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  • The American Civil War

    The American Civil War

    The American Civil War This war was a war of epic proportion. Never before and not since have so many Americans died in battle. The American Civil War was truly tragic in terms of human life. In this document, I will speak mainly around those involved on the battlefield in the closing days of the conflict. Also, reference will be made to the leading men behind the Union and Confederate forces. The war was beginning

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    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: regina
  • Slavery and Freedom - American Slavery

    Slavery and Freedom - American Slavery

    In the essay "Slavery and Freedom", Edmund Morgan's argument is based on the fact that the leaders of the American Revolution encouraged the people to develop a nation of liberty and freedom. At the same time, this encouragement is happening, a development of harsh labor, exhausting punishment, and suspension of all human rights was assigned to the slaves. How are you supposed to build a strong nation when you have one extreme to the other?

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    Essay Length: 284 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: regina
  • My Changed View of the American Dream

    My Changed View of the American Dream

    My Changed View of The American Dream I believe that my thought of the American Dream was more or less lumped around freedom. I feel that has remained intact, but at the same time I find myself analyzing these readings and noticing through time the American Dream changes for each person. I look at Robertson's writing in Banners on the Tower and I interpret his writings of Columbus in the New World with the very

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    Essay Length: 320 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: regina
  • American War for Independence

    American War for Independence

    Perhaps the most famous of all progressive historians is Frederick Jackson Turner. His most famous argument is not devoted strictly to the American Revolution, but instead to the effects of the American frontier. In a sentence, his argument is that the frontier was the chief determinant in American history. This is not to say that Turner did not write about the war; he did. Even in his seminal work, The Frontier in American History, there

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    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: regina
  • Montnana Plants & Native Americans

    Montnana Plants & Native Americans

    Montnana Plants & Native Americans Since the beginning of the human race mankind has depended on the natural resources in their environment for survival. They utilized the available flora to nourish their body, heal their wounds, comfort their ailments and to create products to ease their daily lives. Many of the same plants utilized thousands of years ago by the indigenous people have been integrated into modern day medicines. The scientific interest and knowledge of

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    Essay Length: 1,674 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: regina
  • American Industrialization

    American Industrialization

    Had it not been for the American industrialization, we would not enjoy the technology we have in the year 2002. The reason we have this technology is that between those years a great change in the world's history was made. People started to discover faster methods of producing goods, which increased their economy. However, this industrialization had no effects on society. Society then was still very poor in some areas, but later on in the

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    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: regina
  • How the American Dream Is Depicted in the Great Gatsby

    How the American Dream Is Depicted in the Great Gatsby

    The American Dream has been around for many years. This has been the goal for many Americas, as well as immigrants throughout the world. The whole point of the American Dream was to achieve wealth, love, happiness, and power. In order to achieve the American Dream I was through hard work and determination. The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald was made during the 1920, which was a period where there was corruption and crime. The

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Artur
  • Baseball as a Vehicle for Te Emergence of the American Nation

    Baseball as a Vehicle for Te Emergence of the American Nation

    Baseball has for a long time been a staple in the American sporting culture as baseball and America have grown up together. Exploring the different ages and stages of American society, reveals how baseball has served as both a public reflection of, and vehicle for, the evolution of American culture and society. Many American ways including our landscapes, traditional songs, and pastimes all bear the mark of a game that continues to be identified with

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Jack
  • Divorce in American Society

    Divorce in American Society

    Throughout the world there are many instances of divorce. In America alone in 2000 there are over twenty million divorces (Children 1). Since divorce has become much more common among American society, it is also becoming more acceptable. Some marriages end without a need to bring children into the nasty divorce. Other marriages, unfortunately, include children. This is where a huge problem may result for the child. Over one million of these divorces effect children

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: July
  • American Fur Trading Company and John Jacob Astor

    American Fur Trading Company and John Jacob Astor

    The American Fur Company and John Jacob Astor I. Introduction "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely (Lord Acton). John Jacob Astor was a man that had absolute power during his era and used his power and wealth to benefit himself and not the “social fabric of society”. Astor lived during the time of a post-revolutionary America which allowed him to build a monopolist empire with little restraint from government or society. Starting

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    Essay Length: 2,192 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Mike
  • American Character - Then and Now

    American Character - Then and Now

    American Character - Then and Now A notion that still holds strong today, Fredrick Jackson Turner’s idea of American character was one based on trials and experiences. Unlike Crevecour, Turner believed that American character was not simply a product of English character transported to America, but rather another idea altogether (Faragher 63). He expressed this opinion the best when he said, “In the crucible of the frontier the immigrants were Americanized, liberated, and fused

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Andrew
  • 19th Century American Slavery: Expository Synthesis Essay

    19th Century American Slavery: Expository Synthesis Essay

    19th Century American Slavery: Expository Synthesis Essay Every great civilization or country has had at least one dirty little time in their history that all would rather forget. America knows this feeling well, especially within the 19th century, the slave era. America was divided, the North was generally against slavery and all for letting the African Americans roam free in a colony in Africa. The South on the other hand viewed African Americans as tools,

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: July
  • Affluenza in American Society

