Category: American History
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The War on Drugs and Its Impact on Black and Latino People
President Nixon’s “war on drugs” began in the early 1970s to reduce the illegal drug trade in the United States, but instead tragically changed the lives of millions of Black and Latino people forever. Because of this war on drugs, Black and Latino people were and are still arrested more than their white counterparts for…
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Repetition & Revision in Suzan-lori Park’s History Plays and Topdog/underdog
In her two decades as a playwright, Suzan-Lori Parks has tackled American history from many angles; while she shuffles themes of race, family, death, and time between each of her plays, they are all linked by the common structure of what she calls her “Repetition & Revision” writing style. Most of her early work employs…
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The Failure of War on Drugs in America
Introduction: America’s history with drugs can be traced back to the 1800’s when opium surged in popularity following the American Civil War. Drugs were an integral part of American life with heroin being used medicinally to treat respiratory illnesses and cocaine being an ingredient in Coca-Cola. Background: With this came the realization that psychotropic drugs…
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The Influence of The American Declaration of Independence on The Foundation of The United States
Even if the attainment of independence is different from revolution it has long been contested, and has mostly been debated over the question of violence as legal means to gain sovereignty. In general, revolutions aim only to redistribute power with or without an element of emancipation, such as in democratization within a state, which as…
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Giles Corey and The Salem Witchcraft Trials
Giles Corey was a prosperous, uneducated, eighty-year-old farmer and full member of the church. He and his wife Martha lived on a farm in the southwest corner of Salem village. Martha Corey, his wife, made a mistake of questioning if the girls accusations were sincere. The girls learned of this and accused her of witchcraft.…
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Insurgency and Asymmetric Warfare in The American Revolutionary War
A historic special operation that lays the foundation of growing nature of asymmetric warfare on a global scale would be the American Revolution. I will discuss two particular battles, Bunker Hill and the Battle of Saratoga. Throughout the revolution the American insurgents received assistance of Spain and France. The American took place over seven years…
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Major Changes that Impacted The United States in The Progressive Era
The period between 1877 and 1914 is the era at which the poor people across the world faced harsh condition and exploitation. During this period those who were in power did less to protect the rights of poor and they also took part in exploiting them. In America, during this era, the immigrants faced harsh…
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The Bacon’s Rebellion in The History of Jamestown
‘The poverty of the country is such that all the power and sway has got into the hands of the rich, who by extortious advantages, having the common people in their debt, have always curbed and oppressed them in all manner of ways.” This was said by Nathaniel Bacon Jr, and it describes the motivation…
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Reconstruction’s Disappointment after The Civil War
Reconstruction was the endeavor to remake and change the South , monetarily, and socially after the Civil War, and to refashion race relations all through the country. Students of history of the period have concentrated on five inquiries: What situation was trying to alter and why? What are the 13th 14th and 15th amendments were…
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The Spanish-american War and American Imperialism
The Spanish-American war was a conflict between America and Spain in 1898 effectively due to the intervention of US in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence. United States was attacked Pacific possessions of Spain led to the involvement in the case of Philippine Revolution as well as to Philippine- American war. The public opinion of…