Essays on American History

The Salem Witch Trials are widely known for the controversy surrounding the events and what had occurred to those misfortuned enough to be entangled in the conflict. The trials originated in Boston, Massachusetts from 1692 to 1693. It started when a group of girls behaved…

Americanism, what is it? Although many people have written on the subject, Michel-Guillaume Jean De Crèvecoeur is remembered as the first to write about the American Dream and its principles. Although he was originally French, he moved to America and married an American woman before…

How did migrators arrive to what is now present day United States? One theory is that migrators had the ingenuity to create a flotation that resembles a boat to glide across the ocean to come to America. Another theory could be that most migrations arrived…

While issues surrounding monarchy are practically nonexistent in America today, the point Hamilton makes here is nonetheless relevant to our society despite being over 200 years old. Democracy, in Hamilton’s time, was an achievable ideal; the American Revolution was the result of many Americans agreeing…

Samantha Grace Quartuccio AP US History Leslie Sullivan 15 August 2018 Losing the Past: The Ineffectiveness of Oral History From the Grecians in the east to the Native Americans in the west, oral tradition can be found everywhere. Cultures from around the world have relied…

The US Civil War began on 12 April 1861 at 4:30 am when confederate forces in Charleston, south Carolina, fired on Union forces holding Fort Sumter, which was a Federal Fort located in Charleston Harbor. The American Civil war was fought between: The North and…

According to Zinn, Foner, and the Biography of America, issues including slavery and liberty are the tensions that led to the start of the Civil War. The biggest tension between the north and south was slavery. During the prewar, there were new understandings of liberty…

The three people I would like to discuss is J. Edgar Hoover, Tyrann Mathieu, and Louis Farrakhan. These three powerful men are noteworthy for the courage and relentlessness that was showed during their lengthy careers. Even though these three men are highly controversial, viewing their…

The era of probation starting in 1920 sparked gangster culture in America. The 18th Amendment ratified on January 1, 1920 banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol. Millions of Americans were against the new anti-booze legislation, especially with the Jazz Age in full swing….

Diverse, patriotic and powerful – three words describe the atmosphere and culture of United States of America. As America takes great pride in their country and its citizens, that of inclusiveness has been an issue over the course of American history. From a historical standpoint,…