Essays on History

World War One ended in 1918 and about twenty one years passed before World War Two started, giving the countries some time to restore their national needs, prepare for future obstacles and clean up the mess affected. However, World War Two had a different picture….

Just hours after Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s death in April of 1945, Harry S. Truman assumed the role as the president of the United States. In the midst of the most destructive war the world had ever seen, Truman accepted the daunting challenges accompanied the presidency…

Following World War II, the fear of spreading communism took over American politics. The fall of the Axis powers during the war was met with fear of communism and immigrants in the United States, known as the second red scare. The late 1940’s into the…

“Keeping in mind the main ideas of Truman and Acheson from 1947 and 1950 respectively, from the conclusion of the Geneva Conference in 1954 to the Rolling Thunder bombing campaign, identify and explain 4 (of several possible) main challenges that defined the US struggle to…

Political scientist Cedric Robinson suggests that by the nineteenth century there were two alternative political cultures that were on making a rise to the forefront. Cedric discusses these cultures in his writing “Black Movements in America”. The first cultural alternative wants to claim “privilege political…

Historical Context and Development of the Movement In the decade of the 60s, the United States was immersed in the revolutionary environment of the civil rights movement. The fragrance of the revolution and the continuous attacks against the black community led to the creation of…

On May 2, 1967, a fleet of cars stopped outside the State Capitol building in Sacramento, California. 24 men and 6 women, all dressed in the uniform of black leather jackets and berets, openly carrying shotguns and rifles, piled out of the cars. They loaded…

All began because black American people weren’t treated with justice, they were forced to do things they didn’t. Their average of life was 7 to 8 years less than a white American, and not exactly because they only got sick and didn’t’ receive the right…

The new processes of steel refining and the inventions in the fields of communication and technology brought about a change in the business landscape in the 19th century. The exploitation of these technologies provided opportunities for tremendous growth. The business entrepreneurs, with their financial backing…

The entrepreneurs of the 19th century were Captains of Industry because they did many things to help shape and change America. They were great business men who used their great wealth and success to succeed. In the early 1800s when the American Industrial Revolution was…