Essays 151 - 180
South possessed a code of honor that would see it through, the honor and commitment in the face of which no Yankee could stand. Ro...
color of their skin. One such person was Prudence Crandall, a Quaker woman, who opened a school for black girls. There was such a ...
restore statehood after the Civil War. James McPhersons "Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction", however, is particula...
Charles came to the throne already at a disadvantage. For one thing, he was involved in a marriage with a French princess, which h...
blacks as second class citizens. After the Civil War, blacks earned the long-awaited right to vote and even hold office. Some le...
did not engage in combat (Matlof Multimedia U.S. History). However, these statistics are deceiving because most of the northern r...
kill. They are trained to do this in order to eliminate their own risk of death. The use of deadly force is justified because offi...
to Whitmans own estimates, he aided over 100,000 soldiers during this period, many of whom became his devoted friends (Valiumas 70...
white freedom and black slavery. The link between whites and blacks would change considerably between the arrival of those first ...
The North and the South had become separated by economics and ideology. They had, in fact, become very separate regions. The North...
construction of Fort Pickens (Lufkin, 2002). In January of 1861, the Federal military presence in Pensacola was minimal, consisti...
maritime warfare spawned such innovations as human powered underwater vessels that harbored explosive charges connected to spars t...
is an extremely interesting account of the plight of the American black after the Civil War. Written from the viewpoint of Gideon...
hold up to the demand. Each time the demand grew so did the number of black farmers who toiled the land. Cotton was not the only...
unusual. The Spanish Civil War quickly became infiltrated by foreign intervention on both sides, and indeed has been likened to a ...
of the intelligensia of the period to realize that the revolution would, by definition, evolve from the most non-urbanized corners...
accident. Of course, China tells almost the opposite story. One wonders then how much propaganda is being disseminated. During a t...
to the ideological complexities of that war. Tearing the nation apart in the middle 1800s, this war is most often remembered as r...
the importance of such an exhibit runs far deeper than merely providing a source of interest for a curious community, because it u...
in weaponry which were unveiled during this time. The evolution of projectiles, for example, had just moved weaponry from relying...
states and what free states could join the Union in order to maintain a balance wherein slave states never had the upper hand it s...
the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War combined."5 It is often inconceivable for the person of t...
However, there were certain characteristics which applied to each side of this war, and the advantages of each were indeed impress...
had been a part of the Southern way of life for 200 years and they people believed it was a part of their culture (Leidner, 2000)....
well as the case that finally struck down the concept of "separate but equal" in terms of education, and mandating that all school...
not assumed principal position during this, the bloodiest fight of the entire American Civil War. "Lee hoped an invasion would fu...
by more Confederate troop who had joined the fighting. Mass confusion erupted and thousands of Union troops were captured. Union ...
and shift the direction of battles at almost every turn. Belle Boyd Boyd was perhaps one of the best known spies of her time....
organizations are facing today when they try to hire or replace employees based on qualifications rather than racial, ethnic, or g...
King Charles II, the quashing of remaining rebellions in Ireland and Scotland and the installation of parliamentarian Oliver Cromw...