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American History Essays and Term Papers
John F. Kennedy's Accomplishments"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." These were the most famous words spoken by John f. Kennedy in his inaugural address, made when he was sworn in as the 35th president of the United States at noon on January 20, 1961. His inspiring inaugural address ...
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The Battle Of New OrleansThe Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8th, 1815 and was the final major battle of the War 1812. American forces, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and the vast territory the United States has acquired with the ...
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Gadsden PurchaseThe Gadsden Purchase is a 29,670 square mile region that makes up present day southern Arizona, and southwestern New Mexico. The territory was purchased by the United States in a treaty signed by James Gadsden. As the railroad age progressed, business-oriented Southerners saw that a railroad ...
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Industrial RevolutionThroughout the course of history, iconic inventions and ideas have altered the world to a point of no return. The early 1800's experienced a vast revolution in the field of agriculture and manufacturing known as the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution was a direct effect of the ...
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Lyndon Baines JohnsonIn the election of 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected president and took upon all the problems the United States had and attempted to fix them. He aimed to lead America into a New Frontier where he called for social reform programs, such as more and improved aid to education, health care, and civil ...
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The Black PanthersIn Oakland California in October 1966 Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton they started the Black Panther for self-defense. The Black Panthers were initially formed to protect local communities from police brutality and racism. This group also ran against medical clinics and provided free food to school ...
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SlaveryExpository Essay
By Matt Alexander
My essay will be on the racism and slavery in America. I will talk about how slavery began, the treatment of the slaves, the tensions between the colonies and the people, and what lead to the Civil War.
The first colonies to arrive in North America had ...
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Carnegie and RooseveltAndrew Carnegie and Theodore Roosevelt have very different opinions regarding wealth and social justice. Both are high in power in what they do but each person’s views on how money of the wealthy man should be spent are quite different.
Andrew Carnegie feels very strongly about many things, but ...
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Civil Rights and the Sixties PaperIntroduction
Aside from the Vietnam War the Civil Rights Movement and Women’s liberation Movement were two great catalysts for social protest in the sixties. African Americans did not have any rights before the Civil Rights Movement. When the Civil Rights Movement started in the 1960’s, many ...
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The Cuban Missile CrisisThe Cuban Missile Crisis: Looking Down the Gun Barrel
Merin Cook Junior Division Research Paper
The Cuban Missile Crisis is one of the most documented events in history, so why has history gotten it so wrong? Titles like Maximum Danger and On the Brink of Doom represent common attitudes ...
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Industrial Revolution, New ImmigrantsGrowing at an alarming rate, life in the "new industrial cities" during the latter two decades of the 19th century was new and different. Between 1880 and 1900, most of this population growth was due to the expansion of industry, U.S. cities grew by about 15 million people in the two decades ...
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World War 1Timothy Wagner
Noll/Henderson
History/English
16 February 2010
Why Did the United States Enter the First World War?
There are a wide variety of theories as to why the United States entered the so-called Great War, and many have intriguing background information, making them believable. ...
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The Settling of the 13 ColoniesThe settling of the thirteen colonies was an undertaking that was larger than life. Even though earlier colonization failed, the desire to come to America was still very much alive in European society. In the early 17th century the permanent settlements were business oriented. They were ...
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Ten Important Events in American History1. The signing of the declaration of independence. This document stated that the thirteen American colonies were no longer under British rule. At the time that this had been made the American colonies had been at war with great Brittan for over a year over unreasonable taxation and because the ...
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Organized Crime In 1920sFactors of Organized Crime
“Jobs were scarce and people needed to provide for their families, gangsterism was dangerous but provided an easy way to make money.” (Nash, Tim) Many people suffered because of the pass of the 18th Amendment, known as Prohibition, which was outlawing the sale of ...
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Fashion During Civil WarFashion During the Civil War
By: Lauren Geldart
Men, women and children during the civil war typically dressed very heavy with a lot of layers on. Women were usually remembered as wearing the hoop skirt at its greatest width with several layers of garments. The working class had two or three ...
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Battle Of Freemans FarmFirst of two battles that led to the British surrender at Saratoga (American War of Independence). Having reached the Hudson on his march from Canada, General Burgoyne now found himself facing a strong American army dug in on Bemis Heights on the west side of the Hudson River. Burgoyne had crossed ...
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Causes of the Civil War1. A huge cause of the civil war was regarding slavery and slave and non-slave states. As America began to expand, first with the lands gained from the Louisiana Purchase and later with the Mexican War, the question of whether new states admitted to the union would be slave or free. The Missouri ...
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Alvin YorkSergeant Alvin C. York
Alvin Collum York was born to an impoverished farming family in Tennessee on December 13, 1887, the third of eleven children. On June 5, 1917, at the age of 29, Alvin York received a notice to register for the draft. From that day, until he arrived back from the War on ...
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Boston’s MarketplaceBoston’s Marketplace
Dating back to the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the market area in Boston has been the heart of the city’s history. Two influential people are remembered today for their great contributions to Boston, Peter Faneuil and Josiah Quincy. They transformed Boston ...
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Battle of MidwayOverview: The Battle of Midway is considered the most important naval battle in the Pacific for World War Two. It took place in between the 4th and 7th of June 1942, approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea and six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States ...
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French And WarThe French and Indian War is the common American name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. In 1756, the war erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War and thus came to be regarded as the North American theater of that war. In ...
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The Progressive EraFreedom with government interaction was the way to live in America, that lifestyle was believed to be the only acceptable way to live . Therefore Progressives became overly zealous to reform and modernize the American culture into the perfect society where politics and government represented the ...
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