Introduction The interim between 1820 and 1860 in American history was marked with the formation of the inherently American political ideologies and movements as well as with significant economic growth, to great extent at the expense of slave work (Davis, p.138). The present paper has two aims: first, contrasting the...
Topic: History
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Even as great achievements have been made in writing discrimination against women in the US, people’s awareness of discrimination is owed in huge part to the activities of feminist groups dominated by average-class white women and is tilted to their experiences. So far, discrimination against racial-ethnic women is radically different,...
Topic: History
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The era of reconstruction in the United States history ranged from the year 1863 to the year 1877 and the country undertook a big step of slavery abolishment and also eliminating confederacy. The country also undertook a huge step in recognizing the rights of the freed slaves. All this was...
Topic: History
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Introduction The European invasion of many parts of the world caused tremendous changes that remain up to this moment the norms of the societies. Almost every part of the world can give evidence of the changes that occurred during their first contact with the Europeans. This means all parts of...
Topic: History
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No war can start without any reason. So, the war between the Confederacy and the Union in 1861 was the consequence of a chain of different events and crises, which helped to intensify sectional animosity. Thus, one of the main reasons for the beginning of the American Civil War was...
Topic: American Revolution
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Hellenistic culture is the hybrid Greek culture that comprises of cultural aspects like Diadochi, Ptolemy one Soter, Cassander, and Lysimachus kingdoms that symbolize the Zenith of Greek influence in the ancient times between 323 and 146 BC. The move from classical Greek to Hellenistic culture was a result of a...
Topic: Ancient History
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From time immemorial Cubans have been moving to America in search of greener pastures. Most Cubans mostly Musicians started settling in areas like New Orleans. This eventually worked for the formation of American-Cuban connections around the United States. Cubans began living in all parts of the U.S, and Florida came...
Topic: American Dream
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Introduction One of the most compelling developments of our age, it should be remembered, is the recognition of multicultural multiracial society and how they translate to every individual. The challenge is not just in recognizing other races but more importantly, the culture and heritage of people must also be recognized....
Topic: History
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When the former colony of the British Empire rose up in rebellion, the ragtag army led by General Washington defeated the well-oiled war machine of English. The founding fathers of the United States of America declared that all men are equal and proceeded to build a great nation. But less...
Topic: American Revolution
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Introduction Stewarts (2004) suggested that Herbert A Wichelns influenced rhetorical studies since 1925 through his essay “The Literary Criticism of Oratory.” In this sense, oratory is considered naturally as statecraft but critics have almost always focused on “the minutiae of style and with whether a speech was “literature” (p 407)....
Topic: John F. Kennedy
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Introduction Before the 18th century came to a close the present day United States was a fledgling nation that secured its independence from Great Britain. Going back to the time when this continent began to become a melting pot where European settlers and adventurers came in to mix it up...
Topic: History
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Introduction Comparing historical phenomena, sometimes a particular dimension for comparison might occur, through which these phenomena can be assessed in perspective, different than the one initially apparent. In that regard, analyzing such historical phenomena as the Crusade and Ku Klux Klan, it can be seen that there are dimensions for...
Topic: History
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Introduction In 1981, Ronald Reagan said: “Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem”. This particular view has been echoed and elaborated by various politicians as well as observers in the American political history. Bill Clinton proclaimed in 1996 that “the era of big government is...
Topic: American Politics
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Introduction Thomas Jefferson is an extraordinary figure of the political and social scene of the United States’ history. He has retained many different public offices during his life starting from ‘the bottom’ until reaching the ‘highest’ possible. His career has been an excellent one in politics, one that every politician...
Topic: Historical Figures
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Outline Conscription is the practice where citizens of a country are forced to serve in the military against their will in times of war. This practice was first used in the First World War after a large number of casualties among the armed forces were reported as well as diminishing...
Topic: War
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Background Dred Scott, a Southampton County resident, Virginia was born in 1799, as a property of Peter Blow. Peter Blow, who was his first master moved to St.Louis, Missouri in 1830 and two years later died. Dred Scott was sold to US Army officer, Dr John Emerson in order to...
Topic: Slavery
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Introduction Civil War of 1861-1865 was known as the deadliest war in the history of the United States. After the War had ended, the slavery was abolished in the price of more than half million people. The country restored the significant role of the federal government but still the consequences...
Topic: Civil War
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1787-1816 – Federalist Party was founded by Alexander Hamilton. Had a strong federal government and thrived in business and trade. 1788 – Constitution ratified advocating for a stronger central government though the amendment had received strong opposition by anti-federalism. 1789 – Start of French revolution that did away with royal...
