Essays on History of The United States

Following a series of demonstrations and protests caused by the Civil Rights Movement between 1950s and 1960s, President John F. Kennedy proposed a bill in June 11, 1963, in the Report to the American People on Civil Rights. Through the report, President Kennedy proposed legislations that would allow all Americans...

After decades of segregation and discrimination on the basis of color, sex, race, religion or national origin, the            Civil Rights Act 1964 was enacted with the aim of seizing public segregation and to ban employment discrimination (Loevy, 1).  It was initially proposed by President John Kennedy and it is...

Multiple terror attacks in America Multiple terror attacks in America have sparked a lot of fear, hatred, and distress. The United States declared a “war on terrorism” as a reaction to these attacks and with an aim of eliminating terrorism networks which was becoming globally widespread. The aspects of global political...

The American political and social sphere has been greatly influenced by concerns about morality. This is evident from certain policies and political events that have taken over along the American history. A good example is the progression of moral based arguments that led to the Prohibition Law that banned the...

The Presence of French and English Population The presence of French and English population had a decisive effect on the shape of Canadian institutions. The Canadian identity exhibits unique features as it blends diverse cultures to form a multicultural society in which all the people coexist peacefully with one another. When...

Democracy and Capitalism: A Complex Relationship Democracy refers to a system of governance by the rule of the people. Most countries have embraced this system of government whereby the citizens elect their representatives. On the other hand, capitalism refers to an economic system which is characterized by private ownership of the...

Authored in 2006, the book by Shafritz and Lee presented a compilation of different incidents documentations of incidents that shaped the American political culture. Historical events such as the right to privacy, desegregating the schools, civil rights, Kennedy-Nixon TV debate among others provided the American history with political shaping incidents...

Overview For nearly six decades, the U.S. has enforced an official ban (el bloqueo) on trade and other economic transactions against Cuba. Since its introduction, the embargo has been the center of many political and socio-economic debates. In 2014, President Obama’s administration made a significant shift towards normalizing the relations between...

This paper analyses the article "The Case for Reparations" by Nehisi Coates. It argues that injustices such as segregation do not just affect the direct victims but even the generations that come after that. The inequality between the whites and blacks in America is because of years of segregation and...

`           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...

The intentional narrow definition of torture and Geneva protections by Executive Order 13440 permits the use of interrogation techniques that the United States Government would not use on its soldiers. The structure of it was purposefully reasoned to deny and prevent any right of action from accused individuals. Additionally, the...

Designers of commercial adverts strive to develop a message that connects with the target audience. The message is designed in a way that it will provoke emotional appeal among the target audience. As such, the audience will feel certain kind of connection with the advert prompting them to heed the...