Brian Wilson

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and a leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He delivered his famous “I have a Dream” speech, at the Lincoln Memorial on 28 August 1963 in order to call for an end of racism in the United States. In his speech Martin Luther King Jr. attempted to convince the majority white United States government to give African Americans equal rights through the use of biblical and historical allusions, alliterations, and imagery. King…

When the Great War began, Woodrow Wilson declared complete neutrality for the United States. Due to America's mixed population, Wilson did not want to join since citizens would most likely take the sides of their home countries and engage in war on each other, causing even more racism and hostility towards immigrants. Some might wonder how America got involved then. There are many reasons why, but the most evident were the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman telegram. Before the war,…

Many Americans thought that isolationism west the best choice for the country at the time. They believed that America should worry about its problems and stay out of foreign issues. Support for isolationism came from many things, disillusionment with the League of Nations and its inability to stop Japanese aggression, thinking they were tricked by big business into entering World War I, and many Americans didn’t want to be involved because of the devastation from World War I and the Great…

Randolph Bourne, “War is the Health of the State,” 1918 In this document, Bourne, a Progressive author, addresses American citizens in an essay on the effects of war. Although many of Bourne’s fellow Progressives embraced war as a way to speed up the advancement of their socialist causes, Bourne rejected this opinion, insisting although war may seem to strength a nation through the renewal of nationalistic ties and improvement of the popular image of government, involvement in a war becomes a…

Immigration in the twentieth century continued to increase caused by the growth of opportunities in the United States. Continued growth of immigration continued the need for reform. The “Anarchist Exclusion Act of 1903 added four inadmissible classes: anarchists, people with epilepsy, beggars, and importers of prostitutes” ("List of United States Immigration Laws.”) Twentieth century immigrants known as “undesirables” further grew to prevent the an unwanted change in society. The immigration act…

The Progressive Movement was a phase of extensive social activism and political reform all over the United states, from 1890s to 1920s. Progressivism in the United States was a widely based reform movement that reached its height in early 20th century which is generally believed to be middle class and reformist in nature. The modernization brought a vast change, such as the development of big corporations, pollution and a big fears of corruption in American government. It refers to the various…

War Viewed By Wilson and Deb War can be viewed differently by so many people. War can mean a whole lot of things too many different people. In this case we will be looking for the different views between Woodrow Wilson and Eugene debs. Will they disagree or will they have the same views about wars? Eugene Deb was born in 1855 and died 1926. He was a labor organizer and socialist leader. Debs grew up in Indiana, in 1875 he was elected secretary of the Terre Haute lodge of the Brotherhood of…

"Conservation means development as much as it does protection." Teddy Roosevelt stated this quote about conservation and protecting our wildlife. Scene teddy was a kid he always wanted to help keep nature. When Theodore Roosevelt passed the national reclamation Act in 1902, he took a stand, preserving our natural resources ,coal companies and miners opposed this act because it limited their projects. As a result Teddy established a federal government that managed the scale of water used.…

was to decide what they should do now having won the war. The countries represented in the Conference were France by their prime minister George Clemenceau, England by their prime minister David Lloyd George and America by their president Woodrow Wilson. The prime minister of Italy Vittro Orlando was not present at the place where the treaty was discussed, even though Italy was part of the winning side. This was because before the war Italy was part of the Triple Alliance, when the war broke out…

What would you do if 17 million people died because of you? While the unwarranted murder of anyone is morally wrong and should not happen, there have been a few cases in history where someone who was assassinated got what they deserved. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, despite multiple warnings from his security advisors of terrorist activity by the “Black Hand,” decided to make a trip to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo (Ferrera 1). The heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was shot and killed…