History Essays

Woodrow Wilson is one of the most influential presidents of American foreign policy. He was a college professor and was elected to office in the year 1913. Woodrow dedicated his time and talents to accomplish domestic foreign agenda since he assumed that this would be a secondary concern. 

The end of the Cold War was followed exactly as per the prediction of Kenan’s 2-stage liberal model. The balancing of power by realist served through the entire period as an interim, static tool for maintaining the status quo, even though changing state preferences gives an insight on the eruption as well as final passing of the clash.

Kwame Nkrumah made some significant contribution to the decolonization process in Ghana from 1909 to 1972. During the 1940s and 1950s, he became the leader of the movement that was known as the Gold Coast movement whose aim was to lead Ghana towards independence from Britain (Poe 18).

Several approaches to birth control adopted by women have been considered. Examining the evidence used by birth control advocates in its support is also worth consideration. Stopes used advice manuals to argue that working women would benefit from the Spacing theory since they would not only rejuvenate their health but enable them to resume work.

Obtaining colonies was not always an easy task and in Morocco, it was not an easy-going duty. This article has identified and described the nature of war that existed between Spain and Morocco around 1859-1860. The first part of the article is the identification and description, while the second part consists of annotated bibliography regarding the war.

The space race began during the era of the Cold War were two superpowers namely the USA and the USSR found it dangerous to engage each other military without the use of nuclear weapons which could possibly destroy the whole world. As a result, they decided to engage their antagonism in sponsoring conflicts in third world nations.

What is finally fantastic about China’s brand of irredentism is that it has had great success with Tibet for instance, in the recent past, with no claim to its own ethnic groups being in the territories, but rather that it has made very bold claims about the disputed territories being China’s based on dubious historical foundations (Consortium of Defense Analysts, 2013; Chellanney, 2000; Chellaney, 2013).

Starting with primitive societies, fashion has been performing three main functions including an entirely practical one. However, social, economic and cultural progress has changed the face of fashion. In the modern consumer society with the enormously wide choice of opportunities, an individual is free to choose any suitable way of self-expression and identity formation.

History has a lot to say about the relationship between the British Crown and the First Canadian Nations. Canada, which was a disputed region at the start, left significant events of transcendence and human conflict. At some point, Colonists were on the rise and at the other, indigenous was at the point of making out the difference.

Brazil should have adopted the Amerindian as a potent symbol of romantic nationalism due to the high prevalence of racism and rebellion from the native communities in Brazil. The Amerindian culture brought about significant cultural development in the Brazilian economy, with the traditional practices integrated into modern Brazilian culture.

The entire war was a miscalculation on the part of American leaders which was reflected in the fact that the war was a huge failure with more than 60,000 American soldiers losing their lives along with long term negative economic repercussions. It is assumed

“Amanda's paternalistic understanding of slavery and her day-to-day reliance upon slave labor were the major causes of her staying in the south after her husband's death”. The effect of her decision to stay and care for the slaves was manifold positively impacting both Amanda and her slaves. That is apart from prospering personally through the work of the slaves, Amanda cared for them.

Many historians have discussed Robin Hood and come up with different conclusions concerning the contents of the stories and the audience. The conflicting stories make one want to review the stories and question whether Robin Hood was a true hero or a fictive hero. The essay will examine the Legend of Robin Hood and why it arose, and it means to the late medieval society.

I hope everything is fine back home; this is my second month since I traveled to London, and my interaction with Freud is turning out to be the best experience I have ever encountered. Indeed like I told you in my previous letter, I had a very informative discussion with Freud regarding the superego structure.

The French Revolution greatly affected Europe’s institutional structures.  There were those radical changes which were brought mainly by the invasion of the revolutionary armies. Some of these changes included the abolishment of a remaining aspect of serfdom, quasi-feudal land agreements, and position of the clergy in economic and political power among others.

The long marchers having survived the long walk which was the most trying ordeal were ready to save the nation. Those who had endured the most devastating ordeal embodied the will to face up to the demonic force from abroad. Those who could mobilize the property-less peasantry in a fierce struggle against the landlord class, furthermore, would reinvigorate the revolutionary power of the seemingly enfeebled communists.

