Essays and Research Papers on All History Papers

A 4 page paper which examines and defines steerage as it involves and involved immigrants. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page paper which two factors (conflicts between low-paid immigrants and blacks and discord among Republican/Democrat factions) that led to these bloody, four-day New York riots in July 1863. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A paper which compares the impressions of these two writers of early American culture, and considers which of them had the more accurate perception of American society. Bibliography lists 3 sources

This 3 page paper examines the contributions of Albert Einstein and determines that he was the most genius iindividual of the 20th century, and that his discoveries contributed signficantly to western culture. This paper highlights his major theories and discoveries as means of supporting the thesis. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 7 page report discusses the role of "the Other" in five classic films: D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation (1915); Charlie Chaplin's The Immigrant (1917) and Shoulder Arms (1918); Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. (1924); and Little Caesar (1931) starring Douglas Fairbanks and E.G. Robinson. Each of the movies present an unique vision of tensions ...

A 7 page paper which examines how the three main tenets of Classical Liberalism (natural rights, democracy, and capitalism) were incorporated into the United States’ Constitution. Sources used were faxed by student and have no bibliographic information.

A 15 page overview of the circumstances surrounding and following English colonization of the Americas. Details are provided from colonial times through the American Revolution, the framing of the Constitution, and the Civil War. Examines the reasons Englishmen embarked on North American colonization are explained as is their transition from viewing the monarchical ...

A 6 page paper. Racketeering. Crooked politicians. Gun molls. The Harlem Renaissance. Flemenco dancing. Al Capone. The home ground of gangsters. The World Fair. These were all seen in Chicago in the 1930s. Each is discussed providing a brief historical picture of this city. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper explores the phenomenon and image of the American Cowboy. The image of the cowboy is examined from the earliest images to the modern reality of the cowboy. Examples, quotes offered. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper highlights the ways in which colonists had to adopt in order to form human social groupings in North America. Furthermore, this paper highlights the ways in which ethnicity and class impacted life in the colonies. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page overview of the book by Thomas Bell. The author contends that, although fictional, Bell's book accurately portrays the historical circumstances leading up to the implementation of labor unions. In the last chapter of "Out of This Furnace" the grandson Dobie becomes a union organizer. Efforts such as his ...

A 6 page research paper that answers specific questions pertaining to American immigration. Questions cover a variety of topics, but mainly concern immigration policy in the late nineteenth/early twentieth century and public sentiment toward immigration restriction. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper is a report on the book: Ordinary Courage by Josephy Plumb Martin. Quotes cited from text which deals with Revolutionary war. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 5 page recount of the societal situation surrounding our 1980 triumph in the Olympics against the Russians in hockey. Our victory could not have come at a more needed time in history. The country was at an all time low in terms of our morale. We had endured the Iranian hostage ...

This 5 page includes a description of federalism and looks at the changes which have occurred over time. The tug of war between states' rights and the strength of the federal government are examined. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 6 page paper which discusses the similarities found in “The Crucible” and the McCarthy Trials. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the changes in society that occured during the 1960's in England, as documented by the fashion industry. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

An 8 page research paper that explores the US involvement in WWI. The writer argue that examination of WWI demonstrates that it was unique aspects of this conflict that enabled the US to make a decisive difference due to the fact that the entry of US into the Allied war effort meant a virtually inexhaustible ...

A 5 page paper that answers 13 questions on immigration drawn from Nancy Foner's From Ellis Island to JFK, New York's Two Great Waves of Immigration (Yale University Press, 2000). The questions basically contrast immigration to New York City in 1890 with statistics from the 1990s. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which critiques and summarizes the controversial 2004 firsthand account of how America’s leaders are handling terrorism by a one-time National Security Council insider. No additional sources are used.

This 3-page paper covers the idea of sectionalism on a nationwide basis as one of the causes of the Civil War. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page overview of the reasons Americans elected to revolt against English control. The author contends that English support was just not there even in the earliest stages of colonialism. Once the Americans became self assured that they could survive they began to look at their ties with England more as a ...

A 5 page essay that discusses an exhibition being shown at the Chicago Historical Society, "A House Divided." This powerful exhibition succeeds in making Lincoln real for the viewer as a fellow human being. In so doing, the exhibit also serves to make "real" the suffering, the trauma and the incredible devastation of the American ...

This 5 page paper examines the cold war and the civicl rights movement. Similarities are discussed as well as a cause and effect relationship. Much detail about these topics is provided within the scope of this paper. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts life in America prior to World War I and post-World War II. This paper highlights the economic and political differences in order to highlight these very different eras. Bibliography lists 3 sources.