American History Essay Examples and Research Papers Page 8

America’s turn from alienation to foreign interference, often apply to World War II, was the outcome of the Spanish-American War and the consequent American occupation of the Philippines. That is the thesis of the journalist and historian Stephen Kinzer in “The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire.” All foreign…

Late 19th century was a time of change. It saw a new wave of imperialism from Europe in a scramble to gain control and colonize of Africa sparked by the idea of social Darwinism, a rush of immigrants entering America, an American economic rise from the industrial revolution and decline due to bank failures in…

First Continental Congress The First Continental Congress took place on October 26, 1774 in Philadelphia. It was a meeting of selected representative from each of the thirteen colonies. After the Intolerable Acts were passed by the British to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party, the colonies came together to brainstorm a solution to end…

Abraham Lincoln’s election of 1860 was the start to something new and very different for the nation. Lincoln, former member of the Whig party but now a member of the republican party, understood how divided the union was and believed it was his duty to keep the union together, at all costs. Although this election…

“American Progress”, a painting by John Gast, is an allegory for manifest destiny (John Gast). The painting is about the confrontation of the Natives Americans and the westward-expanding Americans in the nineteenth century. This expansion is mostly known as “Manifest Destiny”, a term created by journalist John L. O’Sullivan in 1845. In his article about…

The saying, “Like what you do, and then you will do your best” holds true for one particular woman who worked for NASA during all of the Apollo trials and the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union. Katherine Johnson is a resilient and brave African American that worked nonstop to prove…

What and how did food sources, its availability and sustainability changed from the 16th century until just before the Civil War? What foods were introduced by the settlers to Native Americans and vice versa? The food sources of the Native Americans were said to be given by their gods and they were placed where they…

On Sunday, December 7, 1941, the Japanese Imperial Navy attacked the United States (U.S.) Naval Base Pearl Harbor. The sound of machine guns broke the silence. This attack was a well-planned mission. But why did the Japanese choose to attack Pearl Harbor? This paper will further discuss the Background, The Attack, and The Aftermath of…

“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.” -Thomas Jefferson. This quote from Thomas Jefferson shows his views on liberty and how important liberty and freedom are. Thomas Jefferson is one of the founding father of the united states. He was…

Traveling through the United States, Dorothea Lange took eminent photos of migrant families suffering in the Dust Bowl. She was one of the most influential photographers of her time. Lange gave the Dust Bowl a new outlook to American citizens and generations to come. The reasons for this new outlook were she felt a connection…