Topic: Democracy
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For a very long time, Great Britain was the master of the seas and in their attempt at building an empire they colonized what was known then as the “New World.” This region in North America was home to people of English stock. Gradually they develop their own culture but...
Topic: American Revolution
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Introduction There were religious exchanges that occurred in England during the 1500s. , Henry VIII who used to be a strong Roman Catholic separated the church by seeking to persecute the Tudor monarchs. Despite the presence of an English Dependant Church, religious people remained divided for many years. The Church...
Topic: History
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Background Kosovo Conflict of 1998-1999 is a significant episode in relation to Canadian Foreign Policy. In some sense, the actions of Canada were coherent with its traditional foreign policies but also brought in difficult choices for the nation as we later explain in this article. Canada played a vital role...
Topic: War
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The history of the United States of America is full of controversial and tragic moments. Among them, the removal of the Native American tribes from their lands to the Western federal territories in Oklahoma is rather significant. This episode of American history contributed to the shaping of today’s America in...
Topic: History
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Outline Scopes trial, also known as the monkey’s trial was arranged to challenge Butler’s Act. The act prohibited teachers from teaching evolution in American public schools which ALCU disagreed with. The ALCU went on its way to offer services to any person volunteering to be charged against violation. Scopes volunteered...
Topic: History
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Introduction Washington Post author, Thomas E. Ricks does a commendable job in showing readers why the Iraq war was a disaster from its inception. Through numerous interviews and analyses, the writer gives evidence on this concept. Subsequent portions of the paper will look at his assertions in detail and some...
Topic: History
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It was considered one of the most exciting presidential elections in the history of the United States of America. It is indeed a very exciting contest between presidential candidates William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) and William McKinley (Republican) because the presidential election of 1896 was fought against the backdrop of economic...
Topic: Elections
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Abstract This research paper looks critically at the life and times of Benito Mussolini. The paper begins by discussing how by 1919 most Italians had turned their support to the socialist and the catholic party in the hope that it would solve their problems. The paper discusses the early life...
Topic: Autocracy
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African Americans are people who are either citizens or residents of the United States of America whose ancestors came from one of the black populations that inhabit the African continent. American history tabulates a series of atrocities and degradations committed against African Americans by their white counterparts, perpetrated under cover...
Topic: African American
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Introduction The beginning of the 19th century was marked by the differences of opinions among the political parties. The War of 1812 served as the major ground that made America assert a new feeling of nationalism: people had a considerable need to take the steps, which could improve the relations,...
Topic: History
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Introduction From the very beginning the new territories were opened up to search for some new sources of minerals, fur, natural resources, wood, and other different useful things for which the developed territories could be rich. One more reason to establish colonies on the territory of Americas was the religious...
Topic: History
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Gordon S. Wood, an Alva O. Way University Professor as well as a Professor of History at Brown University, is the receiver of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Radicalism of the American Revolution. He also became the recipient of the Bancroft Prize for the book titled The...
Topic: Historical Figures
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A great deal of what we know about ancient history can only be guessed at from the things they left behind. Although there is evidence that societies that lived a very long time ago might have had rules and a very well-organized society, there is very little actual evidence that...
Topic: Ancient Civilizations
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The Civil War marked a new period in American history and its political development. The Republicans of 1854 saw the Kansas and Nebraska Act as a direct attack on the issue of the non-extension of slavery, the basis of Western free soil principle. The act threatened to disperse slavery, and...
Topic: Civil War
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Introductory paragraph The history of the Five Civilized Tribes has for a long time seemed quite heartrending to American historians. Instead of upholding the kind of savagery that was highly expected from these native tribes during the civilization period, the southeastern Native American Indians almost eagerly embraced many of the...
Topic: History
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In the first place, it is necessary to justify the topics that will be the key topics of the present research and to give the explanation of the choice of the material that will be the basis of the study. In the course of human history there have been a...
Topic: History
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There is a tendency that one civilization should replace another one that is to be more improved and highly developed. To be more exact, each civilization has it own important role in establishing of culture and developing science. So, could we believe that the Early Middle Ages period has a...
Topic: Renaissance
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Discussion The first civilization is believed to have occurred in Mesopotamia and the Nile River in Egypt between 4000-3500 B.C (Majumdar, 21). However, other civilizations developed independently in other parts of the world. For instance, the valleys of the Indus River in India supported a flourishing civilization (Majumdar, 22). The...
Topic: Ancient History
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The article Eli Whitney: Nemesis of the South explains the story of a young boy Eli Whitney. The article details how Whitney made inventions that helped shape the history of America. From cotton gin to the manufacture of firearms, the article articulates how the young boy used his genius in...
