Essays and Research Papers on All History Papers

This 8 page paper discusses the decades of the 1960s and 1980s, the changes that occurred during those times, and argues that the 1980s rolled back the progress that had been made 20 years earlier, in large part paving the way for the bitterness and dissention that marks America today. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page book review of this text. Colonel W.A. Graham's The Story of the Little Big Horn was first published in 1926. Not surprisingly, Graham uses the language of the time in describing the battle of the Little Big Horn, which was a resounding defeat of American troops under the leadership of Major-General George ...

A 3 page paper which examines how and why America’s foundations are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

In five pages this paper examines this famous Second World War battle of February to March 1945 and includes the events that led up to it, the importance of controlling the island, and the combat conditions confronting the U.S. Marines. Nine sources are cited in the bibliography.

The concept of American is discussed historically in this 10 page paper. Examples are provided. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines what established California as the film industry’s capital based on the article Hollywood and the California Dream by Lary May. No additional sources cited.

A 10 page research paper that examine the ethnic heritage afforded by Minnesota by its various waves of immigrants. The writer looks specifically at Germans, Norwegians, and Swedes, discussing their holidays and customs and focusing on their individual cuisine. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

A 3 pages book review on Big Chief Elizabeth by historian Giles Milton, which describes how the first English colonies in North America came about. It begins with the voyages of John Cabot in 1497 and Richard Hore in 1536, giving considerable attention to Sir Walter Raleigh's unsuccessful endeavor to found a colony on Roanoke ...

A 10 page book review on 2 feminist history texts: A Voice of Their Own edited by Martha Solomon and The Politics of Domesticity by Barbara Epstein. The writer offers an overview of each text, including reviewers' evaluation, and also argues that the texts share a common theme in that both texts indicate the antagonism ...

This 3 page paper considers the criteria for a just war, applies them to the American Civil War, and argues that it can be seen as both just and unjust. Bibliography lists 1 sources.

This 10 page paper answers questions about Alexis de Tocqueville's classic book, "Democracy in America." Bibliography lists 1 source.

An 8 page paper which compares and contrasts the hippies of the 1960s to the modern day hippies. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 14 page paper discusses the slave trade in the Caribbean, and what the impact was when it ended. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the Columbian Exchange and its effects on the people of the New World. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses examples of people who have profited from the 9/11 attack, and argues that, surprisingly, not all such enterprises are evil or in bad taste. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper argues that the two colonies (Massachusetts and the Chesapeake Bay) though they were in different parts of the country, were actually much more alike than is usually thought. Support for this claim rests on the colonists' cultural relations with the Native Americans, specifically King Philip's War and Bacon's Rebellion. Bibliography lists ...

A 3 page look at William Ellery one of the founding fathers and signers of the Declaration of Independence. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 3 page examination of the contrast that existed between Jefferson’s ideologies on freedom and equality and his life. This paper argues that, to one degree or another, we all experience conflict between what we believe and what we do. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 8 page paper is an overview of the U.S. involvement in the Pacific theater of operations in WWII. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 13 page paper discusses the "Puritan ethic" and how it has shaped the "American character." Bibliography lists 8 sources.

4 pages in length. Culhane Speck (1987) and Kelm (1999) both discuss how the natural selection afforded by widespread disease helped to aid European settlement by helping the white colonists eradicate what they viewed as an impediment to their progression as a race. The omnipotent superiority exuded by the white race, as each ...

A 3 page research paper that discusses 3 events from the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. The writer discusses the expiration of the Alien and Sedition Acts, the Louisiana Purchase and the Embargo of 1807. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses the points of view of those who favored U.S. intervention in the First World War and those who opposed it. It also discusses the women's rights movement of the time and its impact on us today. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper considers Robert McNamara's performance in the film "The Fog of War," in light of Sun Tzu's ancient treatise, "The Art of War." Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper gives examples of people who have profited from the 9/11 attack. Bibliography lists 4 sources.