Essays on American History

In the summer of 1914, years of growing tension over the balance of power in world politics provoked the major countries of Europe to gather large forces and march them into battle across the world. The assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarvajo on...

The United States were destined to expand westward since the U.S.A was gaining people and the U.S. needed more land to benefit the U.S. As growing population, The Westward expansion connected the U.S. to the “Great Western Ocean’ allowing more trade. According to Senator Lewis...

After the Civil War, many individuals decided to move westward in hopes of better economic opportunities as well as their beliefs in the Manifest Destiny. Prior to the Westward Expansion, many settlers believed that the territory in the west was a wasteland and only fit...

While most people believe that the idea of Manifest Destiny was primarily beneficial for American citizens, it ultimately did more harm than good, as many conflicts with the land, people, and animals arose with Native Americans. White settlers moving west found that the Native Americans...

In this essay I intend to look at American landscape paintings from artists throughout the Antebellum period to better understand how the American view on westward expansion may have played a role in the attitude many Americans had towards landscape paintings. How the artist’s views...

The title of this essay is Westward Expansion. That is the westward expansion of America to be exact. It is common knowledge that when these great states were founded, everything went west from there. In 1860 only the east coast was inhabited by the 13...

In the early 1800’s, as our young country was still forming its ideals and vision, a great movement westward was born from exploration efforts and a large purchase of land from the French known as the “Louisiana Purchase.” As the boundaries of our country broadened,...

The human civilization is known to have been marked by various events that influenced the social, economic as well as political growth throughout the world. One such event is the Westward Expansion, which comprises a collection of events that took place in the Western Territories...

Throughout the history of America, came many big accomplishments and failures. During 1923 to 1929 Calvin Coolidge was the 30th President of the United States. From 1933 to 1945 Franklin Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States. Being two completely different Presidents, Roosevelt...

As a Mexican American I have a deep history and culture whether it be United States history and culture or the focus of this paper my Mexican history and culture. This testimony is about the how the modules assigned during my Intro to Mexican American...