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Nor was it uncommon for these "belles" to become involved in politics, which would have been unheard of before the war (Clinton et...

Alfonso Heep is an educated Kentucky farmboy who, in agreement with his state government, originally wanted nothing to do with the...

of things that are rarely mentioned in classroom history books. Most history books portray the Union troops as kind, benevolent so...

record of communication between Semmes and his superiors. Boykin, in his Preface, also thanks the Alderman library at the Universi...

had been technically ended when the South lost the Civil War, the subsequent Reconstruction did nothing to reconstruct the concept...

1861, it was with a determination to covert the "rebel States into a wilderness" (McPherson 249). While the North was eag...

the North of "Confederate" pirates, it also provided more control for the blockade (McPherson, 370). Ship Island in New Orleans fo...

know that he was a slave and until he was old enough to experience the suffering and see the suffering endured by others. This ...

of self-preservation that had, up until that time, marked the soldiers of this war (McPherson 540). In short, though the Confedera...

civilized nation. While historians blame Grants lackadaisical resolve to enforce Reconstruction laws, that slavery was ever sough...

of Yeoman Households" notes that in standard anti-bellum society, the white male plantation owner was the prime owner of everythin...

the importance of such an exhibit runs far deeper than merely providing a source of interest for a curious community, because it u...

in the end, a worse war swept into the South, full of empty promises for social reforms, which never materialized. For a good whil...

had been a part of the Southern way of life for 200 years and they people believed it was a part of their culture (Leidner, 2000)....

in weaponry which were unveiled during this time. The evolution of projectiles, for example, had just moved weaponry from relying...

that served as the primary reason that numerous white Americans were able to participate in other interests and occupations withou...

faced by the black people. It was practically unheard of for a slave to buy his or her freedom in the United States, it was even ...

. . . Dont go a-thinkin you can lick the hull rebel army at the start, because yeh cant" (Crane 5). In his innocence, however, he ...

co-mingling with people of lesser stature, racial inferiors, and worst of all, the chance of association with non-Christians. Fur...

as well as begin to collectively respond as a liberated people rather than race of repressed second class citizens. It was due in...

and ancestral place meant everything"1. This limited view of Lees motivation leads to the assumption that Lee was not fully commi...

In eleven pages Franklin Pierce's life and undistinguished presidential administration are discussed and include his friendship wi...

Black minstrelsy and its role throughouth the history of Black American culture is discussed within the context of Eileen Southern...

This research report focuses on Charles Taylor. Who he is and how this relates to the Civil War in Liberia is the subject of this ...

In twelve pages the Leveller philosophy and movement of the seventeenth century is examined in this consideration that includes ho...

In six pages this paper discusses the Secret Service from its pre Civil War origins to the present day protection of U.S. Presiden...

In five pages the ways in which the characters of Norma Jean and Leroy are developed through Civil War symbolism are discussed. T...

In twenty five pages this paper examines the slavery and race issues that culminated in the U.S. Civil War and examines the Jim Cr...

In five pages this paper assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the North and South which ultimately determined the outcome of t...

war who resented the Union it for the control it tried to place on issues which they considered to be issues of the state and not ...