Essays Tagged: "civil war 1861"

The tough times that labor had before and while they were forming unions.

After the Civil War (1861-1865) Americans faced many challenges in dealing with work issues. These challenges ... r to get one when they were competing against machines who could out produce the workers.Before the Civil War, many people were self employed. The majority of these people farmed or were somehow invol ...

(2 pages) 81 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

"Gone with the wind".

el I have ever read. It is also the greatest love story ever written. It is set during the American civil war (1861) in which the Southern states (the Confederacy) tried to free themselves from the no ... neighbor. She believed that Ashley Wilkes and her were meant to be together and neither the coming civil war nor the Tarleton twins were going to change that.But then, Scarlett learnt from the twins ...

(12 pages) 99 1 3.6 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Development in weaponry WWI

de battlefields large scale. The modernized guns and bullets are developed and used widely from the Civil War (1861-1865). The new technology of weapons eventually inspired trench warfare.WWI was a wa ...

(4 pages) 78 2 3.4 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Brief Summary of the Harlem Renaissance.

of the century, fostered by increased education and employment opportunities following the American Civil War (1861-1865). During a phenomenon known as the Great Migration, hundreds of thousands of bl ...

(7 pages) 375 1 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

Inflation in Russia

nThe term inflation (from latin - a swelling) for the first time began to use in America during the Civil war 1861-1865. However inflation is known to people since money have widely started to be used ... NThe term inflation (from latin - a swelling) for the first time began to use in America during the Civil war 1861-1865. However inflation is known to people since money have widely started to be used ...

(37 pages) 128 0 4.4 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Terrorism

ng to the period of his political dominance called the Reign of Terror (1793-94).After the American Civil War (1861-65) defiant Southerners formed a terrorist organization called the Ku Klux Klan to i ...

(1 pages) 26 1 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

To Kill a Mockingbird Allusions

ornwall: a country at the southwest tip of England.disturbance between the North and the South: The Civil War (1861-1865)flivver: Model-T Ford.John Wesley: (1702-1791) Founder of the Methodist Church. ... f basalt inscribed with a report of a decree passed in 196 BC.Confederate veteran: a veteran of the Civil War who fought for the South.General Hood: Lieutenant-General John B. Hood, a Confederate offi ...

(1 pages) 25 0 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

Terrorism: What is it?

ary arrest, torture, and execution to punish what it viewed as religious heresy. After the American Civil War (1861-65) defiant Southerners formed a terrorist organization called the Ku Klux Klan to i ... wful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives."2.Cur ...

(2 pages) 86 0 3.3 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

In the Eyes of Walt Whitman

IN THE EYES OF WALT WHITMAN.The unique path that Walt Whitman followed during the American Civil War (1861-1865) led to an insightful record that captures the turmoil of this era on an intima ... ection of the vitality and variety of the United States of America."The most poignant scenes of the Civil War come from Walt Whitman's wartime prose and most distinctly his book of poetry entitled "Dr ...

(4 pages) 88 0 3.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

The Civil Rights Movement

Segregation and The Civil Rights Movement Segregation was an attempt by white Southerners to separate the races in every ... thern states following the end of Reconstruction in 1877. During Reconstruction, which followed the Civil War (1861-1865), Republican governments in the Southern states were run by blacks, Northerners ... sence. The black communities began to exert pressure on politicians, voting for those who supported civil rights. These Northern black communities, and the politicians that they elected, helped Southe ...

(18 pages) 218 0 4.6 Mar/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

KKK (Klu Klux Klan).

n that originated in the Southern states during the period of Reconstruction following the American Civil War (1861-1865) and was reactivated on a wider geographic basis in the 20th century. The origi ... nferiority of blacks and therefore mistrusted and resented the rise of former slaves to a status of civil equality and often to positions of political power. Thus, the Klan became an illegal organizat ...

(6 pages) 64 2 4.8 Nov/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

Slavery and Economic Policies as causes for the Civil War.

Although some historians feel that the Civil War was a result of political blunders and that the issue of slavery did not cause the conflic ... n causes of the war itself: the expansion of slavery and its entrance into the political scene. The Civil War (1861-1877) was a product of the diverging society between the North and the South, who ha ... rritory to be "then, thenceforth, and forever free."Some offer another, more imminent cause for the Civil War- difference in economic policies. The North was expanding commercially and industrially, w ...

(2 pages) 33 0 3.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

"Dances With Wolves"

boring Indian tribe. Gradually he is accepted as a member of the tribe, which in the America of the Civil War (1861-64) is seen as desertion. In order to spare the tribe any more retribution from the ...

(2 pages) 25 0 3.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Charley Skedaddle

Charley Skedaddle Charley Skeddaddle is a story that takes place during the Civil War (1861-1865) in the North. The main character is Charley Stephen Quinn. He was a young boy ... he way we see ourselves comes from the way others see us. The book made me curious about the Civil War. I learned that it killed more Americans than any other war in history.So many times we do ...

(3 pages) 2905 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Social Gospel Movement

bring the kingdom of God to America. The Social Gospelers influence covered the time period of the Civil War (1861-1865) and through to World War I. The peak time for the Gospelers was during the fir ...

(3 pages) 15 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Human beings are inherent evil

d's jealousy, desire and hate which are human's inherent personalities. As well known, the American Civil War (1861-1865) was fought for the slavery, those slaveholders in southern states chose to war ...

(2 pages) 1492 0 1.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy