Essays on American History

`           Franklin Roosevelt and his liberal democratic party were thought of as the saviors of the economy in the United States. Nevertheless, liberals in the late 1960s and early 1970 created economic turmoil, political instability and social excesses that resulted in a resurgence in conservative thinking. Americans became inclined to...

During the Second World War, the majority of the men abandoned their family roles and adopted the responsibilities to defend the United States of America. As a result, women became the empowered heads of the family with the duties such as providing the source of livelihood for children. However, after...

Clyde Ross's Childhood Clyde Ross was born in 1923 near Clarksdale, Mississippi. During the 1920s, majority of the locals in Mississippi were continuously robbed of the vote, a control plotted through the deceit of the poll tax and the influence of the lynch mob. The state’s regime at the time associated...

The Evolution of American Protest Music The American protest music has historical underpinnings and characterized the historical transition of the nation from one era to another. The analysis of the use of rhetoric from the time of Yankee Doodle to Kendrick Lamar shows how the revolution and social change undertones embedded...

The American Revolutionary War The war between Great Britain and the British colonies in North America is known as the American Revolutionary War. After winning control of the colonial governments during the conflict, revolutionaries successfully established the Continental Army, which ultimately resulted in the independence of America. (Sadlier 97). Developments during the...

The Chumash group, also known as Santa Barbara Indians, is one of the many native American Indian tribes. According to Kelley (4), this tribe formerly resided both inland and along the Pacific shore of California, that is, from the canyon of Malibu to San Luis Obispo. The majority of them...

An creative response to the Black power movement, which dominated the years between 1960 and 1970, is the Black aesthetic movement. The Black Arts movement, which gave rise to the idea of the Black aesthetic, was described as the most contentious movement in the growth of African American writing and...

Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation Martin Luther was an Augustinian monk and a Christian philosopher whose writings inspired the Protestant Reformation and had a significant influence on the beliefs of many different Christian traditions. I was born in Eisleben in 1483, and after becoming a German monk, I started one...

History of African American Equality Movements History documents the enslavement of African Americans during the era of the slave trade as well as the general progressive fight for equality among Americans. It has been difficult to win the battle because there has been opposition at every political and social stage. Despite...

The Three Major European Powers and Their Imperial Goals The three major European powers began to show interest in the recently discovered lands after Christopher Columbus' discovery of the New World in 1492. The French influence in Canada, the British influence in America, and the Spanish influence in Central and South...

Introduction Without a doubt, the South has been a prime location for all kinds of foods since the seventeenth century. The explosion and cultural fusion between African, European, and Native American cultures in earlier times is responsible for the variety in the cuisines of the South. (Swanson). The Historical Background of Southern...

Introduction Kathleen DuVal, a renowned scholar at the University of North Carolina, is the author of The Native Ground: Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent. Early American history, specifically the cultural and social interactions between Native Americans and Europeans, is the primary focus of DuVal's study. Alan Taylor,...