American History

1A. The Kansas-Nebraska Act has been called the most significant law ever enacted by the US Congress because it subjected slavery to popular sovereignty. Senator Stephen Douglas wanted to allow settlers to decide whether to allow slavery in the newly established territories of Kansas and Nebraska. 1B. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska (hence from the name of the law), repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and allow settlers to determine decide the...

The nineteenth century in America marked an era on the policing of race and racial boundaries. This involved giving of legal definition to the borders of belonging, an event that brought about the racial priviledging and the racial excursion operation in the American law and racial inequality. Slavery was a touch stone measure of the freedom and denied the right of self ownership and personhood. This led to a strong anti slavery campaign and apparently, some of the slaves were able to acquire property....

Europeans have been part of the history of America since the 15th century when Spanish explorer, Christopher Columbus, discovered the Americas, paving way for other Europeans to follow. England colonized the United States for the next several centuries. In these texts, Galloway and Paine argue for and against Englands colonization of the U.S. as the latter comes to declare her independence. According to Galloway, the United States relied on England for protection. The British therefore argued that...

PROLOGUE Oppenheimer makes a reference to the Bhagavad Gitas words on death when he speaks of the explosion of the first atom bomb in the New Mexican Desert in 1945. The same words could be remembered by the Spanish ships that reached the Mexico in 1492 to explore the New Lands. Though these two instances are spoken of as periods of crowning glory for the technology age, they were at the same time, moments that laid the ground for the worst form of human destructiveness. Hispaniola and Hiroshima...

The issue on slavery has long been the cause of contention amongst different groups of people especially during the African American Civil Rights Movement. It was during the 17th century when the British colonizers brought the first Africans at Virginia, North America and that instigated the vast expansion of slavery in the Americas. For a very long time, from this period up to the present, African Americans have fought hard for their freedom and for social equality. Slavery brought along with it...

The revolutionary period of America was marked by some as a time in which division amongst colony members occurred over the feelings colonists felt about Britain. Many of the early American colonists shared a common respect and identity with Britain, and considered it a place of their heritage. While other colonists viewed Britain as an engine of tyranny, who would go so far as to attack people from her own land. The Second Continental Congress eventually joined together, collectively determining...

The American Revolution, which occurred during the last half of the 18th century, was a major success for the American colonies. The colonies revolted against the governance of the parliament of the Great Britain and the British monarch. After wining the revolution, the United States of America was established. The revolution was not an easy task as it was a long struggle involving the British and the American colonies and both were determined to win. This paper therefore, shall explain why it...

Vietnam is a country in the South-East Asia neighboring Thailand, Cambodia, China and Laos. The Vietnam War pitted American forces against the Chinese and Soviet backed Vietnam forces in the jungles of Vietnam. It is the war that does not agree with Americas military supremacy as the worlds leading power. The war which the US lost was carried out at the height of Communism between 1959 and 1974.  The war is said to have had a considerable impact on Americans in many ways, thus, it has caused...

In America, all types of battles had been waged and the most protracted of all is its battle against all sorts of criminalities. War on Crime by Claire Bond Potter has this colossal skirmish vividly depicted in a scholarly manner sans the frills and the nonsense or too-good-to-be true scenarios of action novels. In all probability, this is one treatise which probes into the composition, the legalities and the cultural facets of J. Edgar Hoovers vigorous fight against crime in the 1930s, a New Deal...

Europeans invaded South America in the late 15th century. In the nineteenth century slave trade was at its pea in the American land.  The colony had united its conflicting interests and diverse sentiments through the use of compromises and concession to attain its common goal for the safety and welfare against the enemies. Unfortunately, the same very protection of the citizens right, in a way turned into a red hot sword to the gender differences of the same country. In my essay the main thesis...

As part of the Anti-Federalist wing of the Constitutional Convention, I for one, am not inclined to support a strong central government that might curtail the rights of the individuals and the state.  We strongly support individual rights because this has been endowed by nature and if it is inherent in us, it would be wrong or unjust for anyone to take them away. There are several reasons why we do not support this (new) constitution. We seem to notice some flaws that we need to point out...

Media is commonly regarded as the fourth pillar in a society for its role of passing information into the society. The other three pillars are legislature, judiciary and executive. The media is known to have a capacity to make, break or protect an administration through responsible reporting of the activities that happens in a country.  In the US, media enjoys relatively very high levels of freedom from interference from other three pillars in shaping the social welfare of the US citizenry....

Having received intense and enormous attention in research work, it is evident that the American Civil War had a lot to do with the ideology of free labor. Historiographical debates covering issues to do with the then political, cultural and social environment have sparked a lot of controversy as regard to the role each institution played with respect to the civil war. It is worth noting that in the America of 1850s, there were two opposing forces in the political and demographic arena the pro-slavery...

Reflecting on the question of which 13 British Colonies would I prefer to live, I feel that I have chosen Massachusetts as the appropriate place. The reason behind this is the locations rich history and heritage of early American life. Alongside Virginia, this is one of the earliest British settlements within the region and the place where the Mayflower Compact happened (Timepage, p.1). Similarly, despite the increasing tensions against the British rule, Massachusetts relatively was a peaceful territory...

History books entail information about various eras and reflect the times they represent highlighting information which may be subjective and debatable. To interpret and to fully understand, one needs to read various accounts of similar historical value to look for elusive content and the way selected authors have accounted the facts. Indians have been recalled as the losers of their times mostly by various historians, as most of history textbooks and collections are written by winners, therefore...