Category: American History

Table of contents Background Joseph McCarthy The Witch Hunt Analysis Ethics Hypocrisy Conclusion While freedom is one of the base tenets of America since her inception, there have been times in history in which this concept was not necessarily upheld. In our more modern history, one of the most stark examples of this can be…

The Age of Exploration was a period from the early to the early 17th century. This was a period when European ships traveled around the world in such new trading routes and partners to feed capitalism in Europe. The age of exploration was the beginning of new technologies that were growing out of the Renaissance.…

Did you know that Simon Bolivar played important role in the development of our and our Constitution? His extraordinary ideas shaped and developed the United States of America. Furthermore, he also helped change the lives of the British and the French. As a great thinker he has changed the world, yet he didn’t know just…

Almost every conventional war has had to use some form of unconventional warfare (UW) throughout History. The definition of Unconventional warfare has been debated in recent years and the term more frequently used since the 1950s. President J. F. Kennedy gave a speech in 1962 at West Point where he stated: ‘This is another type…

In the years following the War of 1812, Native Americans east of the Mississippi would begin to face an astounding amount of pressure from white settlers encroaching onto their land. This hunger for land along with an anti-Indian cabinet in the White House would lead to the persecution and eventual removal for Indian groups east…

A Different Mirror by Ronald Takaki takes us through the history of America using a unique point of view. Takaki’s vision of America as a functioning society in times leading up to, during, and preceding the “transformation” of America is told through a very different approach. Previously, when studying American history, the main idea rests…

It was all the rage, that famous and infamous New Deal. Created by then-president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, it aimed at the revival of economy and expansion of labor—both of which had dwindled in the economic depression that plagued the United States in the late twenties and thirties. This revolutionary approach to economic recovery garnered almost…

On October 24th, 1929, the great crash of the American triggered an unprecedented economic crisis, which was quickly spread to the entire capitalist world. It was the deepest, longest, and the most widespread crisis in American history. At that time, the President of the United States Hoover stubbornly adhered to the laissez-faire policy, which intensified…

Throughout the history of America, guns have taken an essential role in both society and culture. Their wide use and accessibility have led many to believe that egocentric politicians play with the lives of the many, supplying the nations with murderous thoughts to fulfill their right of arm and trade. Allowing the slow rise of…

Today, when one takes a walk around the city of Hartford for example, they are more than likely to glance down at their phone and tread the same boring and programmed trail to work. Perhaps down Capitol Avenue, a traditional hotspot for early morning bumper-to-bumper traffic; speed past the Colt Armory and lay completely blind…