American History Essay

American History: Our Hope for the Future The history of our great country is one of triumphs and sorrow. We have gone from being dependent on England, to one more powerful than England itself. There are thousands of events that make up the history of America. There are three I would like to speak of today. Following this introduction will be information about the Civil War, an extremely important event that we should never forget. Then, following that will be the attack of Pearl Harbor, an…

In the book, “The Norton Mix: American History”, there are two articles regarding the Chinese exclusion act. The first article is about a democratic senate from Oregon, James Harvey Slater, who voiced his proposal in 1882 at the senate house. Slater is in favor of the Chinese exclusion and believes in white American protestant religion. Slater’s opponent is a Republican named, Robert G. Ingersoll. Ingersoll voiced his proposal eleven years later on July 1893 in the same room when Slater voiced…

HIS 315L - Essay #1 Reconstruction in the context of American History refers to the process of integrating the Southern Confederacy into the American Union. The process began in 1861 after the capture of the Confederacy by the Union. It was opposed by the white Southerners and supported by the black Southerners. The contrary position taken by the two races was based on the policy proposed by the Congress during the process. In 1865, President Andrew Johnson proposed a policy that required the…

The legal source of Native Americans rights in regards to hunting and fishing can be traced back to the 1800’s. In the 1800’s Native American signed serval treaties with the federal government relinquishing them of their lands. During the abdication of their lands the Native Americans were granted their continual rights to hunting and fishing. Normally, these rights would guaranteed them hunting and fishing rights on the reservation. Due to their not being a clear and concise regulation…

The great “American Dream” is the idea that in America, every citizen, despite social and financial standing, should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and wealth through hard work, determination, and initiative (Oxford Dictionary). After all, this is precisely what America was founded upon: the Founding Fathers took it upon themselves to turn what had been English colonies into a new nation in which its citizens could live according to law far more suitable than the law of the English…

boundary to the American frontier, the country continued to move westward, cultivating the land and forming towns that have evolved into metropolises along the west most part of the continent. The means in which this land we call America became property of the United States however was often violent and rarely contested by the majority. Throughout the colonization and expansion of America, several forms of entitlement were…

In American History I would want to go to year, 1932. There are many influences that enrapture me, among them are; Amelia Earhart, Babe Ruth’s "Called Shot”, and the III Olympic Winter Games. I want to see these three in action because I want to see how it all really went down. I would want to meet Amelia Earhart as soon as possible before she became famous, go watch Babe Ruth’s “Called Shot” at the World Series game in New York, and finally go to the III Olympic Winter Games. Mrs. Earhart is…

Early American History consists of things that were built or made the same during the early history period. Many different things were important in early history, such as slavery, war, Native Americans, and etc. A few major issues I have learned about in this course and that have taken place in Early American History were Native Americans, slavery, and religion. These issues had a huge impact on how the world changed and why it’s still constantly changing. Events that took place in Early…

slavery. Yet for Lincoln slavery was not always the pre-eminent concern. He was rather obsessed with the notion of Union and sought at all costs to preserve it. This essay explores the differing perspectives of the role of the individual Lincoln in American history & politics separating the mythology from reality, the man from the legend. Abraham Lincoln was born to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln on Feb 12, 1809, in a log cabin, in Hardin County, Kentucky. Despite his humble beginnings and lack of…

The first article showed that if there was ever a publication occurrence to show the belief that timing is extremely important; “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was it. Frederick Douglass celebrated that she had “baptized with holy fire myriads who before cared nothing for the bleeding slave” while in the North. In the South things were different; her accusation of slavery through the hateful character of Legree was compared to a “malevolent” outbreak on the foundation of marriage, as if she had selected a…