Essays on History

The Progressive Era was a time of development of new reforms and changes in which society was bursting with enthusiasm to change America for good. Before the Progressive Era started, the nation had continued to struggle with issues surrounding basic rights and equality for different…

It is hard to imagine America without major social programs such as social security or the SEC for example, but for Americans, before the 1930s this was their harsh reality. After the stock market crash of 1929, America fell into the worst economic depression in…

Thousands of American citizens lined up waiting for work, so they could provide for their families. Others were begging to survive the harsh time. This is what was happening across America during this time. Getting jobs was easy when the country wasn’t in such difficulty,…

McCarthyism is a period of time that Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy became well-known. This was during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Elected to the Senate in 1946, McCarthy formed investigations that would expose potential communists within the U.S. government. According to the American Heritage…

American history has a surplus of occurrences with events and people that fit the recurring theme of tragedy and triumph. During the period between, 1950 to 1954 terror spread throughout America and its people. In the span of the few years, America was in turmoil…

During the 1950s, Americans feared the concept of Communism. This is when the government has complete control over the economy. America was built on democracy and free-enterprise, while the Soviet Union based their country off of Communism. After World War II, China had its own…

In the history of great men that have ever lived, Winston Churchill’s name can never be forgotten even in the years to come for his contributions in many areas especially the First World War. He served as the First Sea Lord who added to the…

Jonathan Teplitzky’s “Churchill” is historically accurate and is a good historical source as it takes the perspective of Winston Churchill during WW2, D-Day, and his personal life and recreates as accurately as possible. The film, which imagines British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill as afflicted…

The Progressive Era is considered as the combination and interaction of a variety of different ideas and activities that emerged during the years of 1890 and 1920 as a consequence for needed new reforms by pressure groups in responding to various social, political, and economic…

“My mother would find a few pennies and we would go to the greengrocer and wait until she threw out the stuff that was beginning to rot… Then we would go to the butcher and beg a marrow bone-(Document).” The Great Depression presented several problems…