Essays and Research Papers on General U.S. History

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

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

A 3 page look at William Ellery one of the founding fathers and signers of the Declaration of Independence. Bibliography lists 6 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 paper which examines the condition of labor among the French, Spanish, and British colonists. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which discusses and analyzes Federalism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 6 page paper examines the cycles of conquest in California during the period 1769-1865. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the Louisiana Purchase, which more than doubled the size of the United States peacefully. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

In five pages this book report discusses how boot camp today is as opposed to how it was in 1941, how today’s sailors still encounter prostitution and bars just like they did on liberty in the 1940s, and compares and contrasts the similarities and differences between World War II and the War in Iraq. ...

This 8 page paper discusses the Abolition Movement in the United States, with particular emphasis on John Brown. William Lloyd Garrison and the Underground Railroad are also mentioned. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the economic impact of the Black Plague on San Francisco and Honolulu. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 6 page paper is a book review that examines a variety of inclusions by this author. The author's credentials are discussed. No additional sources cited.

A 7 page paper on the War of 1812. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 4 page paper which summarizes and examines two articles on the American Revolution. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 10 page essay in which the writer argues that when the scope of a discussion on immigration issues ventures beyond the realm of European immigrant experiences, that is, the experience of Irish, Italian or Scandinavian immigrants, one ventures into the realm of multiple paradoxes, wherein the idealism of the nationalistic myth meets with the ...

A 3 page paper which examines and discusses Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and King’s I Have a Dream. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper examines American interventions in foreign nations in the early twentieth century and argues that they were largely unjustified, and that Mark Twain was correct in deploring the American habit of minding everybody else's business. It also considers why America returned to isolationism in the 1920s. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper which analyzes the race riot presented in Death in a Promised Land by Scott Ellsworth. No additional sources cited.

In three pages this paper discusses the theme of this important historical text that explores the black experience and contributions to the American West, examines how the reader can determine the source of the author’s information without footnotes or endnotes, considers whether or not the text is objective or biased, and assesses its value. ...

9 pages in length. Both the Spanish and Mexican governments struggled to colonize and control California with the dual objective to establish a stable Hispanic society. The competitive nature of achieving such a goal brought with it a combination of factors that made it challenging at best for them to reach these objectives. ...

A 3 page essay that discusses the many changes in urban land use that have occurred over the last 150 years. No bibliography is provided.

6 pages in length. Ever since the United States of America came into existence, its people have ceaselessly attempted to reform themselves in the name of becoming more socially, economically or politically astute. With each passing generation - and even as frequently as each passing decade - Schlesinger (1950) illustrates how this ongoing ...

An 8 page paper which examines elements of colonization in the New World. Bibliography lists sources.