Angolan Civil War

Eun Ei Hong Mr. Durkhoop US History 11 11 September 2014 Slavery in Colonial Era In the middle period of Colonial Era, a large number of black men came to America as labor force of the southern colonies. The slavery of blacks was legitimized and accepted practice during that time. Practice of slavery was more common and demanded in southern colonies than in the northern colonies because they needed multiple of people to work on vast farm land. Southern colonies were ideal place for…

One of our own, Upton Sinclair has now published his novel, The Jungle, in its entirety. Despite the “muckraking” as our very President might deem it, this novel is pivotal to the causes we believe in. Sinclair has used The Jungle, to simultaneously expose the problems layering our very federal and local governments, as well as the society in which we all partake in. His novel has forced the federal government to finally take action and begin to impose regulations on the Union Stockyards and the…

After the women’s rights movement, Americans agreed that women should have equal opportunities, and should not be limited to only raising a family and tending the home. After the civil rights movement Americans asserted that the color of a person’s skin should not determine their inherent worth or value. These cultural changes, though not easy, were necessary, and good. However, there is a level when excessively redefining what is…

Slavery:the restriction of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Slavery was a quintessential part of the United States even before its conception. Before the Revolutionary War most of the colonies slaves were located in Virginia and South Carolina due the widely grown cash crops of tobacco and rice. In order for a well-off landowner of the late 17th century to make the most profit he needs to plant his crop on a massive scale, but this raises a question: How do I plant/harvest all of the…

COMPANY II: NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY BACKGROUND New York Life Insurance Company was found on April 12, 1845. In 1856, New York Life’s assets exceed $1 million. During the Civil War, New York Life’s president Ogden stand firm on the company commitment to pay legitimate claims, North and South. Throughout the war, the company continues to pay death claims. In 1894, the time when gender equality is rare; New York Life becomes the first insurer to charge women the same premium rates as men…

This essay is about a ship that was called “La Amistad”. This Movie was based on transporting illegally slaves that were not really slaves, because they were born in Africa, but they bought them so they had been born in Cuba, but they born in Africa. The author was Steven Spilberg, he is a very famous author, he has make Jurassic Park, Jaws and other good ones, it happened in 1839 the true story. This was from Africa to Cuba, and finally it ended in the US, three years later they took another…

In 1642, when King Charles I entered the House of Commons seeking the arrest of the five Members alleged to have supported the Scottish invasion against his reign, he not only created Parliamentary history, but also laid the foundation of what is known today as ‘Parliamentary Privilege’. In response to King Charles I’s questions about the whereabouts of these Members, the Speaker William Lenthall famously remarked that “I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place but as the…

Today, our society is still going through many struggles and hardships in life especially dealing with race and skin color. There are people who suffers from situation that led them through troubles. Most of the people that went through many challenges in life are black men. According to Robinson, Wolfers, and Paumgarten articles, they all have one thing in common is what black men have to endure because of what they look like, their skin color, their dress code, and what type of person they…

Just after the civil war America entered into what was called as the reconstruction era. This era “had a social as well as a political meaning. The social aspect involved the touchy issue of race relations, particularly the fate of about 4 million black ex-slaves.” (Schriefer…

Slavery in ancient Roman history was important to philosophers today and in the past. Slavery is what makes us have a path for our future. To the African Americans that were in slavery write the future of people like me and you. In this paper I will be introducing the times slavery happened in ancient Rome and I will also explain what they did and how they did it. Another thing I will be talking about in my essay is who came into power and how it happened. Who took over and why they did. I will…