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Virgin Mary's Visions and Significance

image they could understand and comprehend. They would envision her in clothing they comprehended and related to, images of heaven...

The ‘Bright’ Promise of Communism Contrasted with the ‘Darkness’ of the Great Depression in the Films The Grapes of Wrath and Bound for Glory

supported, they were confronted with harsh realities that caused them to seriously question their sociopolitical ideology. Two fi...

Americans Obsession With Gasoline

molecules are broken up into lighter molecules by means of heat, pressure, and sometimes catalysts" (Bellis, 2009). This process...

Nature in Narratives of Americanness Between 1840 and 1860

beginning of this countrys history. Emerson is also noted for his preference for the simpler things in life and for his love of n...

The Rise of the AFL

we are slaves! (Journal of United Labor, May 1881)" (Hallgrimsdottir; Benoit, 2007; 1393). This was referred to as wage slavery be...

Barack Obama's Speech On March 18, 2008: Race

represents every aspect of black heritage. Religion embodies the black way of life from the very first moment slavery came into e...

New World Colonization by England

to not only stay afloat but to allocate sufficient funding for the identification and colonization of various new lands which were...

History Texts' Depiction of Native Americans

was not construed as legitimate. Today, that is far from the case. History is a valid and viable subject and one that is taught fr...

A Primary Source Analysis: Genesis and American History

This essay analyzes the Book of Genesis and then discusses its impact on the worldview of Europeans during the sixteenth century a...

Questions on American History

This paper pertains to various issues in American history, which range from Washington to the War of 1812. Eight pages in length, ...

Four Commencement Speakers from American History

Americas historical experience with race, ethnicity, and/or gender. Who could be more appropriate for this task than one of our c...

US Society and the Impact of Operation Desert Storm

the hands of her leader, Saddam Hussein, a man who now has finally been captured and is under American control. During the origin...

The Royal Family Depression Era Comedy by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber

between a life in the theater and the offer of a stable marriage to a sensible stockbroker. Fanny Cavendish is the family matriar...

History of the U.S. City

economic need and this occurred during the early part of the twentieth century. The Industrial Revolution played a significant p...

American Culture and History

founded. Many in the turbulent times of today chose to condemn U.S. government and culture rather than to recognize it fo...

American History Q and A

education, in some unexplainable way he would be free from most of the hardships of the world, and, at any rate, could live withou...

Native American Culture and Way of Life Decimation

intentionally changed, actions which were all believed justified under the predominant mindset of "manifest destiny". The rel...

US Influence on the History of the Panama Canal

sentiment was expansionist tendencies on the part of Congress. Drew and Snow point out that at this point in history the acquisiti...

History of U.S. Common Law

"a system based on common law, but it has codified the law in the manner of the civil law jurisdictions" (2004). Also, in general,...

American Hotel Industry Changes

law and it is enforced by the Wage & Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). This Act was amended in 1940, 1947, 1949...

U.S. Constitutional Rights and Minorities

degree throughout the 1950s and 60s. Although 46.4% of all American women between the ages of 18 and 65 now work outside the home,...

Eleanor Roosevelt A Personal and Public Life by J. William T. Youngs

not only who she was as a person, but to also put her contributions and her legacy into a proper perspective. The book details sp...

Collective Bargaining and its History

the World (IWW) or the "Wobblies," but their revolutionary rhetoric almost assured that they would fail and alienate far too many...

Viewing US History Differently

statement elsewhere, but, to the best of my recollection, there was never any serious attempt to turn Native Americans into a work...

All the President's Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

to shock and dismay that such events could actually take place in the offices of the Nations President, and it would almost seem t...

Native American Algonquin Tribe

variety of dialects (1999). Algonquian-speaking peoples have dominated most of the northeastern North America (1999). Also confus...

Reconstruction, Progressive, and New Deal Eras and Government's Role

also addresses some of the history of social work. Role of Government in Reconstruction, Progressive, New Deal The years followi...

An 18 Year Old Male's Sexual History

of gender or race occurred far less frequently than it does today. In fact, whereas sex among teenagers may have been considered t...

U.S. Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations

initial collective bargaining agreements must be rediscovered for the betterment of all concerned. II. History of the Movement a....

1815 to 1860 U.S. Reform Movements

insert citation from Chapter 12). While Walden is even today held up as the epitome of how any individual can maintain and retain ...