Essays on American History

The early part of the 20th century in America is one which saw tremendous amount of innovation and transformation. From the Wright Brothers flight at the turn of the century, WWI a decade later, women being granted the right to vote along with the rise...

“Snap your burning chains, ye denizens of the pit, and come up sheeted in the fire, dripping with the flames of hell, and with your trumpet tongues testify against the damnation of drink!” By the late 1800s, people like John Bartholomew Gough, a reformed drinker...

Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 wrote that his generation has succeeded so well that the American frontier had had at last come to an end. He wrote an essay called “The Significance of the Frontier in American History”, Turner wrote this based on the movement...

Our world’s relationships in the period from 1865 to 1900 has deemed to be one of the most historically rich time periods I’ve learned about in my education. The “whites” dominate America using their race to hold superiority while people of color struggle to come...

I agree with this article Trump and the Rise of 21st Century Fascism, written by Adele M. Stan, that Trump has been nothing but a disappointment to the citizens of the United States and the country itself. His actions do not prove otherwise since they...

When colonists left from their country to come to what is now the United States, they were seeking more prosperous lifestyles and opportunities, away from British control. Their new unestablished land had a lot of room for differences in opinion, especially because there were far...

Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton gathered in the Pennsylvania court house located in Philadelphia. It was in the court house, that they discuss what they were standing for, who they wanted to write it, and who will be a representative and sign...