Americaâs history started with European settlers colonizing in America. The events that followed shaped American civilization. Settlers brought disease to America. Racism led to violence, inequality, and slavery. The fight for government control turned into wars. Taxation, unfair labor conditions, voting privileges, and property rights led to civil rights movements, riots, and rebellions. This was also the era when women...
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In the spring of 2005, Elie Wiesel was interviewed and asked a series of questions, most of them predicated on why still after his experience of this traumatic history event he still opt to believe and have faith in God. One of his answers was: ââI am a person who has problems believing, and yet, in spite of them or...
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In 1986, during his Nobel Prize speech, Elie Wiesel said, âNo one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visionsâ (Nobel). Wiesel was a holocaust survivor who dedicated his life to telling his story. One of his most famous books is his memoir, âNightâ. Wiesel starts the memoir describing his life before the Holocaust,...
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In 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation was made as the nation approached its third civil war. The proclamation declared that all slaves held within rebellious states shall be set free, but those under confederate control were not freed and continued being slaves. While the 13th Amendment was being passed, the Black Codes became introduced which took away legal rights from those...
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âA new survey by the Azrieli Foundation and Claims Conference finds, in April of 2018, an alarming 52% of millennials cannot name at least one concentration camp or ghetto, and nearly one quarter, or 22%, of millennials have not heard, or are not sure, if they have heard of the Holocaustâ (Azrieli). The danger of a single story is the...
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According to Loewen, United States history is seen as the most irrelevant and boring of all of the subjects to take in high school. He believes textbooks are the reason why the majority of students have a negative view on the subject. Teachers are dependent on textbooks, as many plan their entire curriculum based on them. However, textbooks provided in...
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The discussion as to if Hitler was a âweak dictatorâ or âMaster of the Third Reichâ is one that has been held by historians fascinated by Nazi Germany for many years and is central to the intentionalist - structuralist debate. On one side, historians such as Bullock, Bracher, Jackal and Hildebrand consider Hitlerâs personality, ideology and strong mind to be...
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One of the most fascinating and important exhibits at the Smithsonian Institute would be the Canard Biplane built by the Wright brothers. This beautiful piece of work was very simple in design but got the job done. Basically, it had a small 12 horsepower engine to turn the propellers and a sprocket and chain transmission system. The airplane design itself...
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Due to the barbarities that the Jewish people endured throughout the Holocaust, many abandoned their faith in God and humanity. Elie Wieselâs memoir âNightâ recounts how as a 15-year-old boy, he and the Jewish people endure the hardships of the Holocaust. Wiesel was a Romanian-born Jew, whose hometown of Sighet was controlled by the Hungarians for most of the Second...
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Allied victory brought an end to World War I, but did not bring an end to the suffering and challenges of Australiaâs people. The experiences of Australian soldiers and their families in 1919 support this viewpoint, due to the economic, social and national issues within this time-period and the physical, psychological and emotional struggles of World War I veterans. The...
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The federal government is the most significant factor in improving the lives of African Americans not only politically but also socially. The long-term effects of Reconstruction before and after it played a huge role in advancing the civil rights of blacks and in part significant in improving the lives of African Americans. Reconstruction was described as the rebuild of the...
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Whether or not the attainment of independence is different from revolution it has long been contested, and has mostly been debated over the question of violence as legal means to gain sovereignty. In general, revolutions aim only to redistribute power with or without an element of emancipation, such as in democratization within a state, which as such may remain unaltered....
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Australia. The place where multiculturalism and diversity thrive. The place where over 20 religions are practiced and over 200 languages are spoken. The place containing rich history and stories that have passed down by many before us. The place that most of us call home. We as a country have formed a long-lasting colonial identity presenting ourselves as a multicultural...
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Reconstruction, in the history of the United States of America, occurred between 1865-1877 that followed the American Civil War. During the era, several attempts were made to recompense inequities caused by slavery and its social, political and economic legacy. Also, efforts were made to solve all the problems that raised from the readmission to the union of the 11 states...
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The Declaration of Independence was an extremely important factor throughout our society's history. This document thoroughly formed the existing colonies into an independent country, finally they were separated from Great Britain. These principles shaped our country into one of the most accepting and substantial places of the time. The Declaration of Independence was the first to support the colonists wishes....
