… the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in December 1865, slavery was officially abolished in all areas of the United States. The Reconstruction era…

… and move to the west. The main method of transportation was the railroad. Not only was it quick, it was also expensive. No one had more problems paying for railroad cargo and themselves were the farmers. Congress eventually formed the Interstate…

… age of twenty-one, Mehmed II (1451-1481) sat on the throne of the Ottoman Sultans his first thoughts turned to Constantinople. The capital was all that was left from the mighty Christian Roman Empire and its presence, in the midst of the dominions of…

… numerous issues during their years as sociologists and political economists. An issue that they both discuss in great length, and disagree upon is the rise of capitalism. Marx thought that economic factors and the use of exploited and alienated…

… and capable leaders in Roman history. Born as Gaius Octavius Thurnius, Augustus became a member of the Second Triumvirate. He eventually defeated the army of his fellow Triumvirate member, Marcus Antonius and became sole ruler of Rome. Octavius was…

… I had begun the practice of punishing common criminals and political offenders by exiling them to Siberia. During the last two centuries of Russian imperial rule, punishment varied significantly from czar to czar. Different styles of interrogation…

… is a fundamental change in a political, economical, social, or religious organization. A political revolution is an overthrow of government, often sudden or violent. An example of a political revolution is the American Revolution. "The American…

… replaced Lutheranism as the omnipotent protestant force in Europe. The Calvinist believed that Christians should reorganize society according to the word of god, or the bible and that the church and state were designed to work together with the state…

… drastically affected the Japanese culture, economics, and politics. Japan is considered one of the most important and powerful countries in the modern world but this accomplishment has been reached by a lot of work and changes made in the Japanese…

… the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and the personal conflicts that he struggled with in that final decision, that ultimately, no one involved was happy about making. Most of Truman’s personal thoughts and feelings about the bomb were taken from letters written…