The Missouri Compromise The Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1877, was mainly caused by the diverging society between the North and the South. The North and the South had different goals. There were many factors that led to the war and the chief ones were political and economic differences between the North and the South. The North’s aggression to control the South had led to the point where it was intolerable. The issue on slavery was one of the causes of the Civil War. Slavery and...

This is an essay about the Donner Party, written in a narrative, not academic, style. (11+ pages; 3 sources; 2 additional suggested readings) The Donner Party The tale of the Donner Party and its tragic journey is one of the great stories of American history. It is at once horrifying and inspiring, an almost legendary account of human behavior at its worst, and its best. In the accounts of the settlers that went west with the ill-fated wagon train, we can see some of the issues that...

The History of Prussia There are three reasons Prussia, between 1648-1762, came to be a European power. First, Prussia was surrounded by a number of weak states. The weakness of these state enabled Prussia to gain territory and become more powerful. Second, during this time, the region was in a state of chaos. Because of this, people were anxious for the stability and order that a strong state could provide. Finally, because of three brilliant rulers, especially Fredrick William, the...

We should support the Captains of Industry because they are helping America tremendously by enriching us with minerals and making the society wealthier. Andrew Carnegie, also known as the steel king, founded the Carnegie Steel Company in 1870s. The company made steel more abundant in a wooden America. Carnegie then built railroads for trains, and bridges for people. Andrew Carnegie recently founded establishments for many libraries, schools, and universities in America. He also devoted his...

Essay on the Abolitionist Movement in America During the thirty years that preceded the Civil War, abolitionism was a major factor in electoral politics. Abolitionism refers to antislavery activism between the early 1830s, when William Lloyd Garrison began publishing The Liberator, and the Civil War. By the year 1834, there existed a weak framework of abolitionists, many who were determined free blacks from the north who had a common goal, the emancipation of slavery. These abolitionists took...

The Black (Bubonic) Plague in Europe The Black Plague is a type of bubonic plague that traveled throughout Europe, and the Mediterranean Sea killing millions. The Black Plague (or Black Death) is a bacterial infection that causes swelling on numerous parts of the body. Also it causes odd sores in which human flesh is eaten away. If you are infected with this, you have 5 days to be treated before you die. This is carried mainly through a type of rat flea (Yersinia Pestis). The rat flea is of...

The Great Depression lasted from October 24, 1929 until the economic recovery of the 1940s. On October 29, Black Thursday, the stock market crashed heavily, and continued to fall sharply throughout the coming weeks. As a result, the United States and the world were thrown into a decade of poverty and unemployment. The depression affected all sectors of the economy. Farm owners and agricultural workers suffered from falling crop prices. Businesses failed from a lack of investment support and a...

Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte: The Upstart Genius “The first principle of a general-in-chief is to calculate what he must do, to see if he has the means to surmount the obstacles with which the enemy can oppose him and when he has made his decision, to do everything to overcome them.” - Napoleon Bonaparte Be it a scholar, an intellectual, a history buff, or a contemporary management student, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte remains, to this day, something of an enigma, both...

[i:7f29f2b05d]Hiroshima Book Chapters 1-3[/i:7f29f2b05d] The book Hiroshima describes different peoples' accounts of the atomic bomb. One person whom I chose to write about is Dr. Masakazu Fujii, his recollections of the bomb and what I believe he thought of during and after the bomb had hit. Dr. Masakazu Fujii worked and lived at a private hospital which overlooked one of Japans rivers. Although knowing that a bomb attack was going to come, no one was scared enough to keep all stuffed up...

‘Describe the ways in which Henry VIII sought international influence between 1509 & 1529’ England, due to Henry VII passive involvement in European politics was not seen as an important country in 1509 as it was not a threat. An alliance between the Papacy, the Holy Roman Empire, France and Spain were united against Venice. The geographical position of England meant that the ‘battleground’ of Europe was far away and therefore England was distanced from Europe and...