What occurred in the United States during the Second World War
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
Research on the effects of World War II demonstrates that there few areas of society that were not, in some way, impacted by the event. Although many Americans remained on the home front there were numerous social, political and economic sacrifices that citizens made in order to support American...
The history of U.S steel and the industrial revolution
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
Throughout the course of the twentieth century notable changes have taken place with respect to the development of the organization. Many of these changes have been focused on the advancement of the workforce and management, leading to the evolution of the organization. Interestingly, however, a...
The Rise of the Irish
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
The United States is home to hundreds of nationalities, races, and religions. It is the breeding ground for diversity. This was not always the case. The 17th century to the 19th century was the times of immigration to the country. Immigrants came from all over to experience the “free...
The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas L. Friedman provides the author's views on the development of the world since the late 1990s. The central thesis provided by Friedman is that the world is becoming flat. When Friedman makes this assertion, he is not...
The Rise And Fall Of The Slave Trade
Essay - 6 pages - Modern history
One of humanities most shameful and horrific periods, is the time of the transatlantic slave trade. This system of transporting human captives and agricultural goods to Europe and the Americas started on a small scale, and rapidly grew to catastrophic proportions. Originally, the slaves were...
Korean Unification
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
The notable economic and social problems that have developed in North Korea have spurred recent talks to reunify North and South Korea. While this move has been judged by many analysts to be a positive move toward establishing political stability in the Far East, the reality is that this...
Wolfe Tone's Argument for Catholic Emancipation in 18th-Century Ireland
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
Theobald Wolfe Tone was one of the founding members of the United Irishmen, and was also a well-known supporter of Catholic emancipation. This paper will examine how Tone's Argument on behalf of the Catholics of Ireland, published the first of August, 1791, changed the way that reformers in...
The Tet Offensive of 1968
Essay - 7 pages - Modern history
In the early hours of January 31 1968, nineteen specially trained Vietcong soldiers leapt from a taxi cab and a truck to attack the American Embassy in Saigon. At the same time all across South Vietnam, urban centers, providence capitals, and military installations were all coming under surprise...
I Will Survive: How a Disco Hit Defined the Year 1979
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
The oil crisis continued, unemployment remained high, Jimmy Carter's presidency suffered blow after demoralizing blow, disco was the popular music, movies were breaking new ground and television continued remained the number one form of entertainment and relaxation. America was faced with...
The Role of ETA in the Basque Nationalist Movement and its Consequences
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
Following the recent ceasefire declared by ETA on 22nd March of this year (2006), never has it been more appropriate to look further into what the American Government has classified as one of the best-organised terrorist organisations in the world. In this essay I will explore the origins of ETA...
Women: What Were They Doing?
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
In the period precluding the 1700's, many different societies existed together and the future shape of the world was taking form. Christopher Columbus had discovered North America for Spain, Cortez had conquered the Aztecs, and Europeans began settling in American Colonies. Disease was killing...
Rosie the Riveter: Teaching High School Students about Women in World War II
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
As men enlisted in the armed services, and the need for more ships, and guns, and war supplies grew, the government focused on the recruitment of women to fill those jobs left open by men. The War Production Coordinating Committee commissioned artist, J. Howard Miller to create one of many...
Tension Through Melodies: Music of the Cold War
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
Music serves as a reflection of a society. When a society is prospering, the music is noticeably happier, such as the Big Band phenomenon in the roaring 20's. The same principle applies to a society going through rough times, such as jazz during the years of the Great Depression. The Cold War...
Communist Childhood: The Path to Disillusionment
Essay - 2 pages - Modern history
China in the mid-20th century was a country full of change. The country was transitioning from the rule of the nationalist KMT party to the communist CCP party. This change did not come easily and millions of lives were affected by it. Spider Eaters by Rae Yang is a memoir written about...
The Colonization and Independence of South Africa and Kenya
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
Independence has been a struggle in the African continent since the first days of colonization. Africa has been territorialized since the days of Jesus, but was not heavily colonized until the Scramble for Africa. The Scramble, which took place during the late 1800s, involved several European...
Ecuadorian Immigration to the NY-Metro Area in the 1970s-80s
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
America has (nearly) always been the destination of choice for the world's migrants. Spanning an entire continent, the country has historically offered land, jobs, and tolerance to those who seek them. For South Americans especially, the United States had been attractive for its accessibility...
