In 1962, Cuban leaders became convinced that the United States was planning an attack on Cuba. Cuban leaders asked the U.S.S.R. for more military aid. The U.S.S.R. responded by sending missiles and materials to build launch sites. In October of that year, U.S. intelligence produced evide...

Iraq Protests to UN Over U.S.-British Air Strikes This article was about the accused bombing of an Iraqi farm. Iraq is accusing the U.S. and Britain of bombing a small town near Lake Sawa 190 miles south of Baghdad, and injuring 8 civilians, on March 11th. The local paper said that the injured ...

James Madison's Federalist #10 was somewhat confusing, but in laymen terms it basically stated the "factions" actions towards the Federalist Government, causes of the actions, and solutions. The factions were the countryside attempts to overpower the Federal Government by the states....

Reconstruction Reconstruction is the rebuilding process that followed the American Civil War. The war lasted from 1861-1865 and at thet end of the war many questions concerning the South and slavery were left unanswered. These problems were what to do about the relationship between the Union and ...

The Great Awakening was an influential event in the life of the American people. Before it was over, it had swept the colonies of the eastern seaboard, transforming the social and religious life of land. The Great Awakening of 1735-1745 was a reaction to a decline in piety and a laxity of morals wit...

Reconstruction Era The Reconstruction period can be defined as the time after the Civil War when states were debating on what to do with a partially seceded nation. The Union, known as the North, wanted to come to agreements with the Confederacy, or the south, on how to successfully bring the st...

Sun Yat-Sen helped the growth of Nationalism during the early 20th century. After experiencing and studying in Hawaii, he got a taste of what the western world was like. Sun wanted to help westernize China to keep up with the world's technology and economy. His goal was to nationalize China....