Category: American History

The Gilded age began after the conclusion of the Civil War and Reconstruction. It spanned starting from the late 1860s until the late 1890s. The Gilded Age is defined as the time period that the United States economy and population grew rapidly. It brought along many cases of exploited workers and as a result the…

Table of contents Introduction The Laws The Dangers Celebrations Conclusion Introduction Who invented the Transcontinental Railroad? Well, from my research I learned that Asa Whitney made the idea of the Railroad and Theodore Judah created the Railroad and Aba Lincoln helped make it all happen. In the Railroad, there were lots of Laws, Dangers, and…

Table of contents Introduction The Indian Removal Act of 1830 Short- and Long-term Effects Introduction The concept of a moral compass can be quite the subjective realm when considering the management of a nation. Take for example the decision by U.S. president Harry S. Truman, to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, ending the Second…

Throughout the history of the United States there have been many horrible events, in my opinion, the most tragic of all was the Trail of Tears. Also known as the Indian Removal Act, it took place at the beginning of the 1800’s. In the eyes of many white settlers and their representatives, the expulsion of…

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 allowed government to relocate native Americans to the west of the Mississippi river in promises that the government would support them and compensate for their loss. While majority of the native Americans went voluntarily, others fought and/or didn’t take them seriously until they sent the U.S army to physically…

Historians’ viewpoints about the factors that lead to the Spanish-American War changed over time because different presidents, professors, naval officers and even journalists had different takes on it at different time periods. Like anyone would have different point of views on the topic, the documents being used for this topic have views specifically from presidents,…

The factors that have led to American involvement in imperialism are military strengths, new markets, and the trust of cultural superiority. The whole reason for the Spanish American war is because of the Cubans wanting their freedom from Spain, imperialism growing and lastly the sinking battleship of Maine. The elements that caused world war 1…

With industrialism looming and the first transcontinental railroad on the verge of completion, the notorious Collis P. Huntington laughed all the way to the bank as he had just invested in the railroad-building venture that would begin one of the most oppressive monopolies in American history. Huntington was a prosperous railroad magnate, but his practices…

Since the inception of the first Klan in 1865, the Ku Klux Klan rooted its values in their perception of Christianity. In one instance, we see people like Sam Bowers who was a supposed Methodist, yet was one of the more powerful voices in reviving the Klan during the 60’s. After going underground during the…

After World War I, many men who had gone to fight in the war were returning and desired to take their jobs back from the women and African Americans who had taken them in America; because African Americans and Women had been exposed to the taste of equality in factory jobs and good wages, they…