Essays 151 - 180
finally received the freedom they so desperately wanted. When the Reconstruction Period arrived, it looked as though blacks were ...
component of warfare since its very first introduction in the 1300s (Norris, 2001). During the first years of this countrys histo...
relationship with both the government and the people was ordered and cordial. Everyone was aware of his or her place in society, a...
the war" (Heywood, 1998; history.html). This lab was only one division of National Defense Research Committee (NDRC), for "in Jun...
expansion into Southeast Asia, had attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet (moored in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii) the previous day (December 7...
1. How did the mass production of the automobile affect...
At the turn of the twentieth century Japan was just beginning to take its place as one of the...
This paper comments on these and other critical social developments that occurred after the end of the Civil War and through the e...
The United States has progressed tremendously since the Civil War and the Reconstruction years that followed. Much of the south h...
arose a class of professional officers who "tended to dominate the civil authorities" ("Causes of World War I"). In addition, all ...
This 3 page paper argues that the primary cause of price wars is mismanagement and that this is why there are so few price wars se...
defined either narrowly or quite expansively (Rathbun, 2008). Our historic focus on isolationism has for the most part been based...
with seemingly no end in sight. With businesses continuing to fail at record levels and unemployment rates at an all-time high, i...
end to the long bloody affair and to consequently save countless US and Japanese lives that would have been lost if the war had of...
a formidable presence in Afghanistan we are beginning to pull troops back from around the world and to more efficiently consolidat...
There were also conflicts between the Australian Imperial Force and the militia troops, who had hastily been drafted when it becam...
of those were Americans. The passenger ship, the Sussex met a similar fate (Kunhardt, 1999). Still, Wilson refused to budge, hon...
the action was the straw that broke the Camels back. In fact, not only was it a turning point for the Vietnam conflict, but if one...
are an officer - and this included the top noncoms- you went to sleep with your headset at your head" (Terkel 254). Most people ...
reveal, American sentiment during the three day period in August 1945 leading up to the dropping of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima ...
the outcome of the conference. At the Teheran Conference Stalin was indifferent to the division of Germany into separate sections...
for caring for the wounded (Holder, 2003). For the first time in American history, women were asked to leave their homes and act...
to shift his ground until he agreed with the allies (McCollum, 2003). Germany would be made to pay. "Unfortunately, rather than ...
could have been avoided had cooler heads been leading Austria-Hungary at the time of the assassination of their heir to the throne...
alive during the time period are still alive. And, perhaps through further research women can begin to be seen more diversely as i...
rise of nationalism. People of common geographic origin, language, and history began to see themselves as members of large cultur...
a shrew mouse" (Remarque, 1987, p. 10). He observes that much of the misery in the world is caused by little men (not an original...
success in World War II. While both had their strengths, both also had their weaknesses. It was the combined effort that finally...
considerably. Two world leaders, in particular, stand out when we are considering these events from a U.S. perspective. These two...
was integral to getting rid of Hitler and rendering what he did something that will likely never happen again. And while there wer...