American History

New York Times is a Newspaper that entails events, articles and stories relating to the affairs of the United States. It has the mandate to authoritatively publish information that is relevant to the public and that serves the interest of the government in relation to the image and security of the State. After the Second World War in 1945, most countries including America began to expand their international relations with other States to increase trade as a result of economic challenges brought...

Reflective Criticism In 100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World This particular article talks about the interview of Jessica Bennet with John Tirman concerning the impact of actions that the United States is providing the rest of the world. In particular, it focused on key areas such as foreign policy and the historical development of pop culture in the region. These actions continues to be significant in outlining the course the country has taken to provide new directions that ultimately shape...

The author claims that the social construction of the concept of white race was a conscious effort to mentally differentiate slave owners and the slaves. Also, the author tackles the relationship between the improvements of Americas working classes and the social build up of unfairness behaviors or racism. He pointed out that the chronological order of the historical background of history of racism, together with the working classes within the United States, was basically based on ethnicity. Chapter...

The federal government is charged with the responsibility of maintaining economic reforms and social welfare legislations to its citizens. Although these two are given the greatest consideration, crime deserves to be given the same consideration or even much more. This book on war on crime looks into ways in which the war on crime can be handled within the twentieth century. To begin with the study looked at the failures that were witnessed in the state in regard to cubing crime.  So many political...

The Second Great Awakening is the term used for the great revival of religiosity in the antebellum United States. A great wave of revived interest in religion, and preaching of gospel and conversions mark the period. One of the most prominent figures of the Second Great Awakening is Charles G. Finney. The era is also marked by efforts of several religious or secular societies in establishing utopian communes or neighborhoods. The Second Great Awakening made a profound impact on the American society...

Although the most costly conflict in terms of casualties and the most divisive one yet fought by Americans, debate continues about what caused the American Civil War. On the one hand, official statements by the two sides, the United States under President Abraham Lincoln and the Confederacy under President Jefferson Davis, gave preserving the Union and defending states rights respectively as the reason for the war. On the other hand, in seceding from the Union, several states referred to slavery...

The United States under the British law had various grievances towards the British crown because it refused to address these matters which forced 13 colonies to move into action. They wrote to the British Crown about their grievances and the changes that they want. Four major grievances that the colonies expressed in the document were primarily about what they perceived were violations of their right regarding matters of property, freedom, justice, and the right to rule themselves. The four primary...

Ernest Hemingways For Whom The Bell Tolls is a novel which takes place specifically three days before May 1937 ends. It is about an American professor named Robert Jordan, whom offered to fight for the Spanish government he joins a group of  Spanish guerrilla fighters  (Tyler 115-116) with the mission to  blow up a bridge  (Tyler 116)  in order to thwart fascist groups working against the Spanish government (Tyler 116). The main concept or thesis of the novel revolves...

Benjamin Franklin was one of Americas greatest known symbols of America. Many people across the nation may have learned about him in history throughout school. The introductions to Ben Franklin in history texts are usually brief. They continually speak of his accomplishments in inventions and work as well as political contributions. In learning about these things that he did, labels are created and many people could feel inferior to him. The study of Benjamin Franklin sheds another light. His champion...

From 1776, the United States grew to a huge, integrated, industrialized economy that made up almost a quarter of the world economy. The United States possessed a unified market, a supportive legal-political system, vast areas of highly productive farmlands, and a huge labor and market capital. US economic growth from 1830 to 1890 attracted immigrants from Europe, Asia, and South America. Cotton boomed following the invention and commercialization of the cotton gin. Large plantations, based primarily...

In the 18th century before the American government gained dependence from the British rule, there were several attempts to ensure unity in America and to be able to fight Britain that was a strong Nation with strong economic background and good political system referred to as the Kingdom of Great Britain. In Britain, leadership was based on monarchy common with the royal families. It was therefore not easy to take away the control of thirteen colonies from the Great Britain and the thirteen colonies...

The term Gilded Age was coined from a novel The Gilded Age A Tale of Today by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner in 1873. The book though fictional, gives a critical assessment of US politics and the corruption issues that were evident during 19th century. It was during the Gilded age that raging corruption was very common in economic and political arena in United States. There were large political payoffs in order to secure government contracts. Corruption was so rampant during the Gilded Age...