Topic: Historical Figures
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Introduction In the 1960s, a unique international event happened between the United States and the Soviet Union. The US had developed and deployed strategic missiles in Turkey, which seemed to be one of the reasons for a counteraction from the Soviet Union chairman Khrushchev. Previously however, the United States had...
Topic: Intelligence
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Introduction Classicism is a genre in philosophy that expresses itself in from of art, music, literature and architecture. It has Roman and ancient Greek sources and lays an emphasis on society. Ancient classicism had a high regard for classical antiquity. Classicism art typically is formal as well as restrained. It...
Topic: Ancient History
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Since Obama was inaugurated as president of the united states many changes have occurred both in legislation and programs mostly in the health, economic, and security sectors, the most recent being proposal to adopt a new health care system. Obama being a democrat, his government’s policies of governing emphasize the...
Topic: American Politics
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Introduction Seminoles resided transversely on the southeastern lands of USA for thousands of years. Seminoles is a mixture of different of tribes. Each tribe is distinctive and spoke its own form of a language known as Muskogee. It is estimated that around A.D. 1500, about half a million people used...
Topic: History
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Introduction Fort Sumter, which was built at around 1827-1860, is a masonry fortification in Charleston harbor at the coastal area in South Carolina which is remarkable in the history of the United States of America and well known for the beginning of fires during the civil wars. It’s name was...
Topic: Civil War
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Introduction The advent of the 20th century saw major remarkable improvements in the art culture. The rapid increase in technological innovation facilitated this departure from the long-held traditional art forms. This was the onset of the age of modernism. The idea of pluralism denies the existence of absolute truth. It...
Topic: American Politics
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Introduction To begin with, there is strong necessity to mention that the relations of the colonists / settlers with the native American population (Indians) have shaped the image of the contemporary America. Originally, most of the contacts were arranged with the aim of trade for the lands, furs, foods etc....
Topic: History
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Introduction Rwanda which is a landlocked country in the eastern central of Africa supports a very high population among the highly populated countries in Africa. It mostly depends on agriculture to boost its economy. It is fertile and thus has good yields of agricultural products. Many people across the world...
Topic: Colonialism
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Introduction Frederick Douglass can be considered as one of the most influencing and prominent figures in the history of the United States of America. Kerry Gleason, in his article on the Black History Month Challenge published in the Associated Content news realizes that “It is safe to say that without...
Topic: Frederick Douglass
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Those who truly grasp philosophy pursue the study of nothing else but dying and being dead. Socrates (Dillon 525). Ancient times are known to be the beginning of modern European thought. Every witty notion, phrase, or statement is rooted in Ancient Greece or Rome. Since those times the mankind learns the...
Topic: Ancient History
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Introduction Racism has got varying meanings depending on the opinion of a person. Allen de Benoist defines racism based on the UNESCO’s 1978 “Declaration on Race” as a theoretical observation in which a person sees himself or herself as belonging to a racial or cultural grouping that is intrinsically superior...
Topic: Discrimination
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Introduction After two years of economic sanctions failed to topple the Panamanian government, the United States government resorted to a massive military invasion to accomplish its objectives. The decision to invade Panama in 1989, an operation referred to as “Operation Just Cause” has been seen on many fronts by many...
Topic: History
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At the onset of the 20th century, America was developing at a high rate and there was a lot of industrialization taking place. This attracted people from other continents which led to an influx of immigrants from across the globe into America with the hope of securing employment and a...
Topic: History
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The USA is a comparatively new country that had to fight for its freedom, independence and the right for its nation to express their will feely. It is true that the US citizens had to go through much grief, effort and intense struggle for their independence and received the most...
Topic: History
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Abstract Problems are part and parcel of every day life and in fact, it is rare to hear that any given individual has absolutely no problem; there are work, social, political, institutional, religious problems, to mention but a few. It is for this reason that we are always seeking effective...
Topic: Elections
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Introduction In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr., the head of the Civil Rights Movement in the South, wrote a letter to eight ministers in Birmingham, Alabama from the jail cell he was sitting in. In hiIntroductions letter, now known as “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, King was responding to the...
Topic: History
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There are few concepts as American as government by means of a written contract. While many of the traditional rights and privileges of American citizens were borrowed from the British system, the American variation was that government existed as a written contract between citizens and the government. This tradition started...
Topic: Constitution
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History The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, as well as its earlier and later enactments, were management-neutral and but highly protective of the overall job performance of those who served the nation. At least, this is the perspective from within the military organization. Though the Act is...
Topic: History
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Introduction The main focus of this term paper is to discuss trends or dynamics, that have influenced the East Asian Civilization since 1860. This paper will try to analyze and explain in detail whether the changes East Asia have been brought about by western influence or by its own dynamics....
