Essays on American History

Angela Davis once said, “Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems” (Angela). Although it is not specified which instance Davis is referring to, this quote can be applied to many memorable moments in America’s long history....

Since the beginning of time fear has been a powerful tool that has been used to manipulate and control people. This tactic has been used many times throughout history for example when the Nazis used fear tactics to persuade German soldiers to force the Jewish...

The first thing to clarify: what is the definition of a hippie, specifically from the 60’s? According to Merriam-Webster, a hippie is “usually young person who rejects the mores of established society (as by dressing unconventionally or favoring communal living) and advocates a nonviolent ethic.”...

Manifest Destiny is a philosophy created hundreds of years ago, and still lives on in the world today. The idea of Manifest Destiny was a good idea because of the reasoning to expand west, but the consequences of it were what made it a bad...

American Women are known to be strong and resilient because of the endurance and perseverance that the first colonial women modeled in Jamestown. The women of Jamestown were raped, made to stifle their ambitions , and forced to endure intensive manual labor. Researchers have discovered...

In 1607, the first English settlers arrived in Jamestown, Virginia intending to escape religious persecution and also the intention to mine gold and silver but to their dismay, they found sickness, starvation, harassment from the Indians and death. But even with the many limitations facing...

Humans have been to blame for several unfortunate disasters which have occurred throughout our history – Chernobyl, oil spills into the ocean, and the Bhopal gas leak in India, to name a few. One such human disaster which lasted for almost a decade was an...

The Dust Bowl ravaged the southern and middle states of America during the 1930s. This event created so much strife in the United States and continues to impact society today. The Dust Bowl was known for the enormous dust clouds in the sky that lasted...

In the American Prairies, the Dust Bowl was a time with severe dust storms in the 1930s. The Dust Bowl was not only a natural disaster, as it impacted large regions of the United States, and it’s environment and culture by displacing multiple people. Nonetheless,...

While World War II created mass destruction, economic distress, and even tore families apart; at the same time, it was responsible for creating countless new opportunities for women in the workforce. Due to the high demands of the economic hardship because of the war, this...