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The Declaration of Independence was composed in 1776, by Thomas Jefferson. Its motivation was to announce that the 13 settlements in America were free and autonomous from Great Britain, get different pilgrims ready, and to urge different countries to support them. Jefferson not just composed how they were part from Britain, yet he additionally gave some careful thinking with respect...
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Ulysses S. Grant was the president during the Reconstruction era. He was the Union General that led the Unionâs victory over the Confederates States. Andrew Johnson was very lenient to the South. He allowed them to regulate the transition to free states themselves and offered no political roles to blacks in the south. The South tried to bring back slavery,...
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The effectiveness of a president is often a metric in which we all determine our country's progress. A successful and well-performing president makes us believe the country will thrive. Effective presidents have a very deliberate and clear pathway for the way they want to guide their nation. They are fulfilled with significant concerns and challenges that help explain their goal...
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The end of the bloodiest war in United States history brought about a new Reconstructive era forcing massive political, social and economic changes in the following 80 years to come. Political changes quickly followed with the addition and ratification of the 13th Amendment of the United States. Socially, change abruptly started with the organization of the Ku Klux Klan in...
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There has been an astronomical amount of turning points in history that have changed the world in huge and small ways. One turning point in world history was the passing of the 19th Amendment because it gave women the right to vote in the US and empowered future generations of women. A second turning point in world history was the...
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The Reconstruction era was a period throughout American history in which lasted about 14 years, the main purpose of the Reconstruction was to help the South become part of the North again. President Lincoln's plan was to make it easy for the Southern states to rejoin the Union stating that if 10% of the voters in a state supported the...
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The Dawn of Aviation: The Wright Brothers' Journey Wilbur and Orville Wright were American inventors and founders of aviation. Through much trial and error, they were able to achieve the first powered, sustained and controlled airplane flight in 1903, and the first fully practical airplane two years later. The airplane transformed the 20th century, as people were now able to...
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The Declaration of Independence was written because people were escaping King George the Third, who was a tyrant and oppressed his people in Great Britain. The people escaped to what is now America. Later, the DOI was created on July 4, 1776. The hope of these founders was to create a better nation with values and ideals to improve government...
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Throughout history, many ideas influenced many nations around the world. Whether it was big or small, civilizations everywhere were swayed by others in which they too wanted to be just as prosperous as their neighbors. One of the biggest influences across the world was that of the works of the Enlightenment ideology. The Enlightenment ideas were those surrounded by freedom:...
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Animals of all species have played an important role in human combat since they were first domesticated by people of the Mesolithic period. Although an industrial war, World War One still utilized many animals to assist the soldiers on the battle field. Countless species such as horses, donkeys, mules, dogs, cats, parrots, pigeons, elephants and even slugs performed jobs that...
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After winning independence from Britain and becoming a country of its own, America was determined to remain neutral from the political conflicts of other nations. They were especially motivated to adopt a different foreign policy than that of Great Britain, their former oppressor. America thereafter became an isolationist nation. The war of 1812 however, was a crucial turning point when...
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Terrorism is not a new concept or thought process. The idea of terrorism has molded the course of history of multiple different countries to include the U.S. Before the inevitable attacks on the Twin Towers, and Pentagon acts terrorism was not given the same attention from multiple different news outlets that it gets now based on what objective, proposed target....
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The statement âAll men are created equalâ only began to ring true hundreds of years after 1776. The promises of the Declaration of Independence fell short of what was guaranteed at the time and 'all men' were merely hypothetical. The words of Thomas Jefferson and his actions greatly contradict themselves, making him a hypocrite. In this free country, African Americans,...
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âWar is not only the solution of settlement in disputeâ. Throughout the world tensed situation is created because dispute either solved by talk or they have another immoral way to solve these things if they are the nuclear state than obvious way that each of them boast of his position and confident on his position or if they are non-nuclear...
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Voting is one of the most important things you can do as an American citizen. It is an extremely special thing that we often take for granted. Voting is not just a right that we have. It is an opportunity to make a difference in our countryâs politics and perhaps the course of American history. Throughout history, people from all...
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