When most think of the American Revolution they assume it to about men, usually white men of elite status. They were after all the ones who lead the armies, fought the battles and came together in legislative assemblies to create a new government for the newley independent America free from the British crown. Only within the past century and half...
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Manifest Manhood was very popular during the period between the United States - Mexican War and the Civil War. Manifest Manhood is the study of competing ideas to show masculinity which drove territorial expansion. Many men pursued frontiers as goldseekers, travelers, and most commonly filibusters. Martial men and restrained men both had the same goals but had different techniques in...
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George Washington was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Previously, he led Patriot forces to victory in the nation's War for Independence. He presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 which established the U.S. Constitution and a federal government. Washington has been...
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In 1776, the thirteen colonies decided to separate from the British Empire. The Declaration begins by explaining why this document is being created. “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal...
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Question 9: (10/7/19): John Gast’s 1872 painting “The Manifest Destiny” was used to entice Euro-American settlers to move westward in the Americas. What activities did the painting suggest settlers should pursue in these western lands? How were Native Americans portrayed and impacted by the Manifest Destiny. John Gast’s 1872 painting titled “American Progress” is an allegory for Manifest Destiny and...
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Introduction: In the period between the Civil War and the Great Depression often referred to as Reconstruction and then the Gilded Age, many expansions were made in innovation and everyday life. The United States started to lead the world in industrialization, it was a time of massive political and social changes, and it was a time of relative prosperity. But,...
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The Siege of Leningrad The siege of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) lasted from 8 September 1941 to January 27 1944, totaling 872 days. In the June of 1941 the Soviet Union was invaded by Germany, and in September the Germans were approaching Leningrad, attacking from the west and south. The people of Leningrad worked to build anti-tank fortifications to help...
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The Market Revolution was a period of monumental economic transformation and considerable technological advances. Innovations had now opened land West for settlement that made it far easier for large factories to sell their products in small cities. Westward expansion and the Market Revolution deeply affected the lives of all Americans. There was a shift from an agricultural economy to an...
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He eventually met his goal after the projects eight years lifetime. Over 250,000 images were captured, captioned, and sent to the RA headquarters located in Washington to be then distributed to various locations. The Farm Security Administration or the FSA was a program also part of the New Deal. In 1935 it followed the steps of the RA agency and...
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Introduction The French and Indian War, spanning from 1754 to 1763, was a pivotal conflict that significantly altered the geopolitical landscape in North America. While the war is often analyzed from the perspective of the European powers involved, the consequences for Native American tribes were profound and far-reaching. The war's conclusion marked a turning point, with the British emerging victorious...
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We are a part of the greatest generation to have ever existed upon the earth. God has blessed us with strength and power to defeat the mightiest nation on earth. Now it is up to us to either establish a government that will stand for centuries, or crumble into oblivion. The Articles of Confederation do not give our young nation...
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Late 19th century is known as the Gilded Age, started from 1965 to 1900. It was marked by the greed and vulgarity, as well as the enormous consumption of the newly rich who flaunted their personal wealth. Meanwhile, the average Americans and recent immigrants still lived a frugal life. This was the time when the urban life first soared when...
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American society was altered after the American Revolution because this fight paved the way for many changes. Since the Articles of Confederation had some flaws, the Constitution was written to replace it. However, diverse groups like women, slaves, immigrants, and Native Americans were left out and were not given the same rights as white rich men after the Constitution was...
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The Industrial Revolution was a very crucial turning point for Europe, the world was steadily changing to the point where clothing that would take weeks to make could be made in minutes, people were moving from the countryside to cities and they were being put to work more than ever before. Although the Industrial Revolution brought revolutionary advantages and changes...
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The Salem witch trials were a time of mass fear and hysteria around witches. Hundreds of women and girls were accused of being “witches.” A similar time of mass hysteria and fear also occurred at the beginning of the 20th century. It was called the Red Scare, spurred on by McCarthyism. Named after its leader, Joseph Mccarthy, a Republican Wisconsin...
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Approximately 125,000 Southeast Indians lived farmed and prospered on ancestral land ranging in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina and Florida. December 1829 President Andrew Jackson requested federal monies to remove Southeast Indians (Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, Cherokee, and Creek) displacing indigenous tribes west of the Mississippi River. Vice president and secretary of state Martin Van Buren supported the uprooting of Indians...
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Between the years of 1877 and 1900 became some of the most momentous and dynamic moves in American history took place making technology and social reform platforms in hopes to make an American socially and economically advanced for all who sought a better life and freedom. Immigrants were leaving their home countries looking for work, better opportunities, and to live...
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The progressive era was a time of wanting to improve life within the industrial age, by taking different actions within society. For instance, during this time there was a focus on building up society. They wanted to transition political and social personas to further improve government activity. While also, having a common interest in limiting businesses, and a hankering for...
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Introduction The Salem witch trials of 1692 represent a dark, yet fascinating chapter in American colonial history, marked by a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. These events have been subjects of enduring intrigue and debate, with scholars striving to understand the social, political, and psychological underpinnings of the trials. This essay seeks...
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The Lost Decade The Stock Market crash is the most substantial economic crisis of its time. Beginning in 1929, all flourishing technological advances, financial security, and emotional well being were halted. Many people lost their careers; as a result, their self-worth promptly diminished. It would take around a decade for the nation to get back on its feet. Four years...
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Rationale: This topic was chosen because the revolutionary war is often blamed on the creation and implementation of the sugar act. The sugar act caused mass protests against the crown when it was levied on the colonists. The tax was added in response to the French Indian War. It was added on top of many other mounting taxes and acts...
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Radicalism is defined as the belief or act of change in political and social reform in the forms of anarchy, socialism, and communism. Now communism is defined as a system of government in which the state plans to control the economy and the economic system is characterized by the collective ownership of property and the organization of labor for the...
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Justice comes from acknowledging the truth. Discuss in relation to Twelve Angry Men and The Crucible. In the allegorical plays The Crucible and Twelve Angry Men, Arthur Miller and Reginald Rose unveil the flaws within the American legal system by expressing how justice cannot be truly obtained unless the truth is recognized. Justice is represented in the two texts and...
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To say that the historically accurate and satirical retelling of the famous filibuster, William Walker, adapted in the film Walker was brilliant is an understatement. William Walker, born in Nashville, Tennessee, came to be a leading filibuster in Latin America during the 1850s seeking his manifest destiny. The film depicts a middle aged William Walker and his pursuit in appropriating...
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The story “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin talks about Sonny who lives in Harlem in the 1950’s. The story, is centered about Sonny who is a talented musician, lives a life full of struggles and was trapped in drug addiction which got him in jail while trying to attain success in life. The narrator, Sonny’s brother has a very hard...
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The idea of a planned and deliberate retribution at the heart of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” reflects to some degree the vengeful ideology that inspired the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts. Jackson took immense inspiration from tales of the macabre in an otherwise seemingly mundane society—she wrote, for instance, of seeking out the news articles depicting something horrendous like an...
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Reparation, also known as “compensation in money or material payable by a defeated nation for damages to or expenditures sustained by another nation as a result of hostilities with the defeated nation – usually used in plural” [merriam-webster, 2019], has been a question affecting our nation for years. There have been many examples of our nation ‘damaging’ many people of...
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During most of the 19th century, the U.S. was uninterested in foreign policy with its eyes fixed on expanding its own territory in the West. Pursuit of the west came forth as a result of the Americans’ belief in Manifest Destiny — “the belief that the United States had a ‘God-given’ right to aggressively spread the values of white civilization...
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During john smith's voyages, there were multiple conflicts between many people the voyagers and the Indians, and the voyagers among themselves. are the conflicts the foundation of America's colonization? what he includes as well as his diction informs us about the conflicts between the English and the natives as well as superior officers and their men establishing the foundational conflicts...
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A Storm of Witchcraft written by Emerson W. Baker is a complete and detailed analysis of the Salem Witch Trials that took place in 1692. Emerson Baker is a historical archeologist and history professor at Salem State University which in turn has led him to make the types of connections, associations, and parallels he did in his book. Baker splits...
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