Essays on World History

World War I was one of the most lethal conflicts to occur in history, in which over 16 million people died. The novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, explores the story of a nineteen-year-old man, Paul Bäumer, who enlists with…

The Mexican-American War is a military conflict between the United States and Mexico in 1846-1848. In Mexico, the war is called as the North American intervention or the War of 47. In the Uited States, it is known as the Mexican war. The Mexican-American War…

Present during and after World War 2, the hatred for the Japanese was bred into the minds of white American Citizens. The Japanese encountered physical, emotional, and psychological torture during these times due to biases formed upon racial discrimination, propaganda, and the presumed loyalty of…

On December 7, 1941, the United States declared war on Japan and entered World War II. Japan had just bombed Pearl Harbor. The government arrested many Japanese leaders in the immigrant country. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which…

¨̈In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood instead of their brains¨. Mandela. The internment of Japanese Americans within the U.S during war II was the constrained movement and detainment in inhumane imprisonments within the western inside the state of…

Throughout history with hunts have been a sadly common trend, people being “hunted” and persecuited for their religious beliefs, their culture, and just simply being themselves. Witch hunts throughout history have ruined lives and served as a scapegoat for difficult situations. After the bombing of…

As World War 2 broke out in Europe, the United States promised its’ citizens that they wouldn’t get involved. After the unwarranted attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan, the US was left with no other choice but to declare war against Japan and join WW2….

Henri Barbusse stated, “Two armies that fight each other is like one large army that commits suicide.”, in 1916, Ernest Hemingway said, “Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”. Imagine having more than 2.1 million soldiers leaving…

During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Britain, Spanish, and French sought and obtained colonies in the “New World.” Britain experienced several failed attempts at settlement in the New World before planting its first colony in Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. About two decades later, a Puritan…

Man has evolved through thousands of years of learning and becoming new people to become who we are today. It all originated around 2,000,000 BC when man was firstborn. It was then to 10,000 BC which would become known as the Paleolithic times or the…