Topic: History
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Introduction To begin with, it is necessary to emphasize that manorialism and feudalism are often regarded as distinctively various systems. This notion is generally explained by the fact that these are the paradigms of various spheres of life, consequently, they have nothing in common. Nevertheless, on the other hand it...
Topic: Collaboration
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The region of Appalachia which stretches across the eastern states of the US is one of the gravest symbols of the American nation. It is so due to the historic and social background of this particular milieu of the development of America. The line of Appalachian Mountains provided many opportunities...
Topic: History
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The debate over federalism and originalism was initiated not long ago, with the country’s existence crossing the verge of two centuries and firmly moving forward on the way of its development and prosperity. The essence of the debates was found in the development and evolution of the structure of the...
Topic: Federalism
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In colonial times there were many interesting characters that came from Europe and settled in the New World. They brought with them hopes and dreams of a better future – into a country that many of them compared to the biblical Promised Land. There were strong-willed men who defied rulers...
Topic: Historical Figures
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Athenian democracy developed around 500 BC. In the early Dark Age, from 1150 to 900 BC, Greece suffered encroachment and movements of people. Sources of information are Iliad and Odyssey. Before the 11th century BC economic and political organization was lost, the only memory of legendary warriors-chiefs left (Pomeroy and...
Topic: Ancient History
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Structural violence is a word that was first used in the 1960s. Initially, structural violence denoted a type of violence that was practiced by a particular social structure that involved killing people slowly but gradually to prevent them from achieving their potential. This in essence means the destruction of essential...
Topic: History
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“The Enlightenment was a European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and man were synthesized into a worldview that gained wide assent and that instigated revolutionary developments in art, philosophy, and politics. Central to Enlightenment thought were the use and the...
Topic: Enlightenment
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Introduction America’s independence story is among the most interesting in human history. Unlike other nations that had been colonized by the British, America had been divided into different regions. At first, there was harmony between Britain and the colonist regions. As Britain took in more territories, there was a need...
Topic: History
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World history knows the examples of lots of empires, which shocked by their magnificence, and either were ruined by other empires, or the time came for their lost form the map of the world. There is the division of the empires according to the time of their existence: early and...
Topic: Plague
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Let us start by saying that it is evident that world history is dynamic, it has been constantly developing and changing. I would like to mention that the Middle Ages, one of historical epochs of humanity, is unique and it has a lot of debatable features and peculiarities that have...
Topic: History
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The Civil War in England is a range of conflicts between the adherents of Carl I and the adherents of the Parliament. These events took place from 1642 to 1652. The Civil War in England started in August of 1642. The primary cause of the war was the crisis, which...
Topic: Civil War
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The rise of Benjamin Franklin was connected with his political career and personal development as a national leader. The political career began in 1736 when Franklin created the Union Fire Company. The Autobiography consists of 12 chapters devoid to different periods of life and career of Benjamin Franklin. Franklin received...
Topic: Historical Figures
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As the title suggests, Classmates Divided is the story of a finishing military class that fought in different sides of one war after they had completed school. The finishing class of 1861 from West Point military school is detailed as the only single class in the history of the military...
Topic: History
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Introduction This paper will analyze the following four events which were significantly responsible for the manifestation of the Civil War in America. Each of the events will be discussed from the political and social perspectives in explaining how they influenced the people. It is also evident that all the four...
Topic: American Revolution
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The process of democratization of Middle East has been based on two lines – secular nationalist ideology as in case of Egypt and Turkey and Islamic fundamentalist ideology which formed the basis of nationalism in rest of the Middle Eastern countries. Ideological differences in the advent of the secular nationalism...
Topic: History
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The period of the American Revolution was marked by great transformations in the social and political consciousness of states. The colonies under British rule were constantly dependent upon the British monarchy and rules by British laws. They were weak both economically and politically governed by British governors. These periods had...
Topic: American Revolution
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Introduction There is no doubt that Black slavery will go down in history as one of the most shameful periods in European and American history. Just if they were soulless animals, Black Africans used to be rounded up and shipped over to various locations throughout the world, where they would...
Topic: Literacy
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One of the common perceptions about warfare is that it is an armed conflict amongst the enemies. During the Cold War, the whole world was influenced by the politics of USA and the Soviet Union. These were the two nations willing to overpower each other. It was a war in...
Topic: Cold War
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Tocqueville’s argument in the French Revolution The French Revolution took place between the years 1789 and 1799. It was an era of political and social anarchy involving radical changes in the existence of France. Its main purpose was to increase the powers and the authority of the central government and...
