. One of these influential and famous persons is Pericles – a Greek orator, general, politician, and patron of the arts who lived in Athens from...
Introduction The book “Imposing Decency: The Politics of Sexuality and Race in Puerto Rico between early 1870 to around 1920” clearly illustrates that a close relationship existed between race, class, and sexuality in Puerto Rico in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In this book, there is description of...
Formal reconciliation efforts in Canada were initiated in 1998 when the Federal Government responded to the Commission’s report on Indigenous Affairs. The process aimed to improve the experience of indigenous peoples in the field of child welfare, education, and culture. Reconciliation refers to actions taken to address the harm to...
The roaring twenties, also called the golden decade by some scholars, saw an immense social, technological, and political change. Socially, there was heightened immigration of the African Americans from the South to the Northern cities looking for employment and escaping racial oppression. Furthermore, women made a significant step towards the...
The suffrage movement was all about women’s right to vote. The struggle to be allowed to vote was hard for adult women. The people were denied their rights to participate in elections based on their salaries, age, and gender, and all this led to protests and people advocating for their...
After the end of the First World War, many countries have found themselves on a brink of an unprecedented crisis. With a lot of funds, resources, and human lives being spent fighting in an international conflict of an at the time unimaginable scale, most countries suffered from deep economic, political...
Introduction The USA experienced a turbulent political environment after World War II (WWII) that ended in 1945. Intense pressure mounted on the federal government to enact policy and laws that would promote equal rights and privileges for the African-American community (Bloom 21). As such, the Civil Rights Movement was initiated...
The usefulness of glass in the Roman Empire cannot be overestimated. It was used practically in all spheres of day-to-day life: in small bottles, boxes, glass alabastra, cosmetics, perfumes. Besides, glass was added to semi-precious stones (amethyst, sapphire, emerald, etc.). Romans manufactured the glass through the production technique called glassblowing....
Initially, America was hidden in ice, and during the ice age, which took place tens of thousands of years ago, snow covered most of the territory. However, over time, fertile lands opened under the ice, which later became an aid for the development of farming. In addition, originally, South and...
My historical essay’s topic is the impact of the Irish immigrants on New York’s economy of the 1840s-1860s. A secondary source I applied in my research was the article “The economic assimilation of Irish Famine migrants to the United States” written by Collins and Zimran in 2019, published at “Explorations...
The influence of Karl Marx on the understanding of economics, philosophy, history, sociology, and revolutionary work is immeasurable. The theories put forth by Marx were concerned with underlining the issue of capitalism’s exploitation of the working class, and they were essential to the formation of a new movement that challenged...
The given analysis will primarily focus on Nelson Mandela, who advocated and fought for ending apartheid, which was a segregation-based practice of dividing white people and black people living in the Republic of South African or RSA. It is important to note that for the majority of his adult life,...
On the 6th of August in 1945, America detonated an atomic bomb in Hiroshima located in Japan. Just several days after, another nuclear attack was released on Nagasaki. Up to this day, despite the countless debates, people cannot find a consensus on whether the bombardment of the Japanese cities is...
Reconstruction under Lincoln The goal of president Abraham Lincoln was the unification of the divided country. Having survived the assassination attempt, Lincoln proceeded with his plan to reintegrate the Confederate states into the nation. This led to them receiving proper representation in Congress. Having former confederates among the supporters would...
The ruling of the high court on 17th May 1954 against the segregation of black people in the United States was received with significant negativity by the Southern States. Tennessee was not an exception because it maintained the discrimination trend. African Americans were separated from all-white schools, had limited public...
Introduction The Big History offers an interesting outlook on how historical events can be reviewed and analyzed. This approach encourages one to adopt a different perspective and use multidisciplinary methods, as well as varying levels of analysis to examine events. One can use the example of coffee and trace its...
A coronavirus is a group of viruses that cause infections in both human beings and animals. The strain of the virus experienced globally was known as acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This virus is associated with coronavirus disease 19(COVID-19). Coronavirus pandemic was a global health crisis that the world...
Reasons why the Persians were such a formidable enemy for the Greeks; Persians’ and Greeks’ advantages During the Persian Wars, Ancient Greece faced considerable challenges, as the opponent had become a serious enemy. The strength of the Persians was conditioned by their strong economy, which ensured a steady supply of...
Racial discrimination is the act of being unfair to any individual based on their skin colour, racial or ethnic origin. Racism and police violence since the time of colonization has had intense effects on Black and Indigenous communities. Police violence and brutality affect individuals, groups, institutions, and systems. Stress and...
Introduction WWII had tremendous global implications for every country in the world due to the large scale of the conflict and the amount of resources needed to mitigate the threat of the Nazi regime dominating the world. Furthermore, although some countries, such as the U.S., could not support the Alliance...
