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One of the more interesting roles women took on during the war was as volunteers in the war effort. For...

communities, working alongside men, often doing the same work, and ultimately forging a nation. But, by the Victorian Era women we...

a reputation for brilliant cavalry tactics, was elected the leader of all the Klan organizations, with the title of Grand Wizard (...

soldiers attacked a US patrol, and Taylor sent a message to Polk that read "Hostilities may be considered commenced" (Zinn 151). M...

that "their Southern brethren" supply "material aid" (An appeal to the south, 1865). Their cause was bolstered by bloody acts like...

adjacent to the South would be slave states (Faragher et al, 2000, p. 256). Then in 1819 Missouri, which is adjacent to both Illin...

occasion, "his master had the nails of his fingers and toes beaten off" (Blassingame 331). A slave who accidentally bumped a white...

of the rioters, which was directed at African Americans, possessed the mob with such ferocity that they lost all sense of humanity...

from the spiral grooves inside the barrel: this is called "rifling" and is designed to make the bullet spin; it is believed that t...

the cities were no longer small enough to be "walking cities" (Chapter 19, 2005). In addition, in a move that we still see today, ...

notes, "Serious scholars still debate whether the Civil War was necessary" (Kagan, 2005; B07). At the same time one can speculat...

Geography is also important because, as noted, the North had become industrialized. Almost all of the industry was located there, ...

the same year the prisoners were released. It did set the stage for tensions, especially when one considers that the South really ...

gin (Faragher et al, 2000). He invented the machine in 1793 and it proved so successful that by the mid-1830s cotton was "King" in...

he used his paper to speak his peace. There was a lot of turmoil during the middle of the nineteenth century. Because America did...

broke from capitalism (Townshend, 1996). The other way of thinking was that it would be possible for Socialism to succeed in Lati...

commentators argued throughout the 1820s and 30s that there should be works of literature to match "emerging political greatness o...

the kingdom of Bohemia from the Catholic Holy Roman emperor have now been discredited" ("Rosicrucian"). Nevertheless, Frost obviou...

wrong way to think about it, instead, physicians should look at this "formality" as a way to communicate with the patient (Yale-Ne...

at that and he turned and ran, only to fall flat on his face. The jolt startled him and woke him up completely. He heaved a sigh ...

the coast of Georgia and Florida under Colonel Oliver T. Beards command (Kennington, 2009). Their expedition, and raids, proved su...

citizens (DeLong, 1997). "The projects and politics of militarism and imperialism, of racial and cultural rivalries, of monopolie...

of submitting to such solitude seems to be particularly poignant in todays society, where we all live such hectic, fast-paced live...

in colonial America and grew impressively after the Revolution, with ship production centering on the East River (NY Maritime Cult...

Today, people know when they put their money in the bank, it is insured by the government, at least up to a certain amount of mone...

2005). There were increased attacks and counterattacks, which increased as white settlers moved onto Sioux lands (Sioux wars, 200...

In the socio and political environment that resulted after World War I ended, there was probably even less chance of global...

central thesis. This perspective credits, not the governors, for achieving peace, but rather credits the anarchically self-governe...

This book review focuses on Scott Martell's "Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West," which descri...

and done, there were good feelings in the United States. The fifties would soon erupt with its newfound innocence and vigor. Kore...