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After the Civil War the South went through a period of reconstruction where they tried to rebuild their society that now included freedmen. It is a common opinion that reconstruction in the South was a failure, but it was possible for it to have been a successful revolution for the people of the south through…

Manifest Destiny, an idea embraced by Americans for more than two hundred years, played a vital part in America’s growth as a fledgling nation. It gained prominence when white settlers reached the eastern coast and discovered a plentiful wilderness full of resources waiting to be utilized. Because of its enduring popularity, Manifest Destiny took on…

Imagine yourself in the stands of a baseball game on a spring day. The crowd cheers and the smell of popcorn in the air. The year is 1947 In the city of Brooklyn. New York and youre about to see history in the making, For the first time in histoiy a black man takes the…

Mary Dog, in her essay “Civilize Them With a Stick,” reflects on her upbringing at a catholic boarding school. The aim of the white race in America, beginning in 1879, was to integrate Native Americans into the cultural standards and principles of white society. This involved forcefully separating Native American children from their homes and…

Starting in the year 1787, James Wilson, a delegate from Pennsylvania proposed to the United States Congress a direct system of voting. However, James Madison argued the opposite. Madison believed that a direct system of voting would hurt the Southern state’s chances of winning an election due to the skewed population numbers between the North…

Social influence is based on the social norms theory which states that ‘our behavior is influenced by incorrect perceptions of how other members of our social groups think and act’ (Berkowitz, 2004, p. 5). College students do not want to behave or think out of the norm due to the fact that everyone is trying…

Jane Tompkins discusses how she prepared to teach class on colonial American literature in her essay Indians: Textualism, Morality, and the problem of History. The essay is told the first person. It’s basically a personal account of what has happened. Like any other personal journals, the essay is written in an informal voice. The words…

Reconstruction is undoubtedly one of America’s most significant periods throughout US. history, So much of what occurred during the Reconstruction period contributed to shaping what we know the United States to be today. Written by Eric Foner, Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 delves into the topics surrounding Reconstruction and their causes. Foner explains in the…

John Brown was a misguided fanatic. He was admired by many abolitionists for standing up for the rights. However, was seen outrageous in the eyes of many Southerners. He has went far beyond outrageous and carried out a killing spree in order to prove slavery was wrong. He had a plan, however stirred in a…

My favorite two places to live United States and Dominican Republic are two extremely different countries. I have being living in United States since 2011 and before that I use to live in Dominican Republic, where I burn. United State bring the economic security that Dominican Republic maybe never will and my country give me…