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Life on the Frontier and the Impact of the Homestead Act

passed the Homestead Act in May 1862. The act provided that any person who was either the head of a family, 21 years old, or a ve...

The Sociological Phenomenon That Was Andy Kaufman

In six pages the conflicting views on this late comic's career are noted while the writer applauds his uncompromising slice of Ame...

Harlem's Poet Laureate Langston Hughes

of poetry, ten collections of short fiction, two novels, two volumes of autobiography, nine books for children and more than two d...

Short Story Writer O. Henry

In five pages this paper examines the life of William Sydney Porter, a famous American writer of short stories who became more com...

Reading Analysis of Cary et al, Eds.' The Social Fabric

doing, they demonstrate that each group that collectively contributed to the American "quilt" had to face enormous hardships. By d...

Frances E.W. Harper's Life and Work II

In nine pages this research paper considers this African American novelist, poet, and lecturer in terms of her life and work with ...

Life and Contributions of Ida B. Wells

In five pages this paper considers the life and activism of Ida B. Wells on behalf of African American oppression. Six sources ar...

The Life and Works of Lorraine Hansberry

scars that never healed (Hansberry, 52). Lorraine felt that the scars were academic as well; she was convinced that there ...

Revolutionary Mathematician Solomon Lefschetz

In five pages Russian American Solomon Lefschetz is featured in this overview of his life and U.S. mathematical accomplishments. ...

Nutrition Issues of Mexican Americans

In five pages this paper examines the problems Mexicans experience in American life adaptivity with a consideration of lifestyles,...

Family and History of the American South

with his own family and for any hired help -- or slaves (Glazer, 1992). Much of this Southern tradition continues today. The ster...

Strange Life and Literary Journey of Hunter S. Thompson

be permanently altered when Thompson ran afoul of the law (Medenhall, 2004). A series of arrest would eventually land him...

Adult Development and Aging

an adolescent and grown adult. His elementary and middle school years were full of academic lessons, caring for his siblings and ...

Life of Frank Lloyd Wright

of the largest firm in Chicago at the time. During this time he met and married his first wife, Catherine Lee Clark Tobin. He work...

Films My Darling Clementine, Manhattan, and Identity

character and Brian, however, are that Brian did not go through a stage where he involved himself in an affair to ease the transit...

The Contribution to American History and Jewish American History by Henry Kissinger

a man of great power and a man who apparently worked within all sorts of cultures, working with China and then with Vietnam, earni...

Life and Presidency of George W. Bush

the Texas Rangers baseball franchise and he served as managing general partner until his gubernatorial bid in 1994 (History Centra...

Biography of William Faulkner

This was only the first of many contradictions that would emerge in William Faulkner that would make his life more difficult than ...

Benjamin West's Artistic Career

Francis Hayman for the Rotunda at Vauxhall Gardens during the Seven Years War. Jonathan Tyers, the proprietor of Vauxhall Gardens ...

The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in American Society

means that while these organizations serve a public purpose of some sort, they also "meet the interests, needs and desires of the ...

Cultural Influences Exerted by the Life and Art of Robert Frost

other poets of the time by rejecting modernism. As this poem demonstrates, Frost frequently drew his imagery from nature. While m...

American Society and Class

existence such as the types of housing that accommodates us is affected by class. Housing, in fact, is one of the most obvious ar...

Prostate Victims & Their Partners/Quality of Life

et al, 2007). Over the last several decades, clinicians have come to regard treatment decisions in terms of quality of life "ben...

Blood In, Blood Out

applied to the characters at different times, but the two that seem most effective are Merton, and Shaw and MacKay. The term "Amer...

Fences by August Wilson 2

Troy and his son Cory. August Wilson establishes an impression of the 53-year-old Troy Maxson early in Act I, writing that he ...

Writings of Frederick Douglass

In five pages this paper focuses mostly on Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass in a consideration of the African American ...

Comparing and Contrasting Harriet Jacobs and Booker T. Washington

The writer compares and contrasts the lives and work of Harriet Jacobs and Booker T. Washington, and the prejudice they faced beca...

In His Own Write - A Creative Look at George Gershwin

In six pages George Gershwin's own vantage point is applied to the American composer's life and musical theater contributions. Th...

Youth Violence In The United States

in a society where proper parenting has become a thing of the past. Detachment of this extent can reach epic proportions when men...

Prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the African-American Population of Houston, Texas

state declined by 20% (HHS System Strategic Plan for FY 2005-2009). This encouraging news did not extend to the black community, h...