History Essays

The Korean War was fought over approximately three years from June 25, 1950 to 27 July 1953. Prior to 1950 Korea was seldom viewed as a possible scene of extended combat, though skirmishes continued to occur from time to time between the North Korea and South Korea.

Karl Marx is a modern social philosopher and economist born in 1818 from the ancestry of Germany. He is a historian and was a strong advocate of communism and wrote his philosophy which became the foundation of revolutionary movements led by Vladimer. I. Lenin and Mao Tse-tung (Lenin, 1967 & McLellan, 2007).

Assimilation was the greatest emphasis of the university as students were taught how to become the dominant society members (Anonymous 05).  Anonymous (2) assess that it was later changed to Haskell Institute in 1887 in honor of Dudley Haskell, who influenced the location of the university in Lawrence.

Case Study regarding the Wisconsin American Indian Studies Program. The mode of functioning, the activities and features of the Wisconsin American Indian Studies Program shall form the subject of this case study. The features that have been introduced newly and the opportunities that it offers its students shall form a part of this research.

It is argued that we are fast losing our unique identity and sense of belonging. Many factors such as advancement in transport and modes of communication, virtual organizations made possible because of internet and various other factors leading to network societies have helped replace post modernism with globalization.

Several people have made innumerable contributions to the development and progress of the country of United States amongst whom the name ‘Thomas Jefferson’ is one legendary, leading and prominent one.

The recent decades have seen scientists, academicians and the theorists conduct comprehensive research in a bid to establish the causes of such a thrilling event as well as the impacts, which some remain unfolded. However, the historical descriptions in regard to this event are quite amazing to the extent of instilling fear on the contemporary society.

Most countries in Southeast Asia were under a long period of the western rule before they finally gained independence. For instance, the Philippine Commonwealth was established in 1934 following nearly 30 years of both explicit and hidden suppression of Philippine nationalism by the U.S. colonizers. In 1937, there was the establishment of sovereign Burma following years of rural and urban struggle against British colonialism.

A Battle Study: The Battle of Nanshan . The ambitious objectives of two powerful nations, Russia and Japan, spawned enough conflict in 1904 that war appeared to be the single and most appropriate solution. Japan, emerging from the Meiji Restoration with a Westernized military preparation and inundated with dreams of expansion, and Russia, trying to spread out their supremacy in the East, eventually staged the historical Russo-Japanese War (Sakurai 1999).

In numerous ways, these depictions agree with the concept’s legal descriptions, yet international law formulates concepts and definitions that do not constantly embody our image of atrocious forms of behavior. The debate over crimes against humanity stems from this inconsistency.

Freedom was not an easily granted bouquet in the Northern America in the 17th century. People were not allowed to exercise their freedom at their will in any of the aspects, such as religious freedom, political freedom, national freedom, etc. There had been lot of versions and degrees of classification even with the freedom too.

Violence Associated with integration at Little Rock Central High: The Little Rock Nine as individuals. In 1957, some African American students were enrolled in Little Rock Central High school. Till that time, the racialism in America was on its peak and there were many incidents of brutality against the people with dark skins (Bates, 1962).

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan among others are some that the US Congress has approved following 9/11. In fact, the US congress has since estimated about 800 billion dollars as the in-cost of these wars. Mckelvey (2011) asserts that the US military is in the course of spending $113 billion in this fiscal year in Afghanistan alone.

The book paints the gruesome picture of how unarmed women, children and the elderly were murdered in cold blood and how this issue was carelessly handled especially in the public circles. The military is portrayed as to have made efforts to burry the truth.

Even after the proclamation of equality for the slaves, many African Americans experienced slavery conditions and treatment as free men and women. They still experienced discrimination and prejudice. At present, slavery is illegal, but people should also remember that once in their history, there was darkness in the human heart, during that time when human beings were traded like animals.

The Mexican Revolution came at a time when the country, ruled by the “Strong Man of the Americas” Porfirio Diaz (Brenner 8), had the economy largely at the hand of the landed elite and the bog foreign corporations, while the majority of the nation’s population, both the mestizo and the indigenous landless peasants and urban proletariat, dwindled in poverty (Brenner 8-10).

