America. A country that was founded upon the idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It is a land of freedom, democracy and the distinguished American Dream. It is a place where many people desire to visit and some day live out that American Dream. Maybe that’s the way it was a hu...

The American Civil WarThe topic I have chosen for my Senior Project is the American Civil War. I intend to divide this project into six segments: 1)The required interview, 2) An analysis of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, 3)An analysis of a non-fiction book, 4)A review of a mo...

American As the American man walked down the street of Beijing, he noticed many American restaurants and stores, such as McDonald's and JC Penny's. He knew that China was becoming very modern, but the rate of Americanization startled him. Many of his Chinese friends were proud that t...

The statement that the American Revolution was more of an accelerated evolution rather than a revolution is incorrect. The definition of evolution states that it is a process of growth and change. Although an accelerated evolution may be portrayed during a revolution, it does not emphasize the purp...

The American Civil War Overview of Causes and Outcomes The American Civil War, which was also known as the War Between The States, in the history of United States of America was a 4 year war which began in 1861 and concluded in 1865. The war was between the Federal Government of the United Stat...

On December 7,1941 the U.S. troops stationed on the Island of Pearl Harbor were woken up by the sound of gunfire and explosions. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is one of the worst surprise attacks in American history. For every Japanese soldier killed almost thirty-eight Americans were kil...

During the 50s and the 60s television had a huge impact on Americans lives.timeAmericans relied strongly apond the T.V. this allowed American people as well as the rest of the world to see things and witness things without even being remotely close. Television took one of its first major steps in ...

In a turbulent time of U.S. history African Americans were actively seeking equality, fortunately there were great leaders with goals, values and methodologies that furthered their cause. As one of the most prominent of these leaders, with perhaps the strongest legacy today, Martin Luther King Jr. g...

The American Civil War was a war fought within the United States of America between the North (Union) and the South (Confederacy) starting in 1861 and ending in 1865. This war was one of the most destructive events in American history, costing more than 600,000 lives. It was thought to be one that...

What are the qualities of presidential leadership? What makes a president a great leader? The presidents were great leaders because they knew how to guide and to inspire the American People. The great presidents had leadership qualities such as possessing persistence like Lincoln, having resilience ...

Guns are quite possibly the most heated topic of debate in the United States of America today. Never before has such a technologically advanced issue as firearms cut the country into so many different factions, all fighting with each other over their respective views on gun control. However, it i...

Immigration Since its creation the United States of America has been a nation without one ethnicity, religion, or race to bind all of its citizens together in unity. Throughout the course of history it has been dubbed \"the melting pot,\" because it is a nation where immigrants from all over the ...

Throughout the ages, war has altered and shaped the paths of history. Such carnage and butchery has taken a heavy toll on mankind, but it has, nonetheless, created who we are and the being of our ancestors as well. There will always be disagreements and even conflicts between men, but should the m...

The American idea of \"Manifest Destiny\" played a very important role in our political dealings with native Americans in general and the Mexican government in particular. The concept of \"Manifest Destiny\" was for the United States to control the land from \"Sea to Shining Sea\" or the present day...

Federalists and Republicans were the first two political parties in the United States. Federalists believed in a strong central government, a strong army, industry, and loose interpretation of the Constitution while Republicans believed in a weak central government, state and individual r...

Emancipation After the Civil War The years immediately following the Civil War were extremely turbulent, full of conflicts and disagreements. It seems as though everyone had a differing opinion of the direction the United States of America should have gone in these difficult years. The dictionary ...

Influences Upon American DocumentsOur country has been shaped by many different people. Our country has used the laws that were invented by people that lived a long time ago. The biggest influence on the documents that shape our country are from eighteenth century philosophes and from earlier Engl...

The United States of America prides itself on it's democratic government, but the power of the federal government todays threatens American democracy. The Federal Government should grant states more powers to govern themselves. States' Rights, in United States history, advocated the strict limitatio...

The United States of America prides itself on it's democratic government, but the power of the federal government todays threatens American democracy. The Federal Government should grant states more powers to govern themselves. States' Rights, in United States history, advocated the strict limitatio...

Currently, in the United States of America, there is a wave of patriotism sweeping across this great land: a feeling of pride in being an American and in being able to call this nation home. The United States is the land of the free and the home of the brave; however, for the African-American citize...

Through what in retrospect seems to be a highly manipulative and dishonest media campaign, George Bush Jr. and the United States armed forces have turned their focus on the \"democratization\" of Iraq. Once the necessary evidence needed to support the idea that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of ...

History/Philosophy of Ed Educational Equality From the formation of the United States of America, equality has been regarded as an unalienable right given to all. It sounds nice but actually equality is something that Americans have had to fight for. When addressin...

As United States was entering the new century (1900) there had been many changes to the States. The industrial expansion was bringing many immigrants to America. Many of these immigrants were moving to the new big cities to be with their own people, and to work at the factories. Among other chan...

Zimmermann Note Before the United States had entered World War I, Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, and the Alliance System were factors of the First World War. France, Great Britain, and Russia were known as the Triple Entente, Allies. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire were...

The Effects of September 11, 2001 on the United States of America September 11, 2001 was a typical Tuesday morning for most of the United States. People were about their everyday lives. Workplaces were carrying on typical business, classrooms were filled with students. No one was aware that within ...