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- 2081: Civil War - Radical Reconstruction
- ... the most significant time period for Blacks and their struggles for equality. These were the first steps toward equality and would eventually lead to the civil rights movement later in history. This was a very important period in history and has made the U.S. what it is today.
- 2082: Civil War - North Vs. South
- ... into two distinctly different colonies. Although their origins were both from Europe, their customs and living habits became so different that it would play a major role in America’s history. There are many reasons why these differences occurred but only a few major reasons stand out. Religion, greed and the composition of the colonies are some of the major reasons ... amongst the north and the south. The north and south were close in location but grew to become extremely different to each other. These differences occurred by chance, but the history of America was greatly shaped around these differences.
- 2083: African-Americans In The Civil War
- ... organized network of people who helped fugitive slaves reach the Northern states and Canada - to the daily resistance or silent sabotage found on the plantations. Stokesbury acknowledges in, A Short History of the Civil War, the existence of the Underground Railroad but disagrees with other historians as to its importance. He notes that it never became as well organized or as ... 1991 McPherson, James M. The Negro’s Civil War: How Americans Felt and Acted During the War for the Union., Ballantine Books, Inc., February 1989 Stokesbury, James C. A Short History of the Civil War Morrow, William & Company, March, 1997 Wilson, Joseph T. The Black Phalanx: African-American Soliders in the War of Independence and the Civil War Plenum Publishing Corp ...
- 2084: Western Expansion Of The U.S.
- ... the Mexican-American war, the United States completed it's Manifest Destiny. The United States completed Manifest Destiny at the cost of the Mexican government and its people. Bibliography American History by James Smith: the american history publishing company copyright 1891 http://www.encarta.com
- 2085: Unions
- Michael Paul 099 66 3949 History 316z Trade unionism, industrial unionism, and socialism were the main forms of organized labor in the late nineteenth century early twentieth century, yet rarely did these shifting currents flow in ... 1905, by William D. Haywood, a small band of labor radicals, and various left wing socialists, including Eugene Debs, the IWW was the most adventurous radical organization in American labor history (Cashman,215.) Bringing the IWW convention to order in his booming voice, Haywood declared, "What we want to establish at this time is a labor organization that will open wide ...
- 2086: The Constitution
- ... would be, except that the other three branches would read into there powers and eventually take almost all powers so that the remaining powers were little and unconsiquencial. Throughout the history of the constitution the three branches of the government would time and time again expand their powers. Each time taking more powers away from the states and unbalance the system ... set by the new nation it turned out to be one of the greatest problems the nation faced, and it was responsible for one of the worst wars in American history, the civil war. This problem first started with the nullification crisis. Because the constitution was so vague that problems erupted over where the powers were to go, the three branches ...
- 2087: Tenskwatawa
- History has not been kind to Tenskwatawa, otherwise known as Lalawethika or The Prophet. He is inevitably compared to his heroic brother Tecumseh and fails to measure up in both physical ... meant to solve the very real problems, which the influx of white culture had incurred for native people. Tecumseh has become one of the most heroic figures in North American history, but he could not have achieved that status without the tragic character of Tenskwatawa by his side. Bibliography Bibliography Edmunds, R. David. Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership. New ...
- 2088: Slavery - Life On The Plantations
- ... suffered for decades. Slaves were exposed to prejudice and inhuman treatment. They lived in unthinkable conditions, stripped of their dignity and rights as human beings. Slavery changed the path of history forever. Works Cited Cowan, Tom, and Jack Maguire. Timelines in American History. New York: Perigee Books, 1994. David, Paul, et al. Reckoning with Slavery. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Foster, Stephen T. The Civil War Collection. New York: New Viewpoints, 1974 ...
- 2089: Richard M. Nixon
- ... was no money to pay for the cost of traveling to the East Coast and living there. Nixon swallowed his disappointment and enrolled at nearby Whittier College. Nixon majored in history, and one of his history professors had a profound influence on his career. This was Dr. Paul Smith, whom Nixon called "the greatest intellectual inspiration of my early years." Smith was a Republican who urged ...
- 2090: New Deal America
- The stock market crash of 1929 helped launch the United States and many other nations into the worst economic depression in history. The severity of the Great Depression called for federal government programs to protect the general welfare of citizens. The New Deal programs created by Franklin D. Roosevelt provided the framework ... the needy, but their resources were simply not adequate (Madaras and SoRelle 218). Hope seemed non-existent. Americans had never seen such a severe depression. They could not look to history for guidance. The New Deal was Roosevelt’s attempt to restore the economy. His willingness to act decisively and experiment with new policies set him apart from previous presidents. He ...
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