History Essays

He opposed any government intervention into business affairs. Trade restrictions, minimum wage laws, and product regulations were viewed as detrimental to a nation's economic health. This laissez-faire policy of government non-intervention remained popular throughout the Victorian Era and still plays an important part in present-day economic policy.

As a child grows up, there are many false stories and misrepresentation of the Dark Continent passed on by parents, teachers and seniors. This leads to formation of biases and negative perceptions about Africa that influence western view and reception of anything African.

With the newly found independence, these nations grabbed the opportunity to uplift their own distinct heritages and portray their uniqueness to the world. This paper focuses on the struggle that Kazakhstan is facing to maintain its national identity. With the newly gained independence of Kazakhstan, there came the urgent need of defining their national identity and also to formulate a foreign policy of independent nature to protect their identity in the international arena.

The name of the company starting with the letter “A” was a deliberate phenomena initiated by Bezos so that it could emerge early in the alphabetical order. The firm started as an online bookstore. In comparison to some of the biggest brick and mortar bookstores and mail order catalogs which can give up to 200,000 titles, an online bookstore can trade much more (Miller, 2009).

Gender relationships are important and have great implications on development due to their central function of providing opportunities and equity to both women and men in a bid for them to achieve their potential. The concept of gender has been understood differently from various quarters and the meaning is used to refer to women and their circumstances.

Evita is considered one of the most powerful women during the 1940s to 1950s; an era that was characterized by serious discrimination against women in different societies. Being the only woman with the power to question and rule during those times automatically rendered her much fame compared to other women.

and Hawaii. In 1909, the construction of the U.S. naval base began at Pearl Harbor. As Japan started to dominate part of the world’s industrial and military strength, the combined forces of the U.S. Navy and Army developed the harbor for military aviation, navy ships dock and house for the navy’s largest weaponry, cavalry and infantry units.

Understanding the Israel-Palestinian conflict has been one of the most difficult things in the world. However, after reading the books, In the Land of Israel and The Yellow Wind by Amos Oz and David Grossman respectively, one starts to get some insights into why the conflict began in the first place, and why it is not coming to an end.

In the Dreyfus affair back in the 1894, the then French captain of Jewish origin Alfred Dreyfus was falsely accused of treason, was convicted and imprisoned in Guiana. Later, it was proved that French anti-Semitism was to blame for the mistaken conviction.

One of the key social changes that took place is regarding the gender relations. With the majority of the men joining the war, women were called to fill the vacancies in the industries, which changed the stereotypical role of women as homemakers. (Goldstein 2001) However, with the returning men form the War deprived of job opportunities, and with the women wanting to hold on their jobs and the newly acquired statuses, it lead to maximal changes in the gender relations.

As most of Europe was devastated by the war, the US soon emerged as one of the major economic and political powers. The Soviet Union was also able to rebuild and was eyeing improvements in its military capability. This same military prowess was also one of the major goals of the US.

As stated by President Abraham Lincoln, the war brought to America “a new birth of freedom”. Since the war had been initiated to end slavery and redefine freedom, the post-civil war brought exactly that (Digital History, 2012). The post-civil war period is widely known as the ‘Reconstruction’ period, which began at the end of the Civil War.

The Advocacy Coalition Framework theory called for considering the “interactions of groups and coalitions of groups called advocacy coalitions” while creating policies (Birkland, 298). It is based on the assumption that within the realm of a given policy, various interest groups are at play, who get assorted into “policy communities” (Birkland, 292).

However, despite the fact that the constitution protects the right of every Muslim in America, their rights are often abused by citizens and sometimes even by the government. The lecture aimed at educating on rights of all Muslim Americans. It was also used to show how the first amendment act protects the right of all Muslims in America and how civil rights organizations such as CAIR are fighting for the rights of all Muslims in America.

Puzo's The Godfather and The History of the Sicilian Mafia by Nostra and Dickie are post Second World War historic books that provide plausible historic information on the mafia’s operations. The texts provide exclusive information to readers on history of the mafia operations and that changes readers’ perception of the criminal group.

Politics of the poor and the rich and the development of the rich has been a debate for a long time between those who believe that poverty can be alleviated by use of poor-people-centered strategies and those who believe that alleviation of poverty can be attained by the rich using their methods on the poor.

