Category: History 3303

I am a history student because it provides knowledge of the past and how it shaped America. Through learning about the past, one is able to judge what is right or wrong. History is a type of collective memory consisting of past stories that highlight structures that constitute the present. The history of the United…

Professor Ben-Ghiats article Women should have to register for the draft argues that when the women in the United States turn eighteen years old, they should be allowed to register for the Selective Service (SS). The primary argument is that society has fully embraced gender equality so women should also be obliged for the listing.…

One of the essential characteristics of the play The Importance of Being Earnest, written by Oscar Wilde, is the detailed presentation of the Victorian culture in the way it was perceived by the author. In this literary work, he reflected on the upper class and mocked their cultural norms. Wilde believed that they encompassed the…

Who were the Victims of Klan Violence? The Klan, commonly known as the Ku Klux Klan, was a distinct movement in the United States that advocated for white extremism that stood to support white nationalism, supremacy, anti-immigration, anti-Catholicism, Nordicism, and anti-Semitism. Their main victims were nonwhite people living in the United States. Their major hate,…

The Bintel Brief letters and responses from the Jewish Daily Forward editors are remarkable proof of how similar in nature, albeit different in shape, were the problems encountered by immigrant Americans throughout the twentieth century. The main topics revealed in letters and replies are the opinions of the inner circle, questions of ethics and morality…

Immigration remains crucial for American society and has always taken part in the nations history. It is a significant event because people keep moving from one country to another, and many technological innovations, companies, or industries could not exist without immigrants who left their homes searching for a better life. History includes multiple occasions of…

History is the knowledge that humans collectively possess and can use to own advantage. Unfortunately, people seem to ignore the past and strive to reach the future in the fastest way, forgetting the learned lessons and attention to details. History is significant on several levels and the first is biology. People have always been questioning…

Table of Contents Introduction Main Discussion Conclusion References Introduction The Vietnam War is considered to be one of the longest wars that America has ever been involved in. The war that began in 1948 and ended in 1963 cost the country close to 60,000 soldiers and more than 350,000 were wounded. On top of this,…

Table of Contents Introduction Carl von Clausewitzs Paradoxical Trinity and Frederick the Great The Role of Frederick the Great as a Warlord Warfare Strategies After Frederick the Great Conclusion Bibliography Footnotes Introduction The concept of war is as old as the human world, as wars permeate the entire history of humanity. Many events caused wars,…

The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the most significant single events in Cold War history. It started with installing Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba supported by the revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, which was discovered on October 14, 1962, by an American spy plane. The reason for this measure was the desire of the Soviets…