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… than a century of not being involved? Was it the big business of free trade, sinking of the Lusitania or the Zimmerman Note? Did Wall Street, American oil industry, and or the armament producers unnecessarily exaggerate the threat to American interests…

… Augustus Washington Bailey near Easton in Talbot County, Maryland. Duglass was never sure of the exact year of his birth, but he knew that it was 1817 or 1818. His father was white (probably his master) and his mother was a slave. As was…

… The election of 1996 for president moves closer everyday as the republican Robert Dole, and the president Bill Clinton fight it out. Far behind and by all means out of the race is Ross Perot. The polls show Dole-Kemp behind Clinton-Gore, and the…

… Westward expansion in the United States of America during the latter half of the nineteenth century. The history of the United States has been influenced by England in many ways. In the second half of the 1800's, the railroad, which was…

… situations which all have varying constraints and opportunities. Therefore, ranking and rating Presidents are not very practical and do not necessarily tell us about their personal qualities with administrative achievements. All we really want…

… many people believe that the government should just leave the economy alone and do nothing but let it handle itself autonomously. This is what Theodore Roosevelt implemented at the beginning of the depression. Then he realized that it was not going…

… 4 BY TODD THOMPSON FEBRUARY 19, 1998 Watergate was the name of the biggest political scandal in the United States history. It included various illegal activities designed to help President Richard M. Nixon win reelection…

… safe houses and slave activists that made a great change in the history of slavery. The Underground Railroad was a very dangerous operation. The abolitionists always faced risking arrest and sometimes even faced risking their lives. So they created…

… words among American slaves throughout the 19th century. Day after day in a world filled with torture and pain, slaves suffered servile lives under the feet of an overseer. During these times, when freedom and liberty were merely the topics…

… rich, acquiring free land, and securing new job opportunities. Settlers included Americans looking for a better life, as well as immigrants willing