… Tecumseh Sherman to a Southern friend: In all history, no nation of mere agriculturists ever made successful war against a nation of mechanics. . . . You are bound to fail. (Catton, Glory Road 241) The American antebellum South, though steeped in…

… been living in America, the United States has had many great leaders and George Washington is the greatest of all. While Abraham Lincoln may be remembered as the greatest president, and Robert E. Lee or Ulysses S. Grant as the greatest general, George…

… became President of the United States, is one of America's most interesting stories. But it took Truman a while to get there and it's important to know his history. Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri. His father, John Anderson…

… Henry Adams, a Puritan, in 1636, came with his wife from Barton St. David in Somerset County, England to settle in America. He earned enough money to buy a farm ten miles south of Boston later called Braintree. The third generation of Adams, still…

… during the 1920s, there was also increasing social conflicts." Assess the validity of this statement with reference to Ku Klux Klan, fundamentalism and Sacco and Vanzetti case. Political and cultural debates divided Americans of the 1920s. Major…

… suggested that a canal should be built to link the rivers and lakes of New York State. Years later this idea was looked upon repeatedly when the Western Inland Locks Navigation Company established a system of travel by use of canals (Shaw, 59).…

… that the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery. The Civil War was not fought over the issue of Slavery, it was fought over the South's secession and preserving the Union. The main war aim of the north was to preserve the Union and…

… a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extended the ground…

… figures that have lived during the early 20th century. His many imperative contributions changed the way corporations and companies dealt with their workers. Chavez wasn't satisfied with the rights and wages he and his fellow workers earned and…

… view for an autobiographical narrative, the author must be extremely personal and honest regardless of their relationship with the public. As a slave girl, Harriet Jacobs found this task very difficult. She had to contend with an audience that offered…