Category: American History

Jefferson had a great many opinions on how governments should be run and how citizens should be treated. Although he lived in a different time than Thomas More did when he wrote Utopia, a lot of the fundamental issues that Utopia was trying to solve were still present. There was still great inequity in the…

Analysis of Washington’s Foreign Policy Principles In 1796 after Washington decided not to seek reelection for the United States presidency, he delivered a valedictory address to his ‘Friends and Citizens’. In the address, Washington articulated the principles he hoped would guide the United States as he retired. By examining Washington’s Farewell Address (co-authored by Alexander…

Resilience and adaptation are terms that can certainly be applied a ship that started an eventful timeline as a Battleship, and ultimately morphed into the one of the first training drones used by the US Navy, as is in the case of the USS Utah. Understanding the history of the USS Utah will give senior…

In the American Constitution, the foundation of the country, it states that a person has the right to believe what they choose. The essence of the constitution was to protect those who chose to believe something different than the minorities. So, for Americans to impose their way of life onto people who were on their…

Run for the Wall: An American Pilgrimage Pilgrimages to locations that elicit emotions of life are ritually organized journeys that physically transport people out of their ordinary lives to symbolize events, cultures, locations, and the significance of past repeated behavior. The Wall Run starts every year in mid-May when a few hundred cruiser drivers assemble…

There have been many civil wars throughout the world illustrated under different names, such as revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, revolts, and mutinies. These have all had similar causes, whether it be political, social, or economic which have all resulted in the country or nation going to war within itself in order to get the result that…

The Articles of Confederation were a direct response to the long list of grievances against King George III, the king who held all power over the colonies. While the colonizers were under King George III. The Articles of Confederation established the first governmental structure that unified the 13 colonies that had fought in the American…

During the era of world war II many Asian communities, especially the Japanese, were unfairly treated and placed into camps, in large part of their ancestry. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Navy spiked an already negative view of Asian Americans and immigrants. This led the U.S. Government to force a mass relocation…

One of the most prominent figures in the Harlem Renaissance was by the name of Duke Ellington. The Harlem Renaissance was an extraordinary expansion in social, intellectual, and artistic aspects in the 1920s for the African-American community. The Harlem Renaissance was very significant because it marked a moment when white America started recognizing the intellectual…

“Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of effort” (F. D. Roosevelt). The period of which the Great Depression took place was called the “Dirty Thirties”. Many people didn’t know how to react to economic disaster. The Great Depression left many in poverty.…