The United States performed key roles during the peace negotiations between Ethiopia and Eritrean independence rebels after the cold war. The negotiations occurred during the periods that led to the collapse of the Mengistu regime during May 1991. Mengistu resigned from office during mid-may, as the leader of the Ethiopian government.

A rich tradition of the Muslim peoples grips about fourteen centuries of turbulent history. In Islamic history, great empires emerged and contributed significant artistic and literary works for people. From the seventh century onwards Islam has spread across south-eastern Europe, Northern and western Africa, southern and central Asia, Indonesia, and China.

Generally, the growth of the Russian military is also evidence in the rating of the army in terms of military spending. The expenditure signifies the scale of activities and growth of the Russian army. In this respect, the Russian army has a ranking of the third position in terms of military expenditure.

Ulysses’ father wanted him to leave the Ohio home and go to the West Point military academy. At first, he didn’t like the idea since he did not have an interest in becoming a soldier. Ulysses later agreed on the realization that this was his chance at a college education. He later became known in school for his knowledge of mathematics.

Towards the end of the war and in 1944 when the situation loomed all gloom and doom for the Germans, the supervisors of the concentration camps started to flee and left the camps to the Soviet forces and Allied forces. Till that the major chunk of damage was done and only mere few hundreds of the survivors could make it through the battled couple of years.

The Red Army's triumph over The Three Campaigns in the Civil War that cost ten million lives, assumed a deified position in Soviet and Russian record. The success helped build post-tsarist Russia's personality as a strong country that had resisted the bullying of the west, and that set at the core of the Cold War.

The Anishinabe-Ojibwe people are the second largest tribe in North America. They are spread out across three Canadian provinces and five American States. The Anishinabe are woodlands people, and they have 19 tribes within them who share similar worldviews and cosmologies, this made them share similar threats from Americans and Europeans.

The years between 1940 and 1944 defined the darkest years in French history. Historians have highlighted that the four years placed France under immense pressure because there were so many events defining them. Some historians consider the four years’ worth erasing from their history.

Citizenship embraced diverse multiethnic and religious backgrounds. The society adopted ideologies that unified the people as a Nation. The country was now unified under the declaration of independence and the constitution. The result of this new found unity and patriotism was the establishment of a civic culture that valued liberty.

The Qin government took over from the Western Zhou government and built a very powerful state by implementing tolerable reforms and establishing a very effective and efficient army that used horse archers designed in a manner that resembled those used by the nomadic enemies they faced from the north.

The Civil War in America resulted from ideological differences over the slave trade. This brought on a full-scale civil war between the states that were loyal to the Union and those loyal to the Confederacy. Federal law prohibited blacks from joining the forces. Congress later amended this law to allow blacks to fight due to the lack of able-bodied White men.

Australia boasts of playing a host to some of the world’s biggest companies. Moreover, it brings to light how this has had an impact on the political, economic, social, and cultural landscapes of Australia. It highlights the key characteristics of economic globalization and its impacts on a country’s /company’s marketing strategies and approach.

The work of art is usually at the end of this process, but it can be since modernism and the process itself. Performing art in the narrower sense is called artistry. Artists and enjoy in Germany and many other countries, artistic freedom; this is in Germany by Art. 5, para. 3 Basic law protected fundamental rights.  

Through the Civil Rights Act, voter registration increased from below 7% in 1964 to more than 75% in 1967. The globe has also evolved with more black contesting for a superior position as in the case of President Barack Obama, who was elected in 20008. Without the Civil Rights Act in 1963m, the election of President Barack Obama would be a nightmare for Americans.

The industrial revolution is events that occurred which led to a shift from an agrarian economy to an industry dominated region where manufacturing was done using machines. The industrial revolution era was characterized by a change in technological application, socioeconomic, and cultural perception of the people.

Just as the name suggests, the space age is a period in the history of the universe that encompassed human activities related to space exploration, space race, and space technology among many others. The age began on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched a satellite known as Sputnik 1 into space.

In general, literature shows no consensus over the slum reformation but despite the vehemence, anger, and fear of the slum outburst, only a percentage of the nineteenth and early twentieth-century were generous in Britain to advocate for bureaucratically co-ordinate removal of the inhuman underclass.