Topic: French Revolution
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Introduction The creation of the US Constitution was linked with essential progress in the legislation sphere of the country, and the attainment of independence from the British Empire. The US was longer a dominion, but, it was regarded as the independent State, able to perform all the decisions independently. Surely,...
Topic: Constitution
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Introduction The history of the United States has borne testimony to unprovoked racial discrimination and race-attributed violence, brutality and destruction to property meted out to colored people. This has necessitated concerned citizens, including whites, to seek action to avoid such practices in future, and organize, fortify and empower minority groups...
Topic: History
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Booker Taliaferro Washington’s principles comprised the incensement of economic opportunity for African Americans. Providing the economical opportunities he wanted to improve the life of African Americans at the expense of their equality with Native Americans. These ideas were later called the Atlanta Compromise. W. E. B. Du Bois contradicted such...
Topic: African American
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The history of the American nation development has many impressive scenes full of patriotic consideration and points on strong country creation with support of suchlike strong people inhabiting it. John de Crevecoeur: Letters from an American Farmer is a work where the author pointed out several reasonable arguments and explanations...
Topic: Wealth
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Throughout the ages, mankind has been developing a vast variety of cultural patterns, which resulted in such phenomenon of the modern world as cultural diversity. In order to efficiently communicate in modern days characterized by intensive processes of globalization and cross-cultural bonds, it is of vital importance to study and...
Topic: History
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Introduction To begin with, it should be stated that the Bill of Rights is generally regarded as one of the most important documents, stipulating the rights and freedoms of US citizens on the territory of the United States of America. The significance of this act is emphasized by the statement...
Topic: Bill of Rights
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The First World War was a war between the Allies (Britain, France and Italy, and other supporting countries) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary and other supporting nations). The War began in 1914 when Germany invaded Belgium in a bid to attack France, its then greatest rival. Germany was at...
Topic: War
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From antiquity to the 17th century, religion is a very public matter in Europe and the rest of the world. A casual study of ancient Greece and the Roman Empire will reveal the same thing. This is more evident when tracing the development of the most dominant religion in Europe...
Topic: Ancient History
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America’s fear during the Cold War can be summarized as the fear of Mutually Assured Destruction or M.A.D. M.A.D. because even if America was the first to develop the atomic bomb across the Atlantic Britain, France and U.S.S.R. would soon develop their own nuclear weapons. The last was terrifying since...
Topic: Cold War
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United States of America has gone a number of transformations and revolutions to be where it is today. Some of these were brought about by the 26th president of the United States, Theodore D. Roosevelt who took power after the assassination of President McKinley. Theodore also known to others as...
Topic: American Politics
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The complicated title is a foreshadowing of what is to come. The event described as the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 is more than a commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ voyage to America; it was also an exposition of the American way of life from its cottage...
Topic: History
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Introduction The rise of D.F. Roosevelt was connected with his political career and personal development as a national leader. The political career began in 1910-1911 when Roosevelt entered the state house. Roosevelt received a perfect education and was familiar with banking, investment, finance, insurance, and real estate matters. During these...
Topic: American Politics
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The Transcontinental Railroad The transcontinental railroad was constructed in the mid 19th century. The idea of its construction was conceived in 1840s. However, the railway line was completed in 1869. Known as great pacific railroad at the time, the project was initiated under the presidency of Abraham Lincoln and embedded...
Topic: History
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The U.S. stock market crash of 1929 initiated the Great Depression in October of 1929 though this one event was caused by external sources and was not solely responsible for the most devastating economic collapse in American history. During the decade long depression, many lost their businesses, jobs, homes, savings...
Topic: Great Depression
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Vikings The Vikings’ excursions which began at the end of the 8th century, in general were directed to areas of northern coast of Western Europe and east coast of England giving rich possibilities for the realization of predatory campaigns and settlements. However, in spite of the fact that most part...
Topic: History
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It would be difficult to understand the evolution of present-day governments without consulting the ideas of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. These men paved the way for future political thinkers and revolutionaries to break free from age-old traditions of monarchy and establish a new political order where the individual is supreme...
Topic: Historical Figures
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The document, rather the speech was first delivered by Sir James Henry Hammond, who was the Senator or Governor of South Carolina, in the Senate of the United States of America. This speech is a primary source because this document on slavery was delivered and documented during a period when...
Topic: Speech
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Progressivism is a political outfit that has the objective of representing the ordinary people and advocating for their rights as consumers, employees, parents, citizens and as taxpayers. Progressivism normally aims at bringing reforms and one of their goals was the control of the business by the government. Progressivism has been...
Topic: History
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In the middle of the XIX century slavery in the south of the USA began to break more and more economic and social development of the country. In the north capitalism quickly developed, the industrial revolution has entered solving stage, covering all main branches of industrial production. The USA as...
