The French Revolution And Napoleon Bonaparte The French Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte What caused the French Revolution' There were several factors that were involved. In 1787 and 1788, there were poor grain harvests and the country was in a recession. Many people were desperate for food and there were riots in many cities. The King, Louis XVI, had almost bankrupted the co

The Franco-American Alliance France aided the colonists greatly in the American Revolution, especially with providing a source for weaponry and assisting their weak militia. As a result, America was able to defeat Britain’s strong military. Without the help of France, America would have perished and would have not gained independence from Britain. Out of spite especially, France provide

The Great Depression Before going into the subject of The Great Depression I would like to talk bit about money, the term money basically has two different types of meaning. We often speak of someone “making money,” when we really mean that he or she is receiving an income. Money is a term referring to a flow of income or receipts per week. Often times we also speak of someone having

Deja Vu Revisiting The 1876 Election DÉJÀ VU: REVISITING THE 1876 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION The United States Presidential election of 1876 was an enormously complex event that would take hundreds of pages to analyze properly. Both of the major parties engaged in crooked practices in Washington and in the Southern Capitals. Similarly, the United States Presidential election of 2000 was

Sioux Wars The Sioux and Tribal war War as many people have thought, didn’t start with the white man coming to America. War is a way of life. War has been going on among tribes for, as long as there have been people. Among the American Indians the Sioux were the most feared of all tribes, Probably because the Sioux were the largest tribe. The Sioux consisted of four main branche

Progressivism Progressive Movement: Middle class influenced by Darwinian revolution, focusing on problems created by expanding industrial world. Realistic, ie took surveys and such. Henry George’s Progress and Poverty and Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward set precedent. Believed world in flux, so rebel against fixed issues in every field. Unfortunately, progressivisim did not usually me

Socio-Political Symbolism In “The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz” Socio-Political Symbolism in “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” By Heather R. Posey The Wizard of Oz has long been considered an imaginative children’s tale of fantasy, but many have read into it a symbolism which goes beyond a simple fun and exciting story filled with witches, wizards, and other fairy tale creatures. The

The Hoover Dam The Hoover Dam, which stands at 726 feet, was the world’s tallest dam at the time of it completion in 1935. It took just four years (1931-1935) to build this massive structure. Although larger dams have been built it still ranks as one of the tallest. The dam is located between Nevada and Arizona along the Colorado River. This massive dam was the idea of President Herbert

The Great Awakening The Great Awakening The Great Awakening was a turning point in the life of the American people. Before it was over, it had swept the colonies of the Eastern seaboard, transforming the social and religious life of land. Although the name is not really what it sounds, the Great Awakening was not one continuous revival; rather it was several revivals in a variety of lo

The Great Depression According To Studs Terkel The Great Depression The Great Depression was a time of sorrow and struggle for many people. History texts books give information on historical events and other happening of this time, but until reading an oral history of The Great Depression it is hard to fully understand the strife that many went through at that time. Hard times is a

Social Imact Of WWII The war had a major impact on the American people. Everyone felt effects whether they were Hispanic, African, Japanese or otherwise. No matter who they were or where they were from more than likely not only were they effected but they were also discriminated against. Japanese Americans suffered official discrimination during the war. In late 1941, they were a tin

The Inevitable Civil War The Inevitable Civil War There have been many publications concerning the Civil War, with writers trying to prove a point in their respective works. In this analysis to follow, the Union/Confederate ambitions and ways of fulfillment depict a direct correlation between themselves to the Civil War. The war itself, as we shall see, shows what effort was put into

The Killer Angels The Killer Angels Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels tells the amazing story of the Battle of Gettysburg. On July 1, 1863, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac fought the largest battle of the American Civil War. The battle left 51,000 men dead, wounded, or missing. The characters first introduced include General Robert E. Lee, c

The Life Of A Plain Indian The life of a plain Indian was one of simplicity and routine. As with most other Native Americans, plain Indians were very resourceful and were “one with their land.” Plain tribes such as the Sioux and the Cheyenne were dependent on the flourishment of the local wild food and the herds of buffalo. Also these Native Americans were very sheltered; they knew ve

The Market Revolution And The Civil War The Market Revolution and the Civil War When the Union was formed after the Revolution it was set up as a federal system which provided for state’s rights over the government’s rights, as it was set up the constitution had already provided for division between the states who favored state‘s rights and the states who favored the government rights