The Fugitive Slave Law was imposed by the U.S Congress in the late 18th and mid-19th century to support the handing back of slaves who ran away from one state into another. The law also required that those who fled outside the United States territory be recaptured and handed back to their masters.

The only way to achieve the advance the Islamic regions against Europeans regarding education, industry, science, judicial institutions, and military, was to utterly adapt the Western civilization. To introduce the European civilization by Ottoman Sultan, the need of advancing the habits of clothing, building, eating, and consuming was required.

Unlike Martin Luther who dreamt of a united America where both whites and blacks would coexist as brothers and sisters, Malcolm believed that the situation was beyond help. He believed that American society was already divided into racial lines He suggested that “ since we are already divided, the least the government can do is to let us control areas where we live.

The economic downturn can be detrimental to the growth and development of a nation. On October 29, 1929, the Great Depression commenced. The American stock-market that had been on a steady increase for about ten years crashed. This plunged the U.S into its lowest economic downturn with the money supply in the nation reducing and banks failed.

The end of the First World War has raised concern among the European nations to prevent such events and to move forward with the aim of peace. Despite the number of attempts taken the Second World War started in the later years. The Second World War indicates the failure of the League of Nation as well as the Treaty of Versailles.

China is one of the oldest countries in the world, having existed for more than two millennia and developed a culture that has remained prevalent throughout its history. However, despite its having had a culture, which was far superior to that of other nations in the world, it still, had a hard time turning into a modern state.

Some influential insiders like the Treasury Secretary and others were quoted as encouraging Americans to continue buying the stocks. Eventually, the inevitable happened and the stock markets crashed and prices fell by over 90% of peak prices. This culminated in stagnation in growth in the US economy.

The conservatives had been in the dark and out of the White House for many decades until 1980 when they won under Ronald Reagan. It did not come as a surprise owing to the earlier events. The 1976 election brought Carter to the White House. As a Democrat candidate, Americans had hopes of him, though his domestic policies failed to please many citizens.

Many organizations are established to make the world more habitable. This is brought about by the inadequacy of existing organizations to tackle the problem at hand. After the end of WW II, it was necessary to come up with an organization that would offer a solution to the problems that cause war and prevent such an occurrence in the future.

America advanced greatly in the 19th century, especially in literature. Most of the literature done during this era included early American poetry in a unique style. At the start of the 20th century, American novelists were intensifying fiction’s social spectrum to include both high and low life in some instances to the naturalist school of realism.

This atrocity was executed according to their respective Parliament Acts and such children were sent to live either in non- indigenous homes or other institutions. This research paper attempts to critically analyze and reflect upon the authenticity and justification of such an occurrence. Racial assimilation was the key reason for such steps taken by the governments.   

While one part of Coney Island is a residential area housing over 60,000 people, the Island is mostly known for its seaside resort and amusement parks (Department of City Planning). Before the First World War, the resort and the parks used to major tourist attractions but due to years of neglect, they have lost their popularity.

The television of today could be summated to have emerged at around 1875 and 1890 and to have taken advantage of a certain technological enterprise of the time to design an experimental television system during the 1920s, to public broadcast television systems during the 1930s, and to the digital TVs and Smart TVs of today (Gluck & Roca, 2008).

According to the Germanwings crash (2015), at the time of the accident, Andreas Lubitz the co-pilot was in charge of the flight. After the accident, the company had to answer to the stakeholders on what happened. This paper gives a detailed history of the crisis and strategies that can be implemented to avoid this disaster from happening.  

At this time the indigenous people living in Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia had yet to be eligible for voting. They thus had no right to participating in federal elections. Another important events regarding voting are the referendum held in 1967 by an overwhelming 90% majority.

The United States military history spans a period of more than two centuries, it was through this time that the military grew into a great army fighting Great Britain for independence from 1775-1783 during the infamous American civil war of 1861-1865 and then collaborating in the triumph during the World War II.

The civil disturbances, riots, and upheavals were signs of the deep-rooted injustices and economic disparities prevailing in American society. While the passing of civil rights laws and anti-poverty measures helped to address some of these inequalities, these changes occurred only after lawlessness was unleashed in America.