United States itself has been indulged in several wars and attack on alien nation. Some of the most tragic historical events of terrorism and war in America include the Pearl Harbor’s attack, terrorist attack on 9/11 and the war on Iraq. All these historical incidents have left a message to learn for the American society and have even negatively and positively impacted the American society.

The twelfth century was the time that Europe experienced considerable changes especially politically and socially. Achievements of this period are listed as; surfacing of vernacular literature, the revival of science and philosophy, coming up of universities, emergence of cities and architectural revival.

Scarry’s arguments are based on the presumption that certain attributes like courage and selfless devotion to duty are widespread among the general populace so if an “imaginable’ ticking bomb situation ever occurs, anyone confronted with the choices stemming from that instance “would almost certainly” do the right thing. 

The revelation brought about the concept of the only one of its kind human faculty of reason (Mill 2008, 67-70). Through this, virtually everything would eventually be understood. Several philosophers even ague that through the enhancement of this reason, human being had the ability for perfection.

Germans were dismayed by their leader because he had fallen asleep and he ordered not to be woken up. This was a devastating experience, especially for General Blumentrit. They termed it as the longest day ever, which bore the name, the long day, adopted by the movie. The precision of the movie was however not certain. 

Example of such interventions include the Vietnam War that was orchestrated by French government’s call for U.S.’s assistance in countering Islamic influence that was becoming pervasive in most parts of Asia. The recent interventions are the Iraq war and Afghanistan war, with the latter being triggered by September 11 terrorists attack on American soil.

The 2004 case of Elk vs. Newdow pertains to the U.S. Supreme Court decision pertaining to the relevance of the Establishment Clause when the Pledge of Allegiance is recited in schools. The origin of the case itself stems from a June 2002 lawsuit filed by Michael Newdow on behalf of his daughter.

The different factors of socialism differ in the ways they manage their ownership of the means of production, the degree of reliance on the market forces. The socialist system of economy aims at meeting the economic demands for human needs. The goods and services produced in the economy are meant for consumption.

There are characters such as General Ripper, who have a conviction that Russians were planning to poison American waters using fluorides; thus, this called for a need to establish an investigation of the plans to commence World War III (Wainright, 15). On the other hand, the movie indicates that the American president was incompetent; in fact, the president was urged by the general to make attempts aimed at negotiating with Russian leaders.

On September 11, 2001, armed Islamic terrorists hijacked four U.S. commercial passenger airplanes with the purpose of carrying out suicide attacks on objects of national importance, two of which were destroyed—the Pentagon and the World Trade Center’s twin towers.

Some visionaries have presented a detailed analysis of the importance of Asia for trade and other economic operations of Australia. Although Australia is an isolated piece of land still its development is a threat to many countries of the world. The attitude of Australia to some of the Asian countries is cold because of the experiences of World War II.

The Native Indians, being the native inhabitants of America, have had a long relationship with the government since colonial rule. Belonging to several tribal groups, the Native Americans were categorized under several castes. For a long time, they were confined to reservations that were often far and located in areas that were not suitable to be dwelled by Europeans.

Getting an opportunity to attend South West College is a great privilege to me. This paper seeks to analyze the reasons as to my choice in attending South West College. In explaining my reasons, this paper focuses on two different theoretical aspects/reasons.

Other than places like Chicago, Cleveland was one location where the African American mass migration from the south relocated to. Cleveland was majorly populated by the whites and few evolving blacks that had risen from the earlier slave class. The migration and life of the blacks in Cleveland proved quite difficult in accessing industrial jobs.

The suggestion he presents does not provide a deeper sight into the causes and grievances of the protestors (Kirkman and Shapiro). In the real world, globalization faces several issues that he avoids in the book. He prescribes trade liberation as the cure to all issues. Nations face a dilemma of pirate attacks through water routes.

Blair’s position made Britain suffer and changes of policies within the country were invertible so as to accommodate the ambitions of the US. This might have been the only position for Blair to hold in order to continue enjoying the partnership and coordination with the American Administration (Somerville, 2007: 67).

What with the continued doom of diseases, rapid urbanization, and massive industrialization, this goes without saying that the region of Central America would be incredibly unrecognizable for someone who lived there over 600 years ago.

