History Essay The United Sates declared its independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776. Great Britain did not recognize its independence until, the Treaty of Paris, two years after the American forces defeated the Britain army at the siege of Yorktown. Since the Articles of Confederation were...

History Essay The United Sates declared its independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776. Great Britain did not recognize its independence until, the Treaty of Paris, two years after the American forces defeated the Britain army at the siege of Yorktown. Since the Articles of Confederation...

Anaconda Plan "Winfield Scott's original plan on how to crush the rebellion." General-in-chief Winfield Scott was a great leader of the union troops during the civil war. He fought many battles and came up with various military strategies. His most famous military strategy was the &q...

Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation He comes to us in the mists of legend as a kind of homespun Socrates, brimming with prarie wit and folk wisdom. There is a counterlegend of Lincoln, one shared ironically enough by many white Southerners and certain black Americans of our time. Neither o...

Although the authors of the Constitution constructed a document that bound together the existing states, they were unable to foresee social and economic changes that would tear the Union apart. They wrote into it clauses that were well suited for the late 18th century, but unfortunately brough...

A momentous decision is an important decision, or a decision of great consequence, that may affect a certain group of people to a certain extent, or it may affect the majority of people in many different ways. A momentous decision could also be an important decision that affects the majorit...

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809-April 15, 1865), known as "Honest Abe" and "The Rail Splitter of the Great Emancipator" was born in Hodgenville, KY to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln in a one-room log cabin built by his father. Growing up on the frontier gave Lincoln certa...

It is nearly undisputed that Abraham Lincoln was the United States greatest president, and because of this other historians have described the greatest leaders of other nations as "Lincolns." Clemenceau is noticed as the Lincoln of France, but amidst his passionate politics, a scandal aro...