    Affluenza in American Society

    Introduction: The basic purpose of this essay is to evaluate a common disorder of our society that is infecting people throughout World and particularly in the U.S. This disorder is called “Affluenza” it is very catching and once polluted with the disease it is difficult to be overthrown. “Affluenza” is characterized as an unhealthful connection with money, blown up hopes and tiresome efforts to keep up with the Joneses. “Affluenza” creates anxiety, bankruptcy, and becomes

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Jon
  • British Literature

    British Literature

    The British Empire was once taking over many different territories and colonizing around the world. In the twentieth century what was accepted as British literature because more diverse. Britain diversified its self not only around the world but people from all over came to Britain too. Many writings in this period show this in different ways. Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own”, Salmon Rushdie’s “English Is an Indian Literary Language”, Ngugi WA Thiong’O’s

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Benjamin Franklin and His Contribution to the American Revolution

    Benjamin Franklin and His Contribution to the American Revolution

    Benjamin Franklin was one of the most influential men of the eighteenth century. He was the only man to sign all of these four major documents: the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Alliance with France, the Constitution of the United States, and the Treaty of Peace with Great Britain. Franklin was an inventor, a philosopher, a writer, a musician, and he actively participated in many congressional articles used by the government of the

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Artur
  • Sex Education in American Society

    Sex Education in American Society

    Sex Education in American Society Any topic regarding sexuality in the United States is basically seen as taboo. It was very refreshing to see a different, honest perspective regarding sexual identity. When I think about Sweden, which is where this film was produced, I think of a place that is very educated and safe to live in. Sweden is actually known to be one of the most safest places to live on earth. This

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Mike
  • Modern American Culture and Indvisual

    Modern American Culture and Indvisual

    The 20th centaury is considered to be a money culture. Materialism, a devotion to making money and to having a good time are all products of a money making culture. All of technology is controlled by an interest in private profit (Dewey, p15). Sigmund Freud and John Dewy both see this day in age as a time devoted to the “scientific revolution” and profit from this drastic advance in mankind. Civilization, as we know it

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Henry Clay’s American System 1832

    Henry Clay’s American System 1832

    Henry Clay’s American System 1832 Background: Following the War of 1812, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and John Quincy Adams helped form a new political agenda, which promised to meet the needs of America. It was a new nationalist United States. Henry Clay's "American System" was a neofederalist program of a national bank, a tariff to promote and protect industry’s, and financial improvements. Parties Involved: Henry Clays started as lawyer In Richmond, Virginia. In 1797

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Victor
  • The Roles African American in Civil War

    The Roles African American in Civil War

    In the history of the United States, African Americans have always been discriminated against. When Africans first came to America, they were taken against their will and forced to work as laborers. They became slaves to the rich, greedy, lazy Americans. They were given no pay and often badly whipped and beaten. African Americans fought for their freedom, and up until the Civil War it was never given to them. When the Civil War began,

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Tasha
  • American Beauty

    American Beauty

    American Beauty (1999) tells the story of one man’s search for happiness. The film introduces the audience to Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), an ordinary married man and father in his forties. Lester is in a loveless marriage, however, as Lester’s wife Carolyn (Annette Benning), is so wrapped-up in her real estate career that Lester often claims that Carolyn doesn’t even acknowledge him. Lester’s daughter Jane (Thora Birch), is completely distant, often claiming how pathetic she

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: regina
  • Native American Word Lives

    Native American Word Lives

    The difference in Indian and English lifestyles resulted in a forced coexistence and substantial changes in each way of life; however, much of the two seemingly very conflicting lifestyles had a basis of similarity as well. As Indians and Europeans learned and borrowed from each other, they developed and adopted new ways of life that were beneficial and almost necessary to both cultures. As far back as 30,000 BC, Indian cultures were nomadic, moving from

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Mike
  • Evaluation of American Culture

    Evaluation of American Culture

    Evaluating American Culture The American culture is very diverse and eclectic. Not every single person has the same views on a given subject, partly due to environment, race, age, and religion. This exercise in where we surveyed five people made that very noticeable. I surveyed five people, five people of which have the same job environment, but varied from the age of 18 to 34. Surprisingly, the age was not a major factor in their

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Artur
  • Out Break of the American Revolution

    Out Break of the American Revolution

    Outbreak of the American Revolution 2 The connection between Britain and the English colonies was that of the ruling of the colonies by the king of Britain, King George III and his parliament. The king’s ruling was very unfavorable for the colonists because of his tyrannic dictatorship and unjustly taxations. The mere thought of an island ruling an entire continent thousands of miles away with poor communication and lack of supervision of the colonies by

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • American Indians

    American Indians

    American Indians I. Origins of American Indians All human societies have versions of their own origins, and the American Indians are no different. Stories of natural or supernatural creation in the Americas or emergence from another world exist among all Indian tribes and, like the biblical narrative in Genesis, are regarded as matters of faith. Apart from them, and not competing with them, is what is known from the evidence of science and scholarship. Since

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Top
  • The Changing of American Families

    The Changing of American Families

    The Changing of American Families Television reflects how American families are viewed. Leave it to Beaver and The Brady Bunch were the ideal families in the 1960’s and 1970’s, and in the 80’s, it was Family Ties. When the 1990’s approached us, television shows took on a whole new outlook on American Families. There were shows such as Full House, which was about a single father raising three daughters with the help of his brother-in-law

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Yan

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