North American History Essays and Term Papers

origins in the last year of World War II. On July 16, 1945, the United States for the first time exploded an atomic bomb, at Alamagordo, New Mexico. Later, on August 6 and 9, the United States dropped the only atomic bombs ever used in wartime--on…

its own unique personality, from the bench in the dugout to the playing field, which you play on. They all look at you in a different way. The one that gives me the best perspective is the on deck circle. As soon as I step into the circle everything…

many problems. It seemed as though the Westerners might abandon this new government, and the United States were afraid that their western territory might be taken away by the foreign powers. There was a possibility that the United States…

or so the Bible states. Oddly, that is precisely what happened to a group of devout Christians in the early days of the American colonies. Spiritual zealousness couldn't save their lives from the mass hysteria that overpowered a whole town. The story…

the first big business, they extended over thousands of miles and employed tens of thousands of workers. The railroads required an immense amount of equipment and facilities; no single person could supervise it alone. The railroad stood as the most…

film Catch Me If You Can, and they will probably admit that they were rooting for the young con artist. Although he was a criminal, Frank Abagnale was also a teenager who was simply too smart for his own good. Born in 1948, Frank W. Abagnale…

youngsters have left their hometowns seeking fame and fortune on the West Coast. Rags to riches stories are few and far between and most people find nothing more than broken dreams. In one case, however, the quest for recognition proved fatal. …

in America during the early 1900's. Mainly in Packingtown, Chicago. A small town made up of a few stores and two big meat processing plants. The story tells us about immigrants seeking the concept of the America dream. They end up working in harsh condit…

complexities of the relationships among the puritan settlers of New England, the Roman-Catholic French of New France (currently parts of Canada), and the Native Americans both nations forcefully relocated. He also shows how undercurrents of racism…

trials of the seventeenth century was interrupted in many different ways including the opinion of Carla Gardina Pestana in which she writes and believes that the executions where not solely based on the fact of witchcraft itself but also based on the…