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American History Essays and Term Papers
Why The North Won The Civil War"In all history, no nation of mere agriculturists ever made successful war against a nation of mechanics. . . .You are bound to fail" -Union officer William Tecumseh Sherman to a Southern friend.
The American antebellum South, though steeped in pride and raised in military tradition, was to be ...
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Thesis: Show How Mexico Lost An Enormous Territory To The U.S. In 1848.Henry Polk was President of the U.S.A. from 1845, and was an
imperialist. He wanted his country to expand by seizing Mexico's land. His
goal was to try to make the States stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Polk first offered 30,000,000 dollars to Mexico for California and New
Mexico, but ...
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Articles Of ConfederationIt would have been very difficult to run an effective government under
the . Many of the great minds politically active after
the American Revolution realized this; thus arrived the birth of one of the
greatest political documents of all time: The Constitution. With the implement
of the ...
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Jimi Hedndrix Are You ExperienAre You Experienced? The Jimi Hendrix Experience released its first album in early 1967. Popular music had been leaning towards psychedelics for a couple years already and Are You Experienced? came out at about the same time as the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Are You ...
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Comparing Casablanca To 1984How can a hero survive in a world gone mad? Both Casablanca,
the classic 1940s film, and hailed as the greatest movie ever by some,
and 1984, a piece of classic literature by George Orwell, also seen as
being one of the most important novels of the 20th century, revolve
around a world in ...
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LA Confidential And Film NoirOne of the most influential film movements in the 1940�s was a genre that is known today as film noir. Film noir was a recognizable style of filmmaking, which was created in response to the rising cost of typical Hollywood movies (Buss 67). Film noir movies were often low budget films; they used ...
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Evolution Of Ford Motor CompanyThe Ford Motor Company led what has been called a revolution. Henry Ford restructured everything from the salaries of employees to the work ethic they demonstrated. He did numerous things that were considered absurd and unrealistic at the time. This included the introduction of the $5.00 work ...
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British InvasionWhen one thinks of rock and roll there is a whole list of adjectives to describe a band. The groups can go from laid back to an in your face, ultra loud show of shows. There are many differences in rock bands and none is greater than the deviation between Oasis and Dave Matthews Band. From ...
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The National AnthemThe United States National Anthem is a very well respected song by all Americans. This song symbolizes our freedom and what we had to endure in order to obtain this freedom. Even though the song is very important to our country most do not know who wrote it, when it was written, or why it was ...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(1756-1791)
was born in Salzburg in Austria, the son of Leopold, Kapellmeister to the Prince-Archbishop of
Salzburg. By the age of three he could play the piano, and he was composing by the time he was five; minuets from this period
show remarkable understanding of form. Mozart's elder sister ...
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The Disadvantages Of The South During The Civil WarIn 1861 the United States was splitting apart. The South felt it was necessary to secede from the Union. There was no doubt that secession would provoke civil war. The South didn�t have many resources and had a lower population. There was the South�s weakness of Nationalism. The North had a ...
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Art AppreciationDARK ROCKS � Georgia O�Keeffe ( oil in canvas)
Victorian Bouquet � Severin Roesen ( Oil in canvas)
In this piece of art, Georgia O�Keeffe transforms ordinary natural objects (rocks) into abstract things. By setting the dark rocks against the white background she magnifies the rocks. She ...
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Film 2Everyone lives in a different reality, that is why people enjoy watching movies. It gives insight into the world�s of others. Film directors strive to portray their characters� lives as believable as possible. Many help set up the authenticity with costumes and such.
In The Governess Goldbacher ...
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Black Women And Their Push For Equality For African AmericansBoth attitudinal and institutional racism grossly intertwined in U.S. society and government finally led to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960�s. Depicted above is just one of the many organized forces demanding equality and respect for Blacks in America and world-wide. This particular group, ...
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Ground War In The Persian GulfThe ground war began at 8:00 PM on February 23 and lasted exactly 100 hours. This phase featured a massively successful outflanking movement of the Iraqi forces. Schwarzkopf engaged in a deceptive maneuver by deploying a large number of forces as if to launch a large amphibious landing. The ...
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Rock MusicRock is a topic not often touched because of its complexity and its avoidance by conservative adults. Often viewed by them as �a bunch of noise�, is actually very complex. In fact, "It's stylistic scope is to broad to be encompassed by any single definition" ("", Groliers, p.1). This music is ...
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Socrates 2Socrates was born in Athens, the son of Sophroniscus, a sculptor, and of Phaenarete, a midwife, he received the regular elementary education in literature, music, and gymnastics. Socrates followed the craft of his father; according to a former tradition, he executed a statue group of the three ...
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Phsyslogical Thriller The 6th SenseAfter seeing the new psychological thriller the 6th Sense many people seemed to sit in their seats for a few minutes as the credits began to role. Did they fall asleep probably not, they were trying to figure out watch just happened in the last five minutes of the movie. It shocked audiences ...
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Analysis Of Rembrandt Joseph AThe story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife is told in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, chapter 39. Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers and bought by Potiphar, a high ranking official in the Pharaoh's service. "The Lord was with Joseph," and gave him success in everything he did. This ...
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The Salem Witch Trials: First Person Point Of ViewTen years have past, it is now 1702. Today is the first time that I have spoken about the horrible thing that happened in Salem. The thing that killed so many of our neighbors and friends. The witch hunt, what were we thinking. I remember the day that it started. We were just joking around; ...
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The Civil Rights Movementin the United States was a political, legal, and social struggle by black Americans to gain full citizenship rights and to achieve racial equality. was first and foremost a challenge to segregation. During , individuals and organizations challenged segregation and discrimination with a ...
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The Debut Of Television In AmericaIn April of 1939 the New York World�s Fair opened just east of the metropolis. The theme of the fair was, �Building The World of Tomorrow.� �The World of Tomorrow was a search for a usable Future (with a capital �F�), and while it added fuel to the fire of the American cultures of consumption ...
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Why Art Is Important To Religion�Why is Art Important to Religion�
Art is important to religion in many different ways. Perhaps none has analyzed how art and religion have influenced and affected each other through the ages. Pictures painted of past events that help to bring back the feeling and importance of the past have been ...
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U.S Involvement In The Vietnam War"No new taxes." This is a quote that most all of us remember from the 1992 presidential election. Along with it we remember that there were new taxes during that presidents term in office. There are a myriad of promises made and things done in a presidential election year that have ...
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Exxon Valdez Oil SpillABSTRACT
In March of 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground on Bligh Reef
in Prince William Sound, Alaska. An eighteen foot wide hole was ripped into the
hull, and 10.9 million gallons of crude oil spilled into the ocean. In the
following weeks, many things transpired. This paper will ...
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