The paper deals with the social and economic aspects of African Americans’ lives during the period from 1865 to 1874. A landmark of this period was the establishment of the Freedman’s Savings Bank. This period symbolizes a striving of African American people to a better and a prosperous future of their successors and the records kept by the FSB is an integral part of genealogical record of the African American community.

According to the research, the Poem of El Cid finds the values of loyalty to the king and to one’s army and community, consideration for conquered Moors and bravery, and bravery as exemplary, and this reflects the political conditions of monarchic authority, the economic conditions of poverty and insecurity, the social conditions of vassalage, and the religious conditions of Christianity.

According to the poll results, his rating went down from 48% in April, to 35% (in May) (Brown 1). Some of the reason cited by the voters for this decline in rating includes Florida’s new budget that many say it is unfair to them. Thus, many voters blame the poor budget on the governor and the State Legislature.

A Suffragette in the 1910s Background. The women suffrage developed in America under the umbrella of American anti-slavery movement, related to the divide after the Civil War within the anti-slavery functionaries over suffragette and the later division in the women’s rights movement.

In California, boundaries determine administrative lines of Board of Equalization districts and Assembly. Currently, the California State Legislature draws those lines themselves. However, due to politicization, this has resulted in decreased number of persons turning out for census as well as redistricting.

When the next generation like Andrew Pham tries to search for their identity they realize the dilemma that surrounds them. The book tries to find the answers to the many questions that this generation faces. It is true that anybody who relocates from his birth place to a different place, even within the same country have this phase where they don’t know which place to associate with that will form their identity.

Many Americans believe that both legal and illegal immigration resulted in immigrants looting their employment opportunities. The call for4 restricting or prohibiting illegal immigration is growing across America at present. Arizona took the drastic step in controlling illegal immigration recently.

Culture can be also affect the progress of a military operations project. In Iraq, the intervention of US was considered as necessary in order for the rights of the population to be protected; however, through the years it was made clear that the US troops are not able to understand the cultural characteristics of the particular country – the cultural gaps between the two populations were many in order for an effective project of support, as described above, to succeed.

The paper is a discussion paper based on the adverse effect of nuclear weapons. It discusses the several hazards the development and the usage the nuclear weapons have. The paper supports the argument in favor of the destruction or renouncement of a nuclear weapon, which is a means of mass destruction.

Analyzed through the theoretical perspective of citizenship, the declining political participation in the United States is a root of apprehension and even distress. Aside from its active role of choosing public or governmental leaders and representatives, political participation is also a public role which shows loyalty to the political mechanisms.

Humans have evolved through evolution. Aristotle was the first biologist that identified humans as rational animals that have a distinctive ability to reason and make judgments, due to which they are different from other animals.

A key development in Ancient Greece is the establishment of democracy, albeit to a privileged section of the population. Athenian democracy was thus the earliest instance of this noble institution, whose example continues to inspire and encourage contemporary nation-states in various parts of the world.

“The Articles provided for a loose association in which ‘each state retain[ed] its sovereignty, freedom, and independence’ as well as all powers and rights not ‘expressly delegated’ to the central government” (Henretta 2000, 216). The War of Independence had fostered some level of national sentiment among the thirteen colonies but not enough to warrant a powerful central government.

It was in the 1900s that racism and segregation on the basis of the same had increased to an extreme level in Birmingham. The state is considered to have a brutal past, more severe than compared to other states of the United States of America in terms of racism that played a major role in defining the civil rights of the nation.

The thematic approach of the film initiates with demonstrating the human nature in best friends Tenoch and Julio who have been well engaged with premarital sexual relations with their girlfriends. As this progresses into the biographical narration to account for the background and influence of each significant character, the audience obtains a moderate picture of the country’s political condition.

Columbus and Cook share certain traits. Both of them were great travelers and made use of wonderful traveling techniques, yet the fundamental reasons for their travel were totally different from each other. It is also noteworthy that the two had made their journeys at different points in time, and the success or failure of the voyages of Cook.

Europeans entered the American continent in search of a better life; unfortunately, their endeavors put Indian Americans at risk of destruction. In the collision of two cultures, the superior culture will always supplant and stifle the inferior one. As a result, most Indians had to migrate westward, to preserve their independence and protect themselves from the painful effects of colonial imperialism.

