Timeline of United States history

Egalite for All is a documentary that depicts the events that transpired within the Haitian Revolution. The film sets the timeline for which Haiti also known as Saint-Domingue (1697-1803) sees its revolt from the mother country France. Through a series of uprisings and political/military maneuvers Haiti becomes the first black-led republic in 1804. The film begins with the events of French revolution and the creation of “The Rights of Man”. Both Egalite and the Knight reading share the same…

gives all citizens the right to vote and be protected against discrimination from the United States or any state, based on a person’s race, color, or if they were a former slave. Until 1965, there were steps put in place such as literacy tests that prevented many citizens from voting. based on their race and color. On August 6, 1965, “President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The law states that no measure such as a literacy test can be used to deprive a person of the right…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the present in Barrack Obama. Now over the time period there have been great and not so favorable presidencies. While every president did not all have the same luxuries as the other like stable time periods in American history, others have been cursed with wars and recessions. After further review I wanted to create as equal as a playing field for two lucky people to dissect. That means they would need to be in the same score. They would need the same amount of…

important factor was the preexisting dived in Mexico. If the Mexicans had been united against the Spanish invaders, things…

1. Give a brief summary and timeline of the history of the US Constitution from its inception to modern times. Include major historical figures in your summary and describe the role these figures played in the formation of the Constitution. Within the timeline that you constructed, which events do you think were the most crucial in forming the Constitution? Explain your answer. The U.S. Constitution established America’s national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic…

slavery echo throughout the timeline of recorded human history, and two men, whose words carry the truth of light-bringers with the passion of prophets, know this theatre of conflict better than anyone. Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King Jr. gave two speeches, “The Hypocrisy of American Slavery” and “I Have a Dream” respectively, which passionately and effectively rejected the ideals of racial inequality in the United…

U.S. History Timeline Reconstruction happened in 1877 and it was basically the rebuilding and the reconstruction of the southern United States. The reason the United States needed reconstruction was because most of the southern states were destroyed during the civil war. Reconstruction lasted from 1865 to 1877. The reasoning behind it was for the south to get back into the union with the north. The first state to be readmitted to the union was Tennessee and the last state was Georgia.…

Museums aren’t just buildings that store and exhibit historical objects. Museums give us an interpretation of history; we each find a way that the objects help us figure out how we fit into this world and how we view the world as well. I’ve always been interested in history and how the world has evolved into what it is today. I think that is because even though I was born here in The States, my parents weren 't and I have a substantial amount of respect for what they endured. I visited the…

impact on human rights (Cardwell, 2016). Therefore, most countries are lacking human rights which mean the rights that people have equal - no matter who they are, and where they from without discrimination (United Nation, n.d.). In 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech was spoken in his State of the Union message to Congress about Four Freedoms that become one of the most famous political speeches later (Pearson, 2015). These four freedoms indicate what human rights should be, including freedom…

pursuit to achieve exoneration and justification and what was going on in the time of Jackson life. This biography, even though has an flow to the book making it a simple to read and follow, was more about the history going on in Jackson lifetime than about Andrew Jackson himself. As United States seventh President, Andrew Jackson was very important for laying the stepping stones for the national party system, outline the idea of a powerful president, and dazzled the era of his fellow citizens. …