Organization of American Historians

the intentions of prohibition were noble as they were intended to help a nation of alcoholics reclaim their sobriety. The reality of prohibition was anything but a success. The laws put in place help to build a criminal organization that compromised the integrity of the American judicial system, devastated an economy and rob the people of their rights to…

while keeping an apparently gorgeous garden, along with a strong beautification philosophy. Then there is our favorite evangelical representative; Nixon. In his State of the Union Address in 1969, President Nixon presented a 37-point message on the American environment, including goals ranging from monitoring motor vehicle emissions to halting all dumping in the Great Lakes. Nixon’s rise to power brought evangelicals into the Republican Party by focusing his campaigns on cultural issues. The…

The definition of feudalism you are likely find in a 21st century textbook is that it was the dominant form of political organization in medieval Europe. It was a system of hierarchy pertaining to social relationships wherein a lord granted land to a free man, who in turn swore fealty to his lord as a vassal and agreed to protect the land as well as other service. In the feudal system, a vassal could also be a lord, granting portions of the land he holds for his lord to other free vassals. The…

Time and time again, he vehemently comments on the mistreatment of the Native Americans. However, they are presented with one-sided evidence, shaping the information more as an opinion rather than fact. For example, when discussing Spanish conquest, he explains how “total control led to total cruelty” (Zinn 6). Zinn fails to recognize…

Hitler had been planning for a war long before he rose to power with a master plan for the domination of Europe outlined in his book Mein Kampf (1925) and Zwietes Buch (1928). His plans were to unite Germans under one empire, conquer Eastern Europe, end the Treaty of Versailles, create a national army, and exclude Jews from society, which were all causes for war. Hitler’s intentions were demonstrated in the Hossbach Memorandum, but some claim, including James Sheehan, that it was a strategy to…

mainly to achieve or show the how the civil-rights of black Americans in America have truly being ignored especially with the concerns of the racist agenda. The main core reason of the march which was spear headed by the participation of Martin Luther King Jr. was to raise the awareness of discrimination of the black American voters constitutionally and the need for amendment of the voting Act which would offer equal rights as American citizens. This was evidently shown through the report…

White (New York, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1999). 13-320pp. Reviewed By Michelle Campos, September 30, 2015. Introduction Deborah G. White, the author of the book, “Too Heavy a Load,” is an American who is primarily interested in the history of African-American as well as the American women. She is essentially concerned with tackling issues related to the identities and the connection between sexuality, gender, race and class. There is no doubt that White is considered as one of the…

Industrialization and consumerism, civil war and first world war, women in this period were often footnoted. Women rights and equality were ignored and at times oppressed. It all changed during late 1800’s to early 1900’s or in progressive era which many historians term as women’s era when women started having greater social, economic and political influence. It was the era of women struggle for recognition and equal rights movement which laid the foundation for political equality, economic and…

Religious History of African Americans Raboteau, Albert J. Canaan Land: A Religious History of African Americans. New York, New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1999. Canaan Land: A Religious History of African Americans explains the history and significance of religion to the African American hardships leading up to freedom, while magnifying the role religion plays in the lives of black people. As African Americans, religion is often overlooked in African American courses. Canaan Land,…

Progressive Reform There are many interpretations to the progressive era in American history. Some say it was reforms made by the middle class, while others argue that it was conducted by the lower-class, and African American women. Overall, it was conducted by many groups, with a number of different intentions on how to change, and improve the American society. It was a time for progressives to take action in preserving the American values, while slightly changing them, so that they would…