At one section in The Republic, Socrates comments that the issue of charging the poets of telling a lie is “a point that we will agree upon when we have discovered the nature of justice” (Morgan 2005, 163). This implies that so as to comprehend the core nature of poetry, one should try to comprehend somehow the essence of justice.

During the World War II, Grider kept a diary that forms the basis of two books, “Marse John Goes to War” written by his sister Josephine Grider and “War Birds” written by Elliot Whites Springs 1. Grider spent his youthful days in an old family homestead and obtained his education in Memphis.

Hence, it becomes highly important to understand International Relations. International Relations is the study of the interaction between the various actors that take part in international politics which includes the countries, states, non-government organizations, international organizations, local governments, bureaucrats and individuals.

There are various debates, which have been held concerning the Hartz-Horowitz interpretation of conservatism, liberalism, and socialism in Canada. The article is very important because it provides various simple explanations for some striking differences between Canadian and American politics.

Their political, administration and military capital was located in Cusco. This capital served the Inca empire from the year 1197 to 1533. 1 The kingdom had four sub divisions that all converged in their capital, Cusco. In the modern day, the kingdom would be lying in the Peruvian highlands.

In any case, it is clear that South East Asia and India influenced the Chinese medical tradition, a fact reflected in the incorporation of many substances. The specific issue is set under examination in this paper. Emphasis is given on the ways that various medical substances entered China through India and South East Asia.

During the term of US President Richard Nixon, the Vietnam War was already heating up and getting more out of hand. The situation in this scenario showed that Soviet Russia and the People’s Republic of China were giving military aid to the forces of Communist North Vietnam, while the United States provided military aid to the democratic South Vietnam.

In the case of Lawrence v. Texas, decided before the United States Supreme Court, at issue was a Texas state law that declared sexual activity between two individuals of the same gender illegal. The specific statute, listed in the text of the case, was Texas Penal Code §21.06(a), which stated “A person commits an offense if he engages in deviant sexual intercourse with another individual of the same sex.”

I believe that armed conflicts and revolutions world over, do not only come but they are made. This is because most of these conflicts emanate from causes that can be averted but those in power at the time make no initiative. Furthermore, before armed conflicts and revolutions occur; there is usually a feeling of discontentment among the population or a section of the population until it gets to a certain level where it cannot be contained any more.

His race and religion did not make things any better for him either. His management and leadership style was a general point of concern among the Americans, his critics and by extension the whole world. As such, when he made his first African visit to Egypt as the President of the United States, he was to address many issues relating to America, democracy and religion with Egypt being a Muslim nation.

Most if not all countries of the world have realized that for them to achieve economic development they need to embrace globalization. Over the years, there has been a perception that China’s policies seem to seek development and prosperity in isolation.

Numerous wars occurred all over the globe with the governments having gigantic armies and military equipment. These contributed to the urge for the realms that had absolute power to secure more land than they had in order, to have a large population from which they could recruit more men into the armies, for upcoming battles to acquire more territories.

One of the common types of people is consequentionalists. “They are referred to as the kind of people that do not identify with their course of action. Rather, they tend to go with the ideology that the consequences of the given action are the pure basis of the conduct exhibited prior to the result” (Honderich, 2002, 89).

The first time the Europeans came in contact with the Caribbean was after the much-celebrated journeys of Columbus at some time in the ebb end of the fifteenth century. Prior to the advent of the Europeans in the Caribbean, the region was home to a dense population comprising of millions of indigenous people (Parry, Sherlock & Maingot 6).

Harbors and ports provide a platform through which the shipping industry pursues its operations. In essence, the success of the water transport system is highly dependent on the serviceability of the ports and harbors. Through this, contact between the land and water is attained and related business, as well as social operations, sustained.

The abolition of slavery was the cause that was said to be the main reason for the civil war in America. The abolition would have led to drastic changes in the lives of the white people of the South who relied almost entirely on black labor to run their cotton plantations, the backbone of their economy.

Slavery is a process whereby people are treated as possessions for buying and selling and are forced to work. Slaves are held against their wish and deprived of their right to refuse to work and the right to demand compensation. Slavery in America dates back to early 1500 as the first African slaves arrived in America in 1501.