The essay by John Steele Gordon, titled “What We Lost in the Great War” and published in the American Heritage in 1992 is lauded by some to be provocative, insightful, and challenging when it is anything but. It preaches the same old cliches that have been dominating the Western society...
Introduction The era of European colonialism shaped the world that acquired the features of the modern world order. European countries (mainly Britain, Spain, France, and Holland) tried to colonize as vast territories as possible, extracting all possible benefits from their new possessions. North and South America were no longer the...
Operation Neptune Spear, otherwise known as Operation Geronimo, was a CIA-led operation carried out on May 2, 2011, intended to kill Osama Bin Laden, the founder and the initial leader of al-Qaeda, the Islamist militant group responsible for numerous acts. Geronimo was the code name that two Navy SEALS teams...
The signing of the Versailles treaty was done on the 28th of June 1919 at the Versailles Palace. It is one of the critical pacts in history since it helped end World War I. According to the reports from the sessions, Germany was treated unfairly since it was the only...
Hammurabi was the sixth king of the Amorite dynasty, who had a residence in the year of Babylon. In 1783 BC, he began a series of military campaigns that led to creating an empire from Mari and Nineveh to the Persian Gulf. The heyday of the Babylonian kingdom falls on...
Introduction The United States National Guard, formed on December 13 in 1636, has about 400 years of history. The National Guard is a branch of the armed forces and is an organized reserve. It is subordinate to the state in which it is located and the federation. Each state has...
Patterson (2018) analyzes the ethics and morality of the Vietnam War by focusing on the factors that qualify the intervention as a just war. The author examines the conflict using the lens of just war ideas by notable scholars such as Michael Walzer and Paul Ramsey. The assessment of the...
Propaganda is the widespread communication of ideas that are not necessarily objective to persuade an audience of a certain notion or incite people to take a particular action. Thomas Paine’s The American Crisis and Common Sense are both forms of propaganda. They present a subjective opinion communicated as an objective...
They say that “knowledge is power,” and hence spreading the information one possesses serves the good of the community by sharing that power with others. Today, the US prides itself on its freedom of speech, with the First Amendment protecting the population from censorship. However, while there are no laws...
With the end of World War II, the United States became one of the two world superpowers. The country helped Europe to rise from the ruins and experienced an economic and demographic boom; the process of abandoning segregation and racial discrimination has begun. At the same time, an anti-communist propaganda...
Two documents are essential to American history of the fight against black oppression: a letter to Martin Luther King, Jr. from a group of church ministers, Bishops of Alabama, and his response. They called for a peaceful solution to the issues of oppression of blacks through internal forces. To this...
Introduction Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution is celebrated annually in the United States on January 30, mainly in California. This day is dedicated to a Japanese-American civil rights activist. This is the first day in the history of the United States to be named after an...
Introduction Mayan civilization has become more understandable for contemporaries since the time of intense interest in its study. Unlike the European states that arose in later ages, the Mayan civilization’s archaic period dates back to 8000 BC, and the pre-classical period dates from 2000 BC to 250 AD. In these...
While comparing Claudette Colvin’s experience in the fight for equality and civil rights with that of young activists in the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, one can cite both similarities and differences. Ms. Colvin, as a young girl, did not have the same opportunities to publicize her story as people...
Chronicles of the Indies might be considered as an important part of the reflection of the conquistadors’ aspirations and actions of the period. Hence, a discussion on the prominent participants’ works related to the period seems relevant to undertake. This paper will focus on Shipwreck, True History of the Conquest...
Baiocchi, Valerio, Claudio Alimonti, Giorgia Bonanotte, and Gabor Molnar. 2020. “Geomatic Measurement of “New Aniene” And “Claudia” Roman Aqueducts for Flows Estimation.” IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 949: 1-8. Web. The author’s topic revolves around the measurement of the geometric properties of two major aqueducts of Ancient Rome,...
The conservative Democratic rule discussed in Chapter 12 of Richardson et al.’s Texas: The lone star state was frugal and lacked wide public support. While it may have resolved some of the public debt issues, many Texans felt left behind and demanding socioeconomic reform, particularly the farmers. This led to...
Modern advances in science allow researchers to explore in detail the data related to the events of the past. In particular, DNA analysis techniques help in investigating the characteristics of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. Scientists have conducted “the largest DNA study to examine African ancestry in the Americas”...
The art of Ancient Greece was and remains one of the brightest in European culture, and people of all creative professions are still inspired by it. Greek culture and art went through several stages in their development. Each historical event in Ancient Greece contributed to the achievement of something new...
Being two of the best-known leaders in the African American liberation movement in the late 19th and early 20th century, Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois represented entirely different approaches toward the promotion of equality and the fight against discrimination of African American people. While Washington encouraged...
