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“A Year in the South,” is a book written by Stephen Ash, and narrates the fall of the Confederacy and the emergence of the New South in 1865. The author, Stephen Ash, is a professor of History at the University of Tennessee since 1989. During that period he acted as the managing editor of the…

The Chicano Generation: Testimonios of the Movement is a book written by Mario T. Garcia, who is a prominent civil rights scholar. People of Mexican ancestry born in the United States are known as “Chicanos.” During the Chicano Movement of the 1960s, Mexican Americans started using the phrase widely as a sign of national pride.…

Table of Contents Background Research Questions Literature Review Significance Primary Sources References Background China is one of the globe’s fastest expanding economies and the world’s biggest exporter. The country also receives considerable foreign assistance and is a prominent borrower on regional and global credit markets. Its expanding economy has grown into a major source of…

Some changes in American life have been noted since the beginning of the XVIII century. The settlers mastered many fertile lands, founded successful farms, and created many industrial enterprises. The metropolis pursued its policy towards the colonies: the grounds were mainly supposed to give almost gratuitous income to the treasury and private English companies (Mohajan…

Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Work Cited Introduction In 1519, Herman Cortes decided to adventure into the Mexican interior in search of gold rumored to exist on the American mainland. Together with his crew of eleven ships and five hundred men, they headed to Mexico and conquered the Aztecs in 1521 to claim the…

The history of the United States of America is integrally connected with the histories of such European countries as Portugal, Spain, France, the Netherlands, and England. This is explained by the fact that these countries colonized the territory of the modern USA pursuing their own political and economic goals in exploring the so-called “New World”.…

Thomas Jefferson, the nation’s third president, can be considered a real enthusiast for implementing Indian education policy. Enlightening Indians and blacks was a mission, the ideological basis of the American thinker’s racial theory. Not being a strong orator; however, Jefferson put his thoughts on paper, and in letters, his ideology and politics could be traced.…

The forced eviction of Japanese Americans is not much different from other acts of separation and discrimination carried out over the years globally. In the labor camps where the Japanese Americans were held, all adults were required to work 40 hours a week. Similarly, Jews in the Third Reich in Germany were forced to work.…

Table of Contents Myth and History: how to study history and think critically Reconstruction: freedom and terrorism, 1865-1890 Colonization of the West: freedom, Genocide, and imperialism Works Cited Myth and History: how to study history and think critically As noted, the 2003 Iraq invasion is not a new episode but rather a culmination of the…

The October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks seized power from the Provisional Government of Russia, did not materialize out of thin air. Instead, it was the result of a prolonged crisis, when social tensions and economic problems coincided with a divided and inefficient government to create a volatile political situation. Morgan Philips Price, a…