Organization of American Historians

When World War Two came to a close, the Soviet Union turned quickly from a wartime friend to a massive threat in the eyes of the United States and its allies. The Americans and the British were concerned due to the Soviets establishing left wing governments in eastern Europe. Their fear was that the Soviets would not stop at any point, leaving Communist parties rising to power against the democratic nations of Western Europe and beyond. The Soviet Union had been successful in taking over many…

The Most Striking Period of the Year: Mardi Gras Krewe Remember those bright vivid colors that only show up once a year. Those floats decorated with all different types of creative theme, knowing that as they past none were the same. Those eye-catching outfits, “wild and spunky”, as some would say while some just reminded you of a favorite cartoon character growing up. Music from all different times of the musical era from hip hop and r&b, those classic sounds that you could only get from a…

social and economic standing in American society. Mexican Americans went through repatriation in large numbers during the early 1930s because of the quickly rising unemployment rates caused by the Great Depression throughout the United States. These unemployment rates led to even fewer opportunities for minority workers in the United States, as well as increased hostility from bitter White Americans towards immigrant workers for taking jobs that could belong to American workers. Mexicans were…

(Blau & Kahn, 2007) The gender wage gap refers to differences in pay between men and women to discrimination. (Petersen & Morgan, 1995) The glass ceiling is an organizational boundary that prevents women above middle management levels in organizations on the basis of their gender rather than the lack of ability to handle a higher level job. ( Frankforter, 1996) Women have historically earned less than men for similar work creating a gender pay gap and significantly lower percentages of women…

Following the Emancipation Proclamation and the Civil War, many assumed that black Americans in the south were granted their freedoms and the rights believed to belong to all men. Southerners were especially vocal about the expanded rights of black Americans as they attempted to prevent further involvement in southern politics by the northern Republican government, but many white northerners were also critical of northern involvement. William Dunning, author of Reconstruction, Political and…

20% 4. 32% 1. Americans work less than the French. 2. In 2008 the United States pushed the world into an economic crisis. 3. In a capitalist system the major proportion of production and distribution is in private hands. 4. Socialism is a system characterized by public ownership of property and a planned economy. 5. Yugoslavia once approximated worker control socialism. 6. An old stage of…

Much has been said about the ongoing crisis taking place in Somalia. Many historians have pointed out aspects of the different economic and political impacts of the war on the country. However there has not been much analysis on the impact Somali women faced because of the war. During the late nineteenth century, Somalia was a conservative country practicing patriarchal traditions. Somalia was a male dominated country, and thus women were not seen as important figures. They were behind the…

Is torture acceptable? Is it effective? Many Americans are asking these questions in response to the American Government recently issuing its first open admission to the use of torture in pursuit of intelligence. Torture has historically involved inflicting physical pain until the individual if willing to cooperate but in recent decades the use of psychological, or “no-touch”, torture has become the go to interrogation method when trying to persuade enemy combatants to cooperate (Welch, 2009)).…

treatment from the Canadian Criminal justice system and how they are in fact racist. In relation to Donald Marshall’s case, he was a Native American therefore; this case was mainly focused on the issue of racism as opposed to wrongful conviction. This case was described as an innocent human convicted of homicide, accept he was Indian, the man killed was African-American and the guilty male was Caucasian. The Indian male was punished for life and the Caucasian male was only punished for one year.…

The article has some out of date information, but the authors supplement it with recent information. The article uses a lot of different sources and graphs which are properly cited, and the citations were given a works cited page. Lastly, for organization/professionalism I give the article a five. Unlike the article written by Benson, Saunders and Billante clearly discuss both sides of their arguments; however, both articles lean to one side. The article is organized properly and neatly. The…