North American History Essays and Term Papers

years. It all started when the first immigrants came to the U.S.A. Most of them came for a better life but many of them ended up in poverty. The first gangs were formed among poor adolescents who grouped together for the sake of socialisation and protect…

By David Nasaw. Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1999 Critical Book Review: Going Out by David Nasaw David Nasaw's Going Out documents not only the historical relevancy of public amusements…

of unfair treatment against weaker nations. The origins of the Mexican War lay with the United States and its expansionistic policies. Most Americans believed they had a divine right to bring their culture among others, because they were superior.…

the protection afforded to us by the United States Constitution. The Constitution gives these rights to every person who is a citizen of the country no matter race, gender or creed. The framers of the Constitution set this forward just so that…

11th, 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton stood back to back in Weehawken, New Jersey. The two men took ten paces, and turned to face eachother. Alexander Hamilton pointed his pistol straight into the air, and fired, refusing to…

once roamed by about 220 000 Natives before the arrival of Europeans. Most of them lived in what is now called British Columbia and Ontario. Northern and Southern nations traded in the form of ceremonies, gift giving, feasting and speech making.…

Building, which is currently the tallest building in the world, stands at 1,472 feet. It has also been considered the 8th wonder from the modern world. But how did engineers construct his magnificent piece of architecture, and what designs did the…

26, 1880 in Little Rock, Arkansas. His father Arthur MacArthur earned the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Civil War for leading an assault up Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, and was a military governor of the Philippines. When Arthur came back…

is an oxymoron. To most people a civil war is civil if two communities brought their different points to a big meeting and then came to a compromise. Even then one should have doubts of calling that a civil war. The civil war was the one and only…

was elected as President of the United States in 1932. At this time America was in the grip of the Depression. He set out his priorities and they were getting Americans back to work, protecting their savings and property, providing relief for the…