History Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (14,712) essays
- African Studies - History (384)
- Asian History (630)
- Australian History (354)
- Central & Southamerican History (380)
- European History (3,272)
- Middle Eastern History (379)
- North American History (4,385)
- World History (2,777)
History Term Papers essays:
Klu Klux Klan
... the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate the Ku Klux Klan and sent some Klan members to prison. At its peak in the mid-1920s Klan membership was estimated at 4 million to 5 million. Klan member ship fell to about 5,000 by the early 1970's. The Ku Klux Klan ...
The Great War - World War One
... the Triple Alliance and declared war on Austria-Hungary. Now what does any or all of this have to do with America? Why would any of these situations cause the United States to become involved in World War I? The involvement of the U.S. in World War I was gradual. America had adopted a policy of ...
The Townshend Act
... Act The Townshend Acts` repeal of the Stamp Act left Britain's financial problems unresolved. Parliament had not given up the right to tax the colonies and in 1767, at the urging of chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend, it passed the Townshend Acts, which imposed taxes on lead, glass, tea ...
Poverty and Culture
... the context of ancient Greece it contributed to the growth of a culture and political system unlike any other. For example, each polis lacked large distinctions between the rich and the poor. To this end, kings and priests could not rise to power and prominence, and Greeks ...
Detailed history of the Ancient Greek and Latin languages.Compiled from class notes and lectures.
... the 14th century BC up through the end of the Hellenistic period in (roughly) the 4th century AD. Spatially, Ancient Greek in its earliest attested forms was spoken in the southern Balkan peninsula, in territory that is now the modern nation of Greece, both on the Greek mainland and on some of the ...
AP American History - Compare and discuss Upton Sinclair's THE JUNGLE, Orwell's 1984 and progressive American politics - Bibliography Included!
... The United States Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 provided for the federal inspection of meat products, and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transport of adulterated food products or poisonous patent medicines. The United States Meat Inspection Act of 1906 authorized the Secretary of ...
Titanic- History of a disaster
... the bottom. (Ward 186) The last survivor of the Titanic recently died in her home in Massachusetts. With her death, many of the unanswered questions of the Titanic may have also died. Hopefully, a tragedy like this will never have to happen again. As stated ...
"Opium was a minor cause of the first Opium War"
... of oriental goods such as tea and porcelain. Apart from these general causes for conflict there were also some direct effects from opium that contributed to the war that cannot be discounted. First of all was the idea of opium damaging the body which was in strict violation of the ...
Gandhi and Non-Violent Protest.
... the Muslim League in 1906. World War I is what really began the nationalist's movement. The Indian citizens and the British government made an agreement, if India was to help in the war, they promised reforms that would lead to self-government. Because of this, over a million Indians enlisted in the ...
A Brief Analysis Of the Counterculture Movement of the 1960s
... United States following tours of duty overseas during World War II established families, which brought about a significant number of new children into the world. This dramatic increase in the number of births from 1946 to 1964 is called the baby boom. In the United States, approximately 79 million ...