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Description of how conformity affected the 1950's American lifestyle.
... in case of a bombing. In reality this was little defense against an atomic bomb. The cold war greatly ... War III with atomic weapons could start at any time. To take precautions, children were taught to "duck and cover" in case of a bombing. In reality ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Vietnam.
... of previous wars, what had only been imagined in the past had now become a stark reality for Americans, as they graphically watched the atrocities of war ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
To what extent was the Civil War an important watershed in US social and economic history?
... of the North pushed to completely abolish slavery. The southern farmers regarded the opinions of the northerners as detached from reality ... of the efforts of Northern businessmen. Though most of tariff laws had been changed by the time of the Civil War, ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
This essay breifly describes the life of John Brown, and how he "was the spark that ignited the Civil war". 720 words.
... as commissioned by God to make that vision a reality. In August, 1855, he followed 5 of his sons to Kansas to help make the ... cattle for Gen. William Hull's army during the war of 1812; later he served as foreman of his family's tannery. In 1820 he married ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars
The causes of the break up of the Union: the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the decision of the Dred Scott case and of course, slavery
... War was a war fought solely over slavery, but the reality was it was fought on several fronts. The three main causes were: the passage of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Discuss the major causes of the US Civil War.
... of America with Jefferson Davies as their first president war between the states now became an absolute reality ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Why Was Wilson So Eager To Preserve Neutrality?
... of war. Facing no challengers from within his own party and with a strong record of domestic reform. He had attracted the support of many of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
... of assistant secretary of the Navy, and his plans and strategies from the First World War were described as "the wonders of war" ... warning for a possible attack. Their worst fears became reality as Japanese dive-bombers attacked the base at Pearl Harbor ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Causes of the Civil War
... of America with Jefferson Davies as their first president. A war between the states now became an absolute reality ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars
The Influence of September 11.
... materials. In reality, the 'post-war' boom began in 1940 in the US, with a rapid acceleration of production ... War, which did not directly hit the US, meant good business for US capitalism, which supplied its allies with goods and raw materials. In reality ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History