Spanish Civil War

By the front of the twentieth century, America had finally transformed into one of the world’s greatest powers for the first time in its history. Rearing the Spanish War of 1898, America’s military strength reached all over the world from right under its nose in Latin America all the way to China. As America surely became a force to be recon with, questions such as: would these military adjustments fit into the plans of the Constitution of 1787, began to knock at the door of the U.S. political…

Following the civil war, the railroads towards the west helped in opening up a lot of land for settlement and economic development. White settlers traveled from the East to farm, ranch, and mine. Along with the white settlers, African- Americans made their way from the south to the west for economic development. Even the Chinese who worked on the railroads traveled to the west furthering its diversity. Settlers from the east changed the face of the “Great Plains”. Buffalo and cattle that lived…

Many of the planters and farmers viewed Indian slaves and White indentured servants as unreliable. They turned towards importing African slaves to sow, toil, and reap their crops. Slavery grew ever increasingly more as various acts and wars engulfed Indian lands west and south of the original British colonies. New land subsequently meant more plantations and African field hands. However, as the transatlantic slave trade was prohibited and the discovery of commercial crops, such as rice…

An estimated 1.3 million American soldiers gave their lives during the American Civil War. The defeat of the Southern Confederacy brought along the destruction of its oppressive ideologies. Despite this, Confederate monuments still stand as testaments of this fallen state to this day. In recent times these monuments have aroused controversy because of their offensive nature to some. Many protests and rallies occur in support of the eradication of these monuments. Monuments such as these are kept…

first known in the Mesopotamian civilizations of West Asia, as well as in many other civilizations, in as far back as 3500 B.C. Several wars of that far back in history resulted in taking Christian slaves. Soon the act of slavery spread throughout Europe and became common during the Dark Ages and the Middle Ages. Then many kingdoms such as the Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese and more played an outstanding role in the Atlantic Slave trade. When the slaves finally arrived in America many people…

American Promise and the place of slavery within it. These differences crystallized into political form when David Wilmot proposed banning slavery in any territory won in the Mexican-American War. When Wilmot proposed and submitted his amendment, he did not foresee that the debate he unleashed would end up in Civil war just fifteen years later. A lot of controversies spurred up, and congress attempted to address these issues with the Compromise of 1850, but the fugitive Slave Act and the…

that determined the type of treatment to be given were based on social, political and economical position during that time period. Prior to the institution of slavery in the Americas, African americans were brought as explorers along side of the Spanish and Portuguese. Slavery…

This convention continued for more than two hundred years, until President Abraham Lincoln nullified bondage in 1865, after the Civil War. Despite the fact that subjugation finished in 1865, blacks were still aggrieved and treated cold-bloodedly in America, notwithstanding the endeavours of noticeable Black researchers who battled for racial balance, for example, W.E. B. Du Bois. Scorn…

The Confederate Flag In 1860-1861 eleven southern states seceded from the United States to protect the institution of slavery, forming the Confederate States of America and precipitating the Civil War. During the war, the Confederacy and its military forces used a lot of different flags, but the flag that became most associated with the Confederacy was the battle flag. Organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans adopted the flag as a symbol of Southern heritage but the flag also…

Of course, the issue of racism is nothing new in America. Some would argue that racism began alongside humanity, but the kind of systemic racism we see in Memphis today began in about the 1500s. European explorers began “discovering” other continents of the world. Whether they came to barter or to conquer, for the first time, Europeans were meeting people who lived very differently than they did (Fredrickson). It is a common misconception that Europeans began and are the only culture to use…