Category: American History

Introduction The Oregon Trail holds a significant place in American history as an iconic symbol of westward expansion and the pursuit of a better life. Spanning over 2,000 miles from Missouri to Oregon, this arduous trail presented pioneers with numerous challenges and hardships. This analytical essay will explore the profound impact of the Oregon Trail…

According to Kimberly Amadeo, 65 percent or around $580 billion U.S. bills in circulation are currently used outside the U.S. 75 percent consisting of $100 bills, 55 percent $50 bills, and 60 percent of $20 bills, which have Andrew Jacksons portrait on them. To foreign eyes abroad, President Jackson represents our country, our treasury, and…

The American Revolution was a war between Great Britain and the American colonies fighting for freedom. To this day, it is the most impactful war that caused the beginning of American history. Big impacts changed America such as gaining independence and political power. It also impacted both slavery and the status of women from 1775…

Although the United States of America formally gained its independence from Britain in 1783 under the Treaty of Paris, Britain did not want to leave the fledgling republic alone. Border and trade disputes quickly arose between the two countries. The British regularly enlisted sailors from American ships for naval service in the Atlantic Ocean. The…

The War of 1812 is known as the conflict between the United States and Great Britain over Britains violation of US maritime rights. Most historians have found no single reason for the War of 1812 yet a couple of related causes. First of all, it should be noted that in Europe, Britain, the maritime force,…

Since the beginning, America has passed through several political changes throughout its existence. Political leaders have been replaced, all of them having different objectives and plans for the long run. As history takes its course, though, most of those revolutionary movements return to normal. One such movement was the Reconstruction. Reconstruction was a period in…

Herman Melville wrote about all different types of themes ranging from topics about the Civil War to what a womans role should be. Melville was not afraid to express his opinions to anyone, especially his readers. Melville was from New York and he supported the abolition of slavery. He believed that the slave owners were…

Historians in the 1980s hoped that studies of categories of analysis would illuminate subjects that had previously been obscured. Joan Scott foregrounded gender in particular as one of these useful categories. Gender has been widely substituted for women in the labelling of this type of history which ultimately makes sense since the same cultural processes…

From the years 1866 to 1877, the country was in disarray, America had just finished fighting the Civil War. They were attempting to put their broken pieces back together, which had caused Congress to implement this destruction to The Reconstruction Period. They set this to unite the North and South sides and to become a…

Major success of the Reconstruction with the 3 constitutional Amendments that were passed during the Reconstruction Era. The 13th Amendment in 1865 ratified and abolished slavery. Which the majority of the population did. Here we have a constitution amendment that will end slavery everywhere once and for all. But, that’s all the 13th Amendment says…