Summary The Beecher’s and the Kingdom of God Lyman Beecher Was a Highly Praised Minister Who Wanted to Make America the Kingdom of Christ. The Transformation of American Evangelicalism after 1800, Americans Moved Away from Calvinism Towards the Idea That Everyone Can Earn Redemption. Charles Grandison Finney and Modern Revivalism...
The question of the race of Egyptians arose as a result of an increased interest in anthropology and the racial division of society about two centuries ago. The Egyptian expedition of Napoleon Bonaparte discovered to Europeans a new, unknown world of Egyptian culture (Agai, 2017). Opinions were divided: most believed...
The quest for freedom and full enjoyment of rights was not an easy task, with most black slaves facing harsh treatment and even death. The majority of them were deprived of personal liberty and the right to move from one geographical area to the other. There were also limits to...
According to Olivia Mahoney ‘In 1776, slaves composed forty percent of the population of the colonies from Maryland south to Georgia, but well below ten percent in the colonies to the North’, (p. 41) hence the North failed to develop slavery as successfully as the South did. Meanwhile, the need...
Herod the Great was one of the most well-known rulers in the history of the Jewish state he has been praised for the creation of notable building projects, such as the Jerusalem temple, the extension of the Temple Mount, the erection of the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, and...
The British approach to managing its colonies is the main reason behind the quest to gain self-rule by most of them. The strategy differed remarkably from that of the Spanish since they lacked a detailed blueprint on organizing and managing the colonies (McClay 101). This approach was not a choice...
Several different events and ideas caused the American Revolutionary War (1775 – 1783). For example, the Proclamation of 1763 was signed by King George III and ended colonial expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains. It irritated numerous Americans who believed that the continent was the land of freedom. Simultaneously, Britain...
I am a history student because it provides knowledge of the past and how it shaped America. Through learning about the past, one is able to judge what is right or wrong. History is a type of collective memory consisting of past stories that highlight structures that constitute the present....
The Revolution depicted a period of political and ideological transformation in North America between 1765 and 1783. The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening were important events that facilitated the social change between settlers and British colonizers. Individuals became informed regarding knowledge of natural laws and human rights during the former...
Introduction The Irish Revolution and Civil War that started gathering impetus on the eve of the World War I and came to the peak by its end was unique in nature. Many forces fueled it and determined its direction and form. In Bitter Freedom: Ireland in a Revolutionary World, Maurice...
Introduction Joan of Arc or D’arc was a celebrated French heroine most known for leading a successful conquest of the English army in the 1420s. At the time of her birth, France and England engaged in a protracted battle known as the Hundred Years War that arose over the succession...
Professor Ben-Ghiat’s article “Women should have to register for the draft” argues that when the women in the United States turn eighteen years old, they should be allowed to register for the Selective Service (SS). The primary argument is that society has fully embraced gender equality so women should also...
Ancient Greece is one of the most well-known civilizations in human history. It is famous for its social and political development as well as scientific research and progressive approach to life. Even though generally, women in Ancient Greece had fewer rights than men, in some cases, seeds of equality and...
US history is marred with controversial episodes that raise a lot of debate. One of these events occurred in the 1800s during the American-Mexican war. The background of this war is that Texas had gained independence from Mexico and was a slave state, making the US hesitant to admit it...
The League of Nations is the international organization formed as the result of the Paris Peace Conference, which took place on January 10, 1920. The formation of this organization became the end of World War 1. The League of Nations’ main objective was disarmament, prevention of hostilities, ensuring collective security,...
Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire was one of the most saddening accidents in American history during the twentieth century. The incident occurred on March 25, 1911, at the Triangle Factory, a cloth factory owned by Isaac Harris and Max Blank. The factory was situated at Asch Building...
The initiative of Franklin D. Roosevelt in reforming the existing procedures of the United States’ governmental institutions, referred to as the New Deal, primarily targeted the economy, which was experiencing challenges of the Great Depression. In fact, it ensured the field’s revival after the crisis, which consequently resulted in the...
World history has undergone a series of drastic historical changes in the 19th century. The transformation happened due to the fact that all the basic economic and social structures were to be adopted in order to comply with industrial breakthroughs and the aftermath of the Second Agricultural revolution. Indeed, the...
During the years 1754 – 1765 many, significant changes took place which is important in the history of the British Empire. A vast expansion of the Empire was witnessed by the people during this time. The Empire was made up of various heterogeneous colonies with different economic institutions etc. The...
Introduction The United States experienced tremendous changes years after the Civil War. Such developments included industrialization, migration, moral movements, and changes in race and gender perceptions. Revolutions happened in both the urban and the rural parts of the country. The paper describes the radical transformations that occurred in the country...
Giesberg, J. (2013). Waging war their own way: Women and the Civil War in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Legacies, 13(1-2), 16-27. Web. This article presents information regarding women’s activities in Pennsylvania during the Civil War. It describes their contributions to providing soldiers with homemade goods and emphasizes the female population’s role in...
