Army of the Tennessee

The name Elvis Presley brings many other words to mind: musical innovator, a rock n’ roller, extremely well known celebrity, epic downfall, fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches, The King. However, to most of his fans, he was much more than a commonly-used name in 1950’s tabloids. He was their idol and served as a way to express them. Elvis Presley was a true American success story that changed the music industry, creating conflict throughout his entire career. He started with nothing,…

The Great Escape: End of the Great Depression The end of World War I marked the beginning of a period defined by American optimism. A trio of Republican presidents from Harding to Hoover (1921-1933) re-established free market capitalism and brought endless waves of prosperity. Unemployment rate reached 3%, and Americans believed dreams would never end. However, the Great Depression in the 1930’s crushed these dreams, driving unemployment to a high 25%. But, Americans found hope in the election…

The United States of America, are rich in history but not always the world know the reality of all races of this country. One of the races that many people are trying exclude is the colored race, African American people. For many years they suffered the power of the wealthy people “whites”. Between the time was passing many names have been appearing, names like Frederick Douglas, Marcus Garvey, W.E.B Dubois and many other people that where figthed for the rights of the colored people. Thanks to…

Through the thick smog of the Vietnam War, a group of men emerge: lovingly labeled McNamara’s morons, their lack of intellect faced with the horrors of death and destruction exposes the corruption in the United States Military. Men who served in Vietnam feared them, not enemy soldiers, but their own comrades and platoon mates. Infamous for going AWOL (Absent Without Leave), outbursts, and generally being described as incompetent, the men were also nicknamed The Moron Corp. The men are part of…

There are four major groups of theories about the recent party realignment of the South. These theories focus on race class; ideology; religion/culture; and party development. Studies utilizing all four explanations focus on changes in partisanship. Partisanship can be thought of as a voter’s political brand preference. Ultimately, each of these theories seeks to explain why people change their partisanship. Theories that Focus on Race Many theories of southern political change focus on race.…

administer the new laws and help blacks attain their economic, civil, educational, and political rights” that citizens became very angry. The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 also made citizens enraged . This act “Divided the Confederate states, except for Tennessee, which had been re-admitted to the Union, into five military districts.” Each State in the South was required obey the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution, which gave all men equal rights. While this did upset many…

breakthrough. The breakthrough was that the scientists produced the very first controlled nuclear chain reaction. Consequently, after the breakthrough, there was a great increase in funding and speed of research. Nuclear facilities were built in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and Hanford, Washington. One of the main atomic bomb assembly plants was in Los Alamos, New…

Whenever a person hears the word cult, they will either be frightened or not think much about it. The word cult, is nowadays often used to describe a group of people that believes or does something out of the ordinary. Its original definition however, is a “ritual observance involved in worship of the supernatural or its symbolic representations” (Cult). While most cults have died out, many are still active today or have influenced modern cults. People may know these cults by name but they may…

Kurt Vonnegut was academically proficient; he completed his preliminary education from short ridge High School in Indianapolis in 1940. Then he went to Cornell University, where he studied biology and chemistry as a major subject. At Short ridge High, Vonnegut wrote for the students paper, The Echo and he continued his interest in journalism at Cornell, becoming the Managing Editor of the student paper, The Sun. Vonnegut writings are crisp and he is known for his declarative style, much like…

Throughout America’s history, there have been many presidents that changed the way this nation runs. Forty-four men have held this incredibly authoritative and respectable position. Perhaps three of the most memorable and influential presidents were George Washington, often referred to as the father of this country, Frederick Delano Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. Actions that are made by presidents can be reflected across the world and often, in many cases, reflect in other countries, whether that…