After the Civil War had ended, several soldiers had returned home to find their places of living destroyed. Most of these people returned to practically nothing. The United States had to rebuild itself, and this rebuilding was called Reconstruction. Today historians refer to this era of recons...

Operation Condor The authoritarian repression of the 1970s and the 1980s was very difficult for the South American victims of the tortures. They could not escape this repression even by fleeing their own countries. The government rulers of the countries had tortured and disappeared many dissid...

The world was shattered by the cowardly attack on the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. On this dreadful day, thousands of lives were taken. During this period of bombing against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, there was a response of anger, fear, and pain. This was an att...

INTRODUCTION More than 100,000 deaths per year are attributed to alcohol, in the United States. Alcohol-related auto accidents account for approximately 24,000 of these deaths (most often the victims are under 30 years of age), while alcohol-related homicide account for 11,000 and suicide 8,000...

Natural Remedies For Common Maladies The origins of herbal medicine can be traced back as far as 2852 B.C. and the Fu Si dynasty in China (Frey 1). Although there have been other recorded uses of herbal medicines this was considered the first system of use. The first books were written at this t...

This just in: There has been a bombing downtown today. . The blast killed 167 men, women, and children and injured 853 others . Nineteen children, many in a second floor daycare center, died in the Building's collapse Thirty children were orphaned. A total of 219 children lost a parent The forc...

The Year 1942 was the turning point of the Second World War The turning point in World War II happened in 1942 as a result of key Allied victories, but more importantly of German attrition. There were a few decisive battles but it was the entry of the USA that boosted Allied supplies while the ...

Methods of Execution One man's taking of another's life is generally seen as an unforgivable act which is punishable with death. When this is done as punishment however, it is seen as an honorary deed by removing this criminal from the world and making it a much safer place to live. With executi...

One common aspect of our society is smoking. Whether it's marijuana (weed, pot, grass, ganja) or tobacco, smoking is seen in undoubtedly every city and town in the United States. But why do people smoke, and is there a difference between smoking tobacco and illegally smoking marijuana? Yes ther...

How has my life changed after September 11? "I Love New York!" Although this saying has been used for years, it has taken on even greater meaning since the events of September 11. While the tragedy of that day will always be associated with the "I Love New York!" motto, it h...

Virginia "For the next half-century these products of the golden age served as leaders successively in the War of Independence, in the formation of a new nation based on the new principles of the inalienable rights of man, and in governing the republic during its formative years" (Dowdey,...

An element is a substance that cannot be broken down into a simpler substance by any known means. Each of the 92 naturally occurring elements is therefore one of the fundamental materials from which everything in the universe is made. The element, Aluminum is the third most common element on Earth...

Was Slavery the Main Cause of the Civil War? Hannah Harding Between the years of 1861 and 1865 the United States was gripped by the bloodiest war in it's history, there is much debate as to why this war occurred, it is generally concluded that Slavery was the main cause of the civil war, ...

"...the right of our manifest destiny to over spread to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given to us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federative development of the self government entrusted to us. It is right such as that of the tree t...

It seems unimaginable that over half a century after World War II, when the world learned of the horrors that took place in the German Nazi concentration camps, that this mind-set still exists. Not only does it still exist, it thrives within the crevices of society under various names. H...

Throughout history the world has kept the trend of change. The world has broken the proverbial mold time after time. The people of the world have always strived for more, either a single person such as a king or a whole group of revolutionists, the world's people has always-wanted better lives. T...

Globalizing and localizing forces at work in the world today are generating a need for a new solution to meet the demands of both. The traditional sovereignty of the nation-state is being corroded by increasing interdependence with other countries and by internal factions struggling for independenc...

Youth Protest of the Vietnam War In 1961 president Kennedy decided to send American troops to Vietnam to stop the spread of Communism and to show the United States' strength of resolve. At the time he did not know the turmoil he would bring to his own country. The United States was split between...

Osama Bin Laden or how I Did It My Way Now that I am close to Ala, I hear by can state my reasons why I launched the strike against the great Satan (United States). Now that I know that death is near, I will be going to paradise that Ala has promised me for my great act against the evil natio...

World War II was the biggest war ever fought. Nearly 30 million people were killed in it. About half were civilians while the other half were soldiers, sailors, and airmen. The war was fought all over the world, but the most important battles took place on the Islands in the Pacific and ...

Nineteen hundred and sixty was the year that ushered in a decade of great historical change; during this decade, man walked on the moon, watched the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show and waited for nuclear war. As a decade that saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, the creation of the Berlin Wall and the Un...

Federalism and Texas Governmental powers are shared among the national and state governments this is a federal system. Public welfare and education are responsibility of the state. After the great depression the nation started to look to the federal government for help. The size, population, ...

Federalism and Texas Governmental powers are shared among the national and state governments this is a federal system. Public welfare and education are responsibility of the state. After the great depression the nation started to look to the federal government for help. The size, population, ...

Although some historians feel that the Civil War was a result of political blunders and that the issue of slavery did not cause the conflict, this interpretation fails to consider the two main causes of the war itself: the expansion of slavery, and its entrance into the political scene. By...

"Hey! Get off the road Gramps!" This is a statement I have heard many drivers reefer to when driving along side the elderly. I myself am a spectator when it comes to driving and I had always thought that the rude name-calling was a form of ageism from my generation. As I began to pay more...