… free coinage of silver is proving critical to where the votes will fall in this year's (1896) campaign. On one side, there is William Jennings Bryan who believes that the free coinage of silver is decisive if all the people of the United States wish…

… 1542, Bartoleme de Las Casas wrote Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies. His purpose for writing this was to inform his audience that slavery was wrong. He wrote about his first hand accounts. He wrote of the inhumanity…

… on the leather couch, and begin to think about the western pioneer's documentary we watched today in English class. Three distinct personality traits of these pioneers keep coming back to me as I ponder which ones to use in the assigned essay. Courage,…

… discuss methods of abolishing American Negro slavery. Brown was an antislavery leader while Douglas was an ex-slave and he internationally recognized antislavery teaching himself to read and write. Even though they differed on tactics to be used,…

… "storm" which altered the way of life for the Depression ravaged citizens of America. The people awoke every morning hoping and praying for rain, while outside on their farms and in many urban areas, the conditions only worsened. Donald Worster's…

… impact on the individual people of the United States, but also on the American society as a whole. In Good Americans: Italian and Jewish Immigrants During the First World War, Christopher M. Sterba writes the personal account of two distinct…

… David Nasaw describes many different types of public activities during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries and further discusses the effects of amusement on the economy and society as a whole. The author covers various forms of fun-time activiti…

… Civil War had great significance for the United States' economy. Although initially the economy seemed unstable at first, after the second war that America fought with England, the economy began to show considerable growth thereafter. This can be seen…

… are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land. The poorhouse is vanishing from among us. We have not yet reached the goal, but given a chance... we shall soon with the help of God be in sight of the day…

… the twentieth century, two major global conflicts shattered the country's notions of peace and stability, prompting the United States to send money, munitions, and troops overseas. For this essay, consider the ways in which Woodrow Wilson and Franklin…