North American History Essays and Term Papers

followed a "great victory" for Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1908) and a "drastic failure" for William Howard Taft (1908-1912), as seen through the eyes of the public. Both presidents represented the Republican Party, but before the elections of 1912…

paper that I am about to write will let you know what I believe should be in place of what was once known as the Twin Towers. There is nothing in this world that I think can take the place of the great, beautiful, and unforgettable land mark of New…

truth that the key to attaining immortality is to achieve historical significance and forever be remembered in history. The past presidents of the United States have thus accomplished what Ponce de Leon could not, by taking part in events…

spy planes took flight over Fidel Castro's Cuba. After taking numerous pictures of the area, the United States did their routine analyzes of the photographs. After months of suspicion of Russian nuclear weapons installation, it was proven that the…

A Mixed Legacy," Stephen Foster shows how, despite their assumptions of inequality, the government established in Massachusetts by the Puritans, evolved into something that was never intended; a government based on democracy. To be a Puritan…

Some have been recent and others happened over thirty years ago. In 1972, Richard Nixon was accused of tapping the other party's phone and breaking into their office. In 1986, Ronald Regan was involved in the Iran-Contra affair, in which the…

that release nuclear energy. Their destructive power comes from the core of the atom, the nucleus. One type of nuclear weapon, the atom bomb, and uses the energy released when nuclei of heavy elements like uranium or plutonium, split apart. A…

inventor of the bifocal, the lending library and the Franklin stove. Most Americans know the highlights of this polymath's life. Few, though, know that he was also a prolific prankster. In Bolt of Fate: Benjamin Franklin and His Electric Kite Hoax, autho…

drugs can slow the proliferation of the human immunodeficiency virus, delaying the day when the patient experiences full-blown AIDS. But they do not eliminate the virus, which can revive lethally after lying dormant for decades. Now an experimental…

40% of the paper values of common stock. Even after the stock market collapse, politicians and industry leaders continued to question positive predictions for the nation's market. But the Depression grew deeper, assurance faded and many lost their…