Essays and Research Papers on All History Papers

This 5 page report discusses the fact that in the early colonial days in North America, there were people in what is now the United States long before any European people saw much less settled in the "New World." The writer speaks directly to the issue of African slaves in the New World and how attitudes regarding the aboriginal ...

A paper which considers the use of rhetoric in John Berger's "Hiroshima", particularly with reference to the concept of Hell, terrorism, and the way in which revisionism is used to distort the reality of historical events.

This 3 page report discusses the great American, Thomas Jefferson, and the fact that he was a slaveowner. Ironically, Jefferson also claimed that the only reason that he was willing or able to "keep" slaves was because he feared that emancipation would ultimately lead to a race war. Nonetheless, his own lifestyle was dependent on his slave holdings and ...

A 6 page paper which examines “The Mayflower Compact” and the Declaration of Independence as they illustrate how some ideas were powerfully imbedded in the nation despite the changes in times. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper provides an evaluation of reasons why the Americans won the Revolution. The battle of Yorktown is discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page overview of Nash’s views on the impacts inflicted on Native Americans and African Americans by European colonists. Notes that any culture’s objective is cultural survival and that it is not that unique to emphasize one’s own survival even if it means the decimation of another. No additional sources are provided. ...

A 3 page review of “The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877” by Paul H. Carlson. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page research paper that examines the end of the Cold War, focusing on the arms race and the Soviet Union. After World War II, the world faced another crisis, in the form of expansion by the Soviet Union of its sphere of influence. While historians and scholars differ concerning the causes of ...

This 3 page paper discusses the indentured servitude in colonial America during the 1600's from an economic standpoint. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 4 page paper discusses the reason that Benedict Arnold chose to betray America. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

During 1870 – the First World War giant corporations, also called big business, initiated radical changes in the U.S economy, society, and politics. This paper 3 page paper briefly defines these corporations and looks at what made these firms efficient, why Americans objected to big business and who objected and the response of the ...

This 5 page report discusses Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, and the ways in which serves as a manifestation of the values of the society that produced it. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the design changes and influences on the American automobile during the period of 1930-1939. Examples given. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 10 page paper looks at John Browns raid on Harper Ferry in 1859. Te paper outlines the events and then consider how the media of the time covered the events and the impact that this media coverage may have had in the short and the long term. This is achieved by looking at contemporary ...

A 4 page paper which looks at Upton Sinclair’s novel “The Jungle” and examines whether the depiction of the meat packing plants in Chicago were real. bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 10 page research paper that examines why there were huge mass movements of people in the late nineteenth/early twentieth centuries. First of all, the writer looks at immigration relative to Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Then, internal migration of people to Northern cities is discussed. Lastly, the writer discusses the development of suburbs and ...

A 3 page paper which examines how Yellow Dog contracts were used to limit the union organizers and slow union growth. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper looks at events that led up to the French Revolution as well as the events of the revolution itself. The concepts of revolt and revolution are explored. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 12 page paper. Jay Cooke is generally credited as being the "first major investment banker, creator of the first "wire house," and the Financier of the Civil War (Trumbore 2000). Had it not been for Cooke, the Union would have had a far more difficult time financing the war. This essay talks about Jay ...

A 9 page paper discussing the development of American attitudes. The American psyche developed over the first century or so that the northern range of the New World contributed 13 colonies to Britain. As intolerance for the British crown grew and the colonies developed their own national personalities, the ideal and reality of ...

A 7 page paper which examines why there should not be a constitutional amendment making English the official language of the United States. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 6 page paper which analyzes President Lincoln and the Civil War through three different works. The works examined are “Ordeal by Fire” by James M. McPherson, “The Killer Angels” by Michael Shaara, and “Voices from the House Divided” by Glenn M. Linden and Thomas J. Pressly. No additional sources cited.

This 5 page report discusses Donald Chidsey's 1962 book about the ways in which acts of war were committed by privately owned and operated ships during the earliest wars of the United States. Bibliography lists only the primary source.

This 2.5-page paper compares the theory of Goldin and Sokoloff about the role of female and child labor during the early industrial period of the U.S., with The Habakkuk Thesis. The paper discusses why these two theories are different, and if there are any links between the two. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A review of David Hackett Fischer's work, Paul Revere's Ride, which looks at the famous midnight ride in the context of Revere's wider involvement with the revolutionary movement, and relates the ride to the military strategies of the revolutionary forces. Bibliography lists 3 sources.