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War of 1812 and its Causes

In eighteen pages this paper examines the possible causes for the War of 1812 including war hawk pressure, 1807's Embargo Act, the...

Louis Armstrong, An American Musical Genius

This paper examines the career of Satchmo, Louis Armstrong. The author argues that Armstrong is one of the great American Jazz le...

Events and Key Players of the American Revolution

colonists from making their own money. The Stamp Act placed taxation on almost all paper product goods: "all printed materials are...

California's Marginalized Migrants

truly present itself as a state that truly marginalized such people. While California had always been a state, not unlike any othe...

Cultural and Political Autonomy Preservation Struggles of Native American Leaders

the Europeans who had invaded Native American lands. The English to whom we most often attribute the negativities of history in r...

Supernatural Subtleties in The Shining by Stephen King and Beloved by Toni Morrison

In six pages this report examines the thematic subtleties of the supernatural in these two great works of American fiction. Five ...

Benjamin Franklin

In eight pages The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is used to gain some insights into this true Renaissance man and great Ameri...

Great American Author Ernest Hemingway

first publish Three Stories & Ten Poems in 1923 in Paris ("A Chronology" PG). In 1926 , the well known work The Sun Also Rises wou...

American Civil War and Baseball

In five pages what would become the great American pastime as it was played during the Civil War is examined. Seven sources are c...

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Slavery

In five pages this paper discusses the author's perspectives on slavery as reflected in this great American novel. Five sources a...

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...

American Family and a Character Study of Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In five pages this paper examines the Joad family matriarch featured in this classic American novel in a consideration of her role...

Modern Americans' and Native Americans' Rites of Passage

In seven pages this paper compares the contemporary American teenager with Tukuna, Okrika, and Okiek Native American counterparts ...

Speeches of Great African Americans

In six pages the speeches and writings of Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington are discussed and reacted t...

Great American Frederick Douglass

In six pages this research paper celebrates Frederick Douglass's life and achievements as he transformed himself from illiterate s...

American Economy Growth and Changes After the Great Depression

standard was to let prices and wages fall. The Government Steps In By 1932 hundreds of banks had failed, hundreds of manufa...

US Political Contributions of Webster, Clay, and Calhoun

In eight pages this research paper examines the statesmanship attributes of these three great Americans. Five sources are cited i...

Europe and American International Business

In thirty five pages this paper explores in great detail US based businesses and their European prospects and consider how major A...

Five American Thinkers and How They Employed the Declaration of Independence into Their Writings

thinkers in American history, including Andrew Jackson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and Martin Luth...

"The Child's Bath" by Mary Cassatt

naked toddler in her lap, as she gently washes the childs feet in a basin. Both the dark-haired child and the dark-haired mother a...

Diane Ravitch, Her Views on American Public Schools

countrys leading educators and has been a vocal advocate for both testing and accountability initiatives in the public schools. A ...

The 1960s and American Liberalism

In five pages this paper assesses American liberalism as they manifested themselves in JFK's New Frontier and LBJ's Great Society ...

Comparative Analysis of Feminist Art Views

it should be judged by a different criteria then is usually applied to mainstream art. Higonnet may have been evasive as to her ...

Baseball Being Ruined by Steroids

national pastime" (Small, 2005, 6). National pastime or not, however, baseball is no less susceptible...

1865 to 1945 American Economy

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...

Electricity and Benjamin Franklin

2005). It is interesting to note that Benjamin Franklin often invented things that he felt were good for all people and thus sho...

Significance of Women in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom

important character, the daughter eventually falls by the wayside. His daughter is of concern until we find out that the man she...

Reflections on Several Famous Literary Works

as being mostly unforgiving of mans shortcomings, inasmuch as he implies that humanity has turned into a selfish, egotistical and ...

American Media and National Stereotypes of Germany and Great Britain

You Being Served, all serve up their own dose of British humor and stereotypes. Each show depicts the typical frouncy old woman wh...

American Historical Contributions of Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin

revolutionary Americans divided up into planter democrats and capitalist elitists. According to another school, the basic division...