Alexander I of Russia

The War of 1812 was fought between America and Britain from June 1812 to December 1814. This conflict was centralized to North America, ranging from American invasions of Canada to naval battles. Both sides had their prominent victories, including the successful American defense of New Orleans and the British invasion of Washington D.C. The Treaty of Ghent, signed on December 24, 1814, ended the war. The treaty declared that the two nations would return to pre-war relations, including trade…

failure of assimilation, and looked to the Jewish state to provide a remedy. The genesis of Zionism was in large part caused by the great rise of anti-Semitism, especially the events of 1881-84 in Russia, following the death of Tsar Alexander II. This created and fueled the movement in its formative years. Russia was engulfed by 215 pogroms, which destroyed nearly $80 million worth of Jewish property6. Newspapers and literature cultivated the stereotype of the “sly Jew” and Herzl highlights the…

War is an underlying event that happens throughout history for various reasons. Whether it be an assassination, a rise of a revolution within a country, a meager argument between two settings, or a simple secluded alliance that can deceive the other at any chance, a war is bound to happen. Let’s begin with the definition of a world war. This type of specific kind of warfare occurs when major first world countries go into battle because of a formidable change that occurs or a threat of…

biographer, Walter Isaacson, described him as “the creative entrepreneur whose passions for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing,” and I bet that not a lot of people beg to differ. Technology became of growing importance as the years went by and is a big part of society today. Jobs was adopted, but interestingly enough, his biological father happened to be Syrian, one of the many…

Did James Monroe Challenge the European Powers? December of 1823, James Monroe delivered his annual message to the United States Congress, the prelude to the State of the Union held in the present day. In this speech he set the policy that still resonates today in dealing with foreign powers, the Monroe Doctrine. President Monroe informed the nation and the world that the United States would not tolerate the European Powers, i.e., Great Britain and France, interference in the Western…

When we look back at individuals that are commonly known to have shaped the course of history, we often think of grand names of political leaders and conquerors such as Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, etc. It is easy to map out the differences they have made in the world because they are usually physical, actually altered geographical borders. However, we often fail to acknowledge the effect that lesser known names have had on the history of mankind, through ideas and…

The complexity of world history spans from the multiple tiers of information collected over many years. The subject of world history has caused much controversy and has kept educators and scholars deciphering content. The controversy has kept educators wandering what to teach and how to teach. This broad subject holds educators to an extremely high standard which they must not fall beneath; teaching philosophies and lesson plans must meet each standard. An educator is responsible for their…

Who is Ayn Rand and what is her theory of “objectivist ethics” (as found in the excerpt from The Fountainhead)? What is the relationship of her philosophy to ethical egoism? Ayn Rand is an American novelist and philosopher that immigrated from Russia to the United States because she was against communism. Her theory of objective ethics argues that “reason sets us apart from all other species” and because “reason is necessary for our survival, reason has moral value for humans” (Boss, p. 209).…

Medical Experimentation in Nazi Camps A long-standing hatred of the Jews came to a turning point when Hitler became chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933. Hitler had a “final solution” for the Jews which entailed extermination. Dachau opened March 1933 and the first people interred were political opponents of the Nazis. These prisoners were Communists, Social Democrats, and others who had been tried in a court. Later Dachau was a model for other concentration camps and served to school the…

United States? When I came to this country, I was amazed at that fact, so many people from different ethnic backgrounds attended school together. I say this because I came from a country where there wasn’t much diversity. It’s hard to imagine that just 50 years ago people lived in a racially divided America. So how did we end the racial divide in our school system? Especially in the white dominated cities such as Boston. I decided to research on how schools integrated in Boston. I came across…