Immigration is an event that has been occurring in New York since the 1624 when the Dutch West India Company assembled thirty families from Holland to established a settlement that became known as New Netherland. Many immigrants came to our nation looking for opportunities that their country could n...

Myths are stories-true, unproven or not-from ancient cultures about history, gods, and heroes (Newbury House Dictionary). Ethnic myths, therefore, are true or untrue stories related to group characteristics, such as race, country of origin, religion, or culture. African Americans are gang members;...

Five Important Events in History Essay #1. For all practical purposes, the Renaissance Early Modern Period is distinguished from other periods in European history almost entirely in intellectual or cultural terms. As far as larger historical patterns are concerned, the period is more or less consid...

Originally there was no negative meaning tied to the word gang. In the Old English language referred to a group of people that hung out together. In this modern day when we think of gangs we think of bloods, crypts, violence and drugs. Gangs are a form of organized crime. At the top of the gang i...

The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 marked the involvement of the United States of America into World War Two (II). The domineering of the German and Italian powers, as well as the attack by the Japanese threatened the freedom and democracy of the United States. As the young men of America were shi...

When they were first initiated, affirmative action policies were needed to address the discrimination faced by women and members of minority ethnic groups. These policies have enabled many people to secure better employment and educational opportunities. In their wake, however, affirmat...

Japanese-American Relocation Camps On December 7, 1941, the Japanese made a surprise attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. (Fremon 6) Right after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war against Japan. (Fremon 7) On February 19, 1942, as the U...

Although there is much debate now on the issue of capital punishment it was not always like this. For most of recorded history capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, has been available to every government. Capital punishment was not restricted to just murder and other serious crimes ...

Terrorism: A Universal Misconception Terrorism is potentially one of the most misunderstood ideologies of modern history. It is such a broad and unique belief system that one could write entire books on it. And due to its distinctiveness, it must be treated very carefully. Contrary to this, "...

The Connection between the Industrialization Era and 'Jim Crow' in relation to Denise Giardina's Storming Heaven Industrialization in the United States came about late in the 19th century immediately following the era of post-Civil War reconstruction. It was a time in which eve...

Bernard A. Weisberg refers in his article's title to the United States as a "Nation of Immigrants" rather than a unique, ancient grounded nation. As Joe R. Feagin states in his "Racial and Ethnic Relations" textbook: "Immigration in the United States is its f...

In the spring and summer of 1941, the Second World War began to spiral into a truly global conflict. In 1940, the World War was in reality a combination of several regional conflicts around the globe and couldn't truly be classified as a global war. In Europe, Hitler's Germany had overrun...

9 1 1 I'm a New York City firefighter, as was my father and his father before him. Being Irish Catholic, most of my relatives were hard-nosed cops. It was always a verbal battle when the family got together. Who was tougher, braver and more active always came up during heated debates- especia...

WORLD CONFLICT IN THE 20TH CENTURY 1 The 20th century was the bloodiest 100 years in human history. Based on numbers killed, in warfare, the 20th century exceeds all other centuries combined. The three major conflicts between 1901 and 200 were World War I, World War II, an...

The Book Immigrant Voices by Thomas Dublin is focused on giving readers a close view of what things were like for immigrants between the years of 1773-1986. It contains diaries, letters, autobiographies, and interviews of actual immigrants during this time period. The book tells many facts a...

Modern American Literature is preoccupied by what separates us as human beings rather than what binds us together." Discuss with reference to at least one novel/collection of short stories we have read this term. The United States of America cannot be seen as an entity within itself, but rat...

Forsaken Fields tells the history of Japanese-Americans from before, during, and after World War II. The Japanese-Americans had the Alien Land Law which was put in force before the war. This law prohibited the Japanese who just arrived from Japan from becoming citizens which enabled them from own...

The title of Carlos Fuentes' The Crystal Frontier may seem on its surface quite difficult to understandâ€"how can a frontier, even the great American frontier, be crystal, even crystal-clear' The title refers to a crystal and beautiful office building cleaned by Mexican work...

In 1985, members of the Papago tribe announced plans to change their name to Tohono O\'odham Nation, which means \"the desert people.\" Tribal leaders no longer wished to be called Papago, a Spanish conjunction of the Indian word for \"bean eaters\" (Herschfelder 45). Such a decision came as no surp...

The 19th century was a time of rapid growth and change in America. It was a century of Westward expansion, and the building up of new cities like Chicago, St. Louis, and Milwaukee. It was a time where people from far off places packed up their belongings and sought out new opportunities as they immi...

The issue of immigration has become a major debate for everyone. Although critics argued of negative impacts of immigrants such as overcrowding, drug trafficking and threatening of American culture, immigrants still have a great impact in our society. Immigrants cause an impact in our society politi...

Constitution of the United StatesAMENDMENT I. Religious establishment prohibited. Freedom of speech, of the press, and right to petition.Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; ...

The twenties are known to have been a decade of vast crime and racketeering, this is a directly due to the prohibition of alcohol. The passing of the of the 18th Amendment was supposed to mark the beginning of the "new era." In this time period there would no longer be legal sales of alcoholic bev...

The twenties are known to have been a decade of vast crime and racketeering, this is a directly due to the prohibition of alcohol. The passing of the of the 18th Amendment was supposed to mark the beginning of the "new era." In this time period there would no longer be legal sales of alcoholic bev...

In every life time one will experience the effect of a weapon, whether it is that of a car, knife, gun or even the horrors of a bomb or the possible threat of chemical and/or biological agents. No matter what the source of destruction, it causes the downfall of some type. Some believe that a car a...