Defining Republicanism
Essay - 9 pages - Modern history
When the Treaty of Paris officially ended the American Revolution in 1783, the new American citizens were faced with the challenge of forming a system of government that was functional, well structured, and non-oppressive. Over the course of six years, the former colonies searched for a...
The October Crisis of 1970: Terror in Quebec
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
In October 1970, events took place in Canada that would draw the attention of the entire world. For the first time in its history as a country, terrorism would be brought right to the doorstep of the Canadian government by a radical left-wing organization called the Front de Libération du Québec...
The Australian ANZAC Legend
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
“The search for national character is one of the obsessive dead ends of Australian history (Alistair, 1997)”. Australians spent time searching for their national identity in the years following the 1901 Federation. The Great War posed exactly the opportunity Australia had been looking...
Ivan the Fourth: Leader, Conqueror, Murderer, Psychopath
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
In medieval Russia, specifically Moscow in the early sixteenth century, times were beginning to change. This period of Russian history saw the end of Appanage Rus and the beginning of the Muscovite state. This alteration in political organization was centred upon the rule of one of history's...
Béisbol Libre: Baseball and Nationalism in Cuba
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
Baseball has long been considered the great “American Pastime”, for many it conjures up images of children playing in little league games and the epic scenes of Field of Dreams, in which the diamond is surrounded by cornfields. However imagine such a diamond surrounded by sugar cane....
Cowards, Traitors, and the Call of the Confederate Home Front: Dispelling the Mythology of the Confederate Deserter during the Civil War
Essay - 9 pages - Modern history
Confederate soldiers listed as absent without leave from their units during the Civil War have typically been described as traitors, motivated by Unionist sympathies and cowardice. However, this view of the Confederate deserter may be more of a myth perpetuated by the need for the appearance of...
Courage and Conscience during the German Occupation of France
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
The indescribable mistreatment of Jews and other refugees, both French and foreign, during the German occupation from 1940 to 1944 is a chapter of France's history that many people have difficulty coming to terms with even today. Building upon the influence of pre-existing Anti-Semitism, the...
Slavery in West Africa
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
Slavery, as it is known in the United States, differs vastly in comparison to the institution of slavery in West African countries. Slavery in West Africa was, however, affected and shaped by slavery in other parts of the world. The two articles that are discussed highlight slavery, slave...
The World Trade Center Towers - Stability Under Stress
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
The World Trade Center towers, hereafter referred to as WTC 1 and WTC 2, were regarded as revolutionary when they were constructed in the late 1960s. Within the next two decades, five additional buildings were constructed in the World Trade Center Plaza. Among these was World Trade Center 7 (WTC...
Lethal injection: A violation of cruel and unusual punishment (8th Amendment)
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
In 1976 lethal injection became a legally sanctioned method of execution and was quickly adopted by the majority of states. In the thirty years since its implementation, lethal injection is still considered to be the most humane means of executing a death row inmate and is the preferred method...
Disgrace, Desire, and Degradation: The Experience of Intrapersonal Reconciliation and Power Relations in Post Apartheid South Africa
Essay - 6 pages - Modern history
J.M. Coetzee uses the third person omniscient point of view to tell the story of the unraveling of David Lurie's career and the proceeding time he spends with his daughter, Lucy, in the rural areas of the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Through this point of view, Coetzee creates a voice that is...
Appeals to Ethos and Pathos in Eugene V. Debs' "Statement to the Court"
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
In June of 1918, Eugene Victor Debs was arrested for a speech he gave in Canton, Ohio in which he criticized the United States government for its involvement in World War I. He publicly discouraged young men from enlisting in the armed forces and was arrested for violating the Sedition Act of...
Mao Zedong and the People's Republic of China
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
Long considered one of the most fascinating leaders of the 20th century, Mao Zedong has been noted as both a visionary as well as a cruel killer. Before his communist reign as the leader of the People's Republic of China in 1949, China was in a state of political and economical turmoil....
Morality in the Resistance: overview through "Your Name is Renee: Ruth Kapp Hartz's Story as a Hidden Child in Nazi-Occupied France", by Stacy Cretzmeyer
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
The 1940's will forever remain a significant period in French history. It was during this time that World War II occurred and Germany managed to take over three-fifths of mainland France. The remaining land became known as Vichy France. With such a strong a German presence and influence, even in...