The Donner Party Disaster is one which raises several questions and issues because of the surrounding circumstances and mistakes which happened on the journey. While there were several which may have been responsible for the damage, it should also be noted that there were several unknown circumstances which arose and which many couldn’t respond to.

3 3. Legalization of torture practices…………………………………………………..…. 4 4. Why the Bush administration should be condemned for its crimes……………….. 5 5. Call for action against the Bush administration……………………………….…….

Recently public referenda to legalize marijuana (cannabis) for medicinal purposes have challenged national policy, initiating a national debate. Those opposing the legalization of marijuana argue that medicinal use sends the wrong message to youth for using the drug without restraint.

Addiction From Historical Perspective. Addiction has been with us for many hundreds of years. Dating back to the opium dens in China and seeing the move from China to the new world, drugs have been with generally every culture and addiction has always played a part in that culture.

This was made possible thanks to economic theorists of old such as Thorstein Veblen and Joseph Schumpeter who have espoused arguments and principles that eventually became antecedents of economic change and innovations. An offshoot of the vision-driven innovations was the establishment of the Federal Reserve System or more informally known today as the Fed.

Privatization in the public administration would reduce the burden of government as there is a transfer of assets and service functions from public ownership to private ownership and control. Privatization of public administration would enhance the productivity of the service area provided that the government initiates flawless provisions toward this process.

The Organizational Revolution in the United States was possible due to huge contributions by the most eminent luminaries of the time. It was a period on the verge of centuries when the US and its people acquired more strength to further dominate in the world.

He organizes the history of these regime changes into three broad eras: the Imperial Era, the era of Covert Actions, and Invasions, and each era has its own specific character of regime change, though many characteristics stretch across the three eras.

Various factors may influence one’s understanding of a text and one crucial factor influencing the meaning and interpretation of the texts is the quality of reading practice. Two of the most significant readings on the qualities of reading practices are Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts by D.F. McKenzie and “Studied for Action: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy” by Lisa Jardine and Anthony Grafton.

In the second half of the 18th century, when British colonies in America entered a period of fervent political change, intellectuals such as Hamilton played pivotal roles in guiding and influencing this process. This essay will argue the following thesis: Not only was Alexander Hamilton the leading contributor to the Federalist Papers. 

Russian and German revolutions serve as remarkable events of early twentieth century, which left indelible political, social, economic and cultural impacts on the individual and collective life of the people belonging to the entire region at large. Occurred in the wake of WWI, both these revolutions out broke with tremendous enthusiasm and fervor, where the Russian and German citizens established high hopes with these developments taking place all around them.

The author states that the majority of the slave population in America, at that time, consisted of African Americans. Their community was the one deeply involved and mostly affected by the war. African Americans participated in huge numbers in the war as soldiers either enslaved by the confederate rulers or as loyalists to the Northern states.

The author states that William formulated new laws, built castles, and made remarkable contributions to the development of English language as well by incorporating into English many of the French vocabulary used by the Norman invaders. William displayed a tremendous amount of valor, energy, determination, and ruthlessness in achieving his goals.

The HK movie industry combines Chinese historical and cultural traditions, providing contemporaries with relevant interpretations of the valuable heritage of the Eastern cinematograph. Therefore, it should be claimed that Hong Kong movie genres have combined the centennial values of the Chinese nation and transferred them to their contemporaries.

The United States Constitution is the foundation stone of freedom in America which unites the government to the philosophical ideals made clear in The Declaration of Independence (Natelson, 2009). The United States is considered as one of the most successful leader of human freedom and prosperity around the world (Natelson, 2009).

In 2004, at the age of information technologies, social revolutions, and political liberalism, The Manchurian Candidate again reflects today’s political and social realities: the fear of Communism gives way to the fear of corporate domination, women become senators, and the Internet is used as the main brainwashing mechanism and the principal source of human-technology controversies, plaguing the global society.

The revolution which occurs throughout the book is not only based on the external environment but is also reflective of the revolution which is occurring in the heart of the main character. The transformation which occurs with the individual becomes one which defines the main objectives of the character and shows the changes which need to change among those in different societies, specifically with experiences of both South America and the idea of pan – American unity.