North American History Essays and Term Papers

presidents of the united states" The first five presidents of the united states Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe established the tradition, domestic, and foreign policy. At the end of the war for independence America needed a new…

On May 9th, 1846 President James K. Polk delivered a war message to Congress, stating that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil." President Polk sent…

On May 9th, 1846 President James K. Polk delivered a war message to Congress, stating that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil." President Polk sent…

and rage, the idea of black revolution was something many white Americans could at least comprehend, if not agree with. When rebellion seized their own children, however they were almost completely at a loss. A product of the posts war "Baby Boom," nurtu…

Workers The technological innovations and the influx of immigrants in the nineteenth century affected industrial workers' work conditions and their lifestyles. Job security changed for the Americans. With the influx of immigrants, high-paying…

Dream" can best be explained as a "ciity upon a hill." "Ciity upon a hill" meaning being above and superior over those below. The Civil War, the imperialistic race of the 19th century, the Korean War, the KKK, and the Gulf War are all examples…

United States Died: 1896 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States Occupation: writer Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1811, Harriet was the seventh of Lyman Beecher's nine children by his first wife, Roxana. Beecher, a famous evangelical …

different views on the cause of the Pequot War. In The Americans it stresses that the Puritans were attacking Native American nations for two reasons: their land and their difference in religion. The book states: "Rather than convert the Native America…

New York. Little did she know that she would soon be the one who would change the lives of women everywhere. Margaret Sanger was thought of to be a progressive and a racist. She also fit in with paternalists and social Darwinists of her time…

do not realize the brutality people had to live through while this melting pot of a country was being forged, but in 2002, Martin Scorsese's "The Gangs of New York" revealed to America some of the ugliest histories of our country. In this epic film,…