Harriet Turban: The Most Famous Conductor Of The Trackless Train Harriet Tubman, the most active “Greatest Conductor” of “The Trackless Train” (Mallory, Maria), and perhaps one of the best known African-Americans during the Civil War. Many African Americans knew her as “Moses of her people” (Cave, Janet 71); “Moses being the biblical figure who led Jews from Egypt” (Scruggs, Otey) where

The National Security Act Of 1947 The National Security Act of 1947 The National Security Act of 1947 is an established federal law that sets up the National Military Establishment. The Secretary of Defense, who holds Cabinet status heads it. The National Military Establishment was renamed the Department of Defense in 1949. Following World War II (1939-1945) American political lead

John F. Kennedy: Was There A Conspiracy' John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917. He attended elementary schools in Brookline and Riverdale, Massachusetts. Kennedy attended Harvard University, where he majored in government and international relations. Kennedy served in the military, Congress, and the Senate (Sevareid 213). Kennedy was elected as the thirty-fifth president of the

The New England Colonies The New England Colonies Who settled the New England Colonies, and why: The people who settled in the New England Colonies were the Separatist Puritans called Pilgrims. They came over in 1620 and landed at Plymouth. Their ship was called The Mayflower. They settled in what is now Massachusetts.The Puritans came in the seventeenth century and wanted to gain reli

The New Deal “The New Deal Was Not” The New Deal, as passed by Franklin Roosevelt, marked a change in the American government from being based on, as Richard Hofstadter puts it, “the philosophy of Hobbes and the religion of Calvin” (5); in fact, the New Deal shows America’s first understanding of economics. By extending national regulation over new areas of the economy, the New Deal

The New Deal Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected into office in 1932 and was well aware of the need for government action. He spoke of a New Deal for America in his inaugural address, and thus the New Deal was born. The new deal changed the government’s role in American’s lives forever. It was made up of numerous programs to help the nation surpass the depression. Roosevelt was c

The Ozarks In Louisiana The Ozark Mountains in Louisiana The Louisiana Purchase has been described as the greatest real estate deal in history. In 1803 the United States paid France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory--828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River. The lands acquired stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Me

The Nature Of U.s. Expansion In The Late 19th Century The nature of U.S. expansion in the late 19th Century was gaining new markets around the world. The U.S. in the late 1800s had a vast amount of land for expansion, but they faced the issued of finding new markets in which they could export their plentiful supply of oil and crops. With this, interests in Africa, Asia, Latin America a

Articles of Confederation DBQ: Articles of Confederation The colonists were living in an almost brand new country, an infant compared to other European countries. Considering that the articles of confederation had no precedent to follow, and no other example; the articles were fairly well put together. On the other hand, the Articles of Confederation could have been much more effe

Manifest Destiny Manifest Destiny One of the largest and most wealthy countries in the world, the United States of America, has gone through many changes in its long history. From winning its independence from Great Britain to present day, America has changed dramatically and continues to change. A term first coined in the 1840s, “Manifest Destiny” helped push America into the next c

New York City For more than three centuries, England and Holland had been closest of friends. But now, at the close of the long and bloody Thirty Year War, which ended with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, the power of Spain was crushed, and the Dutch, no longer having anything to fear from his Catholic Majesty, rose to dispute with the English, the dominion of the seas. This brought

Sitting Bull Sitting Bull, said to be driven by the spirit, became chief of the Sioux tribe at an early age. His leadership included the time during in which America began its explorations of “The Great West”. In their expansion, they simply pushed the Native Americans back with promises of land and equal opportunities that were available to the whites. Throughout his reign, Chief Sit

Alexander Graham Bell If you asked someone who Alexander Graham Bell was they might tell you he invented the telephone, but is that all' Of course it’s not. Bell was responsible for many of the modern conveniences we use every day. The telephone, photophone, tetrahedron, silver dart, hydrofoil, and the iron lung. Bell’s photophone was derived from the Greek words meaning light an

The Racist Awakening Through Harlem Renaissance Literature For many years authors tried to successfully express their views on historical tribulations through their literature. These authors attempted time and time again to communicate their opinions to the reading audience in hopes of changing the onlookers’ point of views and broadening the readers’ outlooks on the authors’ mentioned

The Plymouth Pilgrims And Hardships They Encountered “The cowards never started and the weak died along the way” This is very true pertaining to the Plymouth Pilgrims, who clearly had to possess courage, strength, and faith to make such a journey to America. The Pilgrims, or Separatists, of England wanted complete division from the Angelican Church. This Church of England was strict