Essays on History of The United States

On the steps of Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered one of the most important speeches in the 20th Century. His speech “I Have a Dream” talks about ending racism in the United States of America while calling for civic and economic...

K9 is a term referring to a police dog in English speaking countries with the name derived from the homophone word “canine”. The K9 is a dog that is highly trained to aid police and other law enforcement agencies. The history of the dogs is that it was first a...

largest state in the US both in terms of population and area. Texas is situated in the south central region of the nation and shares borders with the US state of New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. The state has a gross domestic product of 1645 trillion dollars based on...

Since the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and China trade transactions between the two countries have steadily evolved leading to the signing of multiple bilateral trade treaties. These treaties are meant to guide and improve trade agreements. China has undertaken significant economic reforms which have been complemented...

The Role of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain The industrial revolution played a major role in the establishment and expansion of various institutions in Great Britain. As more people migrated and settled in major towns, the health and education sectors were enhanced. An improvement in the average income for the...

Voltaire, Jefferson, and Stanton: Advocates for Freedom Voltaire, Jefferson, and Stanton are three revolutionists who played a significant role in the advocacy for freedom thus contributing majorly to the open and free society that we have today. Voltaire was an outspoken French philosopher and thinker who is widely known for his...

On August 28, 1963, at Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC Martin Luther King delivered the speech “I have a dream “which he is famously known for. It was the culmination of the March to Washington protest. It gave the Civil rights movement in the United States a boost in their quest...

Education and Democracy: A Timeless Connection Since the founding of America, education has been heralded as an American Value. In Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and other states, colonists became cognizant of their collective role in educating children. Like in the ancient times, such agents created policies that both children from wealthy or poor...

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...

In spite of the fact that colonialism in Africa officially came to an end, the effects it left behind are still intact (Harry, 2017). The persistence of colonialism takes deeper roots with examples of the events that surrounded the death of Muammar Gaddafi and the recent deaths of African migrants in...

The Brooklyn Bridge: A Historic Landmark The Brooklyn Bridge is celebrated among New Yorkers and those beyond as an iconic landmark that literally conjoins and unifies two sides of the city – Brooklyn and Manhattan. Apart from that, the design and construction of this landmark put an end to some of...

Continued speculation and debate regarding the initial process of human occupation of the Americas has resulted in the development of different theories. The Clovis-first theory may be viewed as the traditional theory to explain the peopling of the Americas due to its general acceptability during a large portion of the...