North American History Essays and Term Papers

of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his speech "I have a Dream" to America. He was the man who made history that day. Martin Luther King's "I Have Dream" is a powerful speech about freedom in our country, saying…

Chapel Hill, Tennessee. Many people described him as a "born military genius." A famous quote that was his motto was "Get there first with the most men." He was very well known for the infamous raid on Ft. Pillow on April 12, 1864. At the fort he…

all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming. Here you stand, good folk, think, I, when I see them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your fifty groups, with your fifty languages and histories, and your fifty blood hatreds and rivalries. But…

Civil War" Goerge Meade General Robert E. Lee In 1863, the small town of Gettysburg Pennsylvania was awoken to the beginning of what was to be the turning point of the Civil War for the Union. It began as a small skirmish, but by…

to the development of the United States of America. America is known as the melting pot because it has always been a nation composed by immigrants of all races . The first humans to inhabit the North American continent were migrants from northeast…

16th century, America has undergone on a massive scale, a sustained process of fusion of the cultural values of peoples of different ethnic origins and of groups. America has been the land of hope and promise ever since its discovery. These promises…

28, 1963, Martin Luther King Junior stepped up to the podium in Washington D. C. to deliver one of the most well-known and influential speeches of all time. The gatherings of about 250,000 of all different races and backgrounds witnessed King's soon…

in the American colonies took awhile. When the "pilgrims" arrived and other immigrants arrived as indentured servants plantations were just small farm or farm of pretty good size. As the years went by and the profit and demand for crops such…

The major participants in the elections of 1824 and 1876 were Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson were the major participants in the election of 1826. Each candidate in this election was of the Republican Party originally founded by Jeffe…

an effective form of government." "Analyze the degree to which the Articles of Confederation provided an effective form of government with respect to any TWO of the following: foreign relations, economic conditions, and Western lands." From 1781…