Topic: History
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As World War II (WW II) was coming to a close, it became clear that German policies were likely to be replaced by other emerging powers. This essay explains how the Cold War ideology that crystallized after WWII changed wartime alliances that had existed during the war and how American...
Topic: Cold War
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World War I (WWI) had a lot of effects on a number of countries since some of them had put in a lot of resources in the war which led to these countries experiencing a severe economic recession after the war. When the war began, both Germany and Britain interfered...
Topic: War
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Introduction European colonialism can be dated way back to the 15th century with the emergence of what was known as the age of discovery spearheaded by the Spanish and the Portuguese in the American exploration, Africa exploration, the Middle East, and East Asia. During this era, the European attention of...
Topic: Colonialism
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Introduction The relations between the United Nations and Soviet Union weakened in 1945 due to the Cold War, which also brought a transition between the United States and Soviet Union. Although the inconsistency between the two superpowers’ relationship started off in 1945 by the origins of the Cold War, but...
Topic: History
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Many factors have resulted in making Germany the essence of the East-West conflict. it can be attributed to the fact that the deterioration in collaboration amongst allies at the Yalta conferences, which can also be tracked to the early 1900’s when the Bolshevik Russian Revolution lead to the birth of...
Topic: History
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Overall, Edmund Burke is viewed as a man of many accomplishments. He was a philosopher, writer, orator, and a prominent member of the British parliament. Many of his works, dedicated to such important issues as the state structure, taxation, foreign policy are undoubtedly worth discussing. However, he is mostly renowned...
Topic: Historical Figures
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Each nation ever living in this world has always striven to be independent and in pursuit of equality, people fought for freedom and independence over the years. Being dependent on somebody else means that you are weaker and as nobody wants to appease with the fact that the hierarchical structure...
Topic: Declaration of Independence
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Introduction The Watergate scandal occurred on the evening of June 17, 1972. This scandal affected American politics and understanding the role of the Supreme Court in American politics and life. It calls for an understanding of the factual and social environmental underpinnings of litigation that comes to the high court...
Topic: History
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Introduction The history abounds with the examples of people’s striving for independence and liberation. Desire to be free and independent is in American people’s blood and a number of rebellions and liberation movements testify to this. The fight for independence has always been of great interest to historians and those...
Topic: History
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 gave rise to two territories which permitted local settlers to determine if they would allow slavery or not. The Act’s initial objective was to create an opportunity for a transcontinental railroad but it became controversial when popular sovereignty was included in the proposal. Popular sovereignty...
Topic: Slavery
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Introduction Perceptions of the white privilege have seen somewhat of a decline over the past 60 years but the idea continues to afflict many different types of people in all parts of the country despite any assertions to the contrary. We now have increased representations of ethnic minorities in universities,...
Topic: History
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Introduction The Maya is a group of natives that lived in the Mesoamerica region mainly on the Yucatan peninsula. This peninsula had a vast landscape which was good for agriculture thus making agriculture to be the main economic base for the Mayans. The Maya grew maize, beans, cotton, squash, and...
Topic: Agriculture
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Introduction An intelligence agency is a body that is based on a government with the sole purpose of gathering information. Information is very crucial to a government especially because it keeps the government informed of any threat that might accrue to its national security. There are various means of information...
Topic: Intelligence
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The Cuban missile crisis was one of the defining incidents of the Cold War period where the world came very close to being engulfed in a thermonuclear war. The confrontation between the United States and the erstwhile Soviet Union over the placement of nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba is one of...
Topic: History
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The Salem witch trial – is a court trial in New England in 1692 in the settlements of Salem village and Salem town, in the state of Massachusetts. On the charges of witchcraft (“witch hunt”) 19 people were hung, 1 person was crushed by stones and from 175 to 200...
Topic: History
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Introduction The American Revolutionary War was of significance because its conclusion marked the beginning of a new country that would eventually become the greatest economic and military force in human history. The outcome was nothing less than miraculous given the overwhelming advantage of the British military. How could a group...
Topic: American Revolution
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton was known as one of the most dangerous women in America because she was the only brave one who dared to ask for something unreal and unbelievable. It was the right to vote. She was a woman who demanded equal rights for men and women and who...
Topic: Historical Figures
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The main problem that we analyse behind John Brown’s historical movements for social change was the use of violent weapons in response to the Southern aggression. This has not only been realised by the then political leaders but also by those participants who were present in the sectional conflict over...
Topic: Civil War
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Introduction The current report is the analysis of the core themes of the book The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea written by Steve LeVine against the background of the “Great Game”. This book is of great value taking into consideration the...
Topic: History
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The pre-Colombian polities’ acts as the basis for describing land use patterns and settlement of the Europeans when they came to the Xingu region. This region is a lobe of tropical forest which is located between the dense evergreen rainforests at the center of the Amazon. It is considered to...
Topic: History
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Abstract The agriculture in Somalia was being destroyed and its people were starving due to lack of food. Stolen food was exchanged with other countries in return of weapons while the people in absence of food died of starvation. It concentrated on amending the country’s infrastructures, re-establishing law and order...
Topic: Army
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Introduction Thomas Paine was born in 1737 to a poor Quaker in Thetford, England. In his early life, he was surrounded mostly by farmers and the uneducated. He left school at the age of twelve, and shortly after became apprenticed to his father as a corset maker. This trade was...
Topic: History
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Introduction The history of the United States of America is a combination of the successful and failing policies taken by the Governments led by 44 Presidents. The focus of this paper is one of the most difficult periods in US history – the period of economic stagnation, political scandals and...
Topic: History
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From the time when Soviet Union was founded in 1922, Communist henchmen thought of it as simply a tool of spreading Communism across the Globe. Soviet coat of arms featured sickle and hammer over the Earth and Soviet Constitution openly stated that it was only the matter of time, before...
Topic: Soviet Union
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Louis xiv, considered to be the greatest king of France, ruled the country from 1638 to 1715. King Louis exercised enormous powers not only in France but on the continent of Europe too. Though he inherited power in 1638, he assumed real power after the demise of Jules Cardinal Mazarin,...
Topic: History
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Introduction Gettysburg Battle started on the 1st of July 1863. When General Lee Robert was encouraged by his triumph at Chancellors Ville associate, decided to attack the North. He went on into north Maryland in September the preceding year where, at Antietam, the most awful day of the war took...
Topic: History
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The war commence on the sixteenth of January in 1991 and came to an official closure on the twenty-eighth of February in 1991.this was after forty-two days of total combat between the coalition force and the Iraq army. The war took place in total support of Kuwait by the coalition...
Topic: War
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The Russian Revolution is described as the two successful revolutions of 1917, which were a series of events that happened in imperial Russia, culminating in 1917 to bring about the establishment of the Soviet state that became to be known as the Union of Socialist Soviet Republic (USSR). The Russian...
Topic: Revolution
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Outline To begin with it is necessary to mention, that there are numerous instances in history, when the actions and policies by governments or individuals led to unpredicted or unintended consequences. The current paper is aimed to review such instances in the history of Latin America, reviewing the period from...
Topic: History
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Scientists believe that human life began in Eastern Africa within the Rift Valley. As time went by, small bands of these early humans who were mainly hunters left the rift valley and gradually migrated across Africa. Others may have gone north along the river Nile and crossed into Europe and...
Topic: Culture
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The world of Islam covered Spain, Sicily, Palestine, Syria and North Africa mainly Egypt. Islam was the center of the vibrant civilization accompanied by great scientific discoveries, philosophic and artistic culture that took place between 7th and 12th centuries. Islamists neither spoke Greek nor Latin, but they borrowed and integrated...
Topic: Civilization
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Introduction A series of conflicts both internally and globally affected the citizens of the USA from 1953–1968. Political, socio-economic, and foreign policies as well as North America’s military history saw rapid changes due to rapid technological development and paradigm shifts in cultural practices across the globe (Moss, 2005). Many new...
Topic: History
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Abstract Prohibition is a phenomenon that took place between 1920 and 1933 which was regarded as a noble experiment. It was passed as a law to stop people from consuming alcohol and had a lot of repercussions, some of which are felt even today. Most of the people who suffered...
Topic: History
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The great president of America, Andrew Jackson was born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767. He was the 7th president of America. Though he had an irregular education, he won great acclaim and popularity as a lawyer with his habit of reading books in his late teens....
Topic: President
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The USA’s history is rich in significant events being discussed in current media. The Article “A Civil Rights Victory Party on the Mall” published in the New York Times is devoted to a brief historical overview of race matters to memory the contribution of civil rights pioneers. The article discloses...
Topic: History
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I am inclined to believe that, Caesar was greedy, selfish, and unjust during his reign as dictator of Rome. This is clearly shown by his actions immediately after taking office. He did not make deliberate attempts to restore the Roman Republic but instead almost scuttled it. Julius Caesar ended up...
Topic: Historical Figures
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Introduction The 17th century is known as the Early Modern Period in the history of Europe characterized by the struggle between Roman Catholics and Protestants. The Habsburg Dynasty that ruled the Holy Roman Empire consisting of Austria and Spain wished to unify entire Europe under their domination including the other...
Topic: Baroque
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The birth of national consciousness in French Canada dates back to the 1800s when the Canadians began to see themselves as a nation culturally distinct from the French even during the New France era. Throughout their history, nationalism conceptions that Canadian provinces propagated have undergone significant changes. For instance, Quebec...
Topic: History
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Introduction The United States of America was a huge wilderness area in the early 18th century and while a few cities along the coast had been populated, the interior parts of the country were largely unknown. Much before the Go The United States of America was a huge wilderness area...
Topic: Historical Figures
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Assessing the legacy of a particular president, a specific approach is needed. For that matter, a presidency should be examined after a certain time has been passed, in order to neutrally evaluate the actions and the consequences, not for the four-year period, but for the history as a whole. In...
Topic: President
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Introduction Ancient Maya civilization is considered to take one of the important places for Central American topics. The Classic Maya collapse appeared to be the major puzzle of world history keeping a lot of secrets for modern scholars. As the results of Maya investigation have shown, not all of its...
Topic: Ancient Civilizations
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Introduction The book The Barbarians Speak proposes readers a unique understanding history and historical development of Europe. In contrast to traditional views of Roman Empire and its relations with barbarian tribes, Peter S. Wells defends the Celts and Germanic tribes proving that they had developed culture and economy, social and...
Topic: Ancient History
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Introduction Development of civilization or states requires an understanding of the conditions of people’s life at the period when this process takes place as well as varying physical abilities and limitations of human beings and the climatic conditions surrounding the ancient world. The ancient non-states changed gradually from hunters to...
Topic: Ancient History
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The book is a general attempt to shed light on the racial prejudices that exist in American society. People, through various institutions, have brought back the racial boundaries that have existed there before. As much as people are trying to fight racial prejudice that is a source of inequality in...
Topic: Belief
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Introduction The Civil War in the United States of America broke out in 1861 when eleven states in the south decided to secede from the federal government. These states left the Union and formed a confederacy called the Confederate States of America. The states felt that the individual states should...
Topic: Civil War
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Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader best known for his contribution towards making England a republican and as the head of state in England, Scotland, and Ireland: mostly known as Lord Protector. He served these roles between April 1649 and September 1658. Oliver was commander of the...
Topic: History
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Gouzenko Affair and Herbert Norman’s suicide are the brightest events that mark the relationships between the United States of America and Canada in the mid of the twentieth century. They symbolize the policy of witch-hunt that the government of Joseph McCarthy pursued. The McCarthy Era is the period in the...
Topic: Cold War
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Introduction Terry Alford is a professor of history at Northern Virginia community college. He earned a doctoral degree in history at Mississippi state university and did post-doctoral studies at the University of California at Davis. He is a founding board member of the Abraham Lincoln institute and serves on the...
Topic: Slaves
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The last fifty years are defined and understood by some researchers (Dunababin, p. 3) as the post-imperial age characterized by strong state power and the rise of new conflicts. The first is the strong nationalist movement in countries that have been the object of political domination or economic exploitation by...
Topic: History
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Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of approximately 20,000 people who had peacefully marched on Washington toward the end of August 1963. Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, King managed to educate the people listening regarding the various ways in which...
Topic: Historical Figures
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Before the modern age there was no such thing as geopolitical nations. A casual survey of ancient and medieval history will reveal that groups of people congregate and call themselves tribes. A monarchical system of government will arise but it usually means subduing or leading a group of tribes. But...
Topic: AIDS
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Introduction Simon Bolivar was one of the first and the most persistent fighters for the South America’s independence. He made a great contribution to the independence of such countries as Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. Strange as it may seem but Simon Bolivar, though being such a goal-oriented person, still...
Topic: Historical Figures
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Introduction Between 1861 and 1865 the north and South America states engaged in battle against each other. According to many Americans, the American civil war remains the deadliest in history of America. Eleven southern slave states had distanced themselves from the federal government and formed the confederate of American states....
Topic: American Revolution
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Introduction The collapse of the whole human civilization has always been a debatable question. Moreover, the understanding of the reasons for collapse is even a more arguable and versatile question. There have been many types of research done, trying to assemble all the previous experiences and to infer what are...
Topic: History
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It was 3rd March 1913, the day when Woodrow Wilson arrived at Washington to paradoxically find very little crowd for his welcome. It was the occasion of his inauguration as the President of the United States. Later he found that people instead had assembled to witness the greatest ever history...
Topic: History
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Marcus Garvey, who lived between 1887 and 1940, is widely known as the founder, organizer and charismatic leader of one of history’s largest movements involving the black people, the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) (Marable & Mullings 239). A Jamaican by birth, Marcus Garvey was a printer and journalist, having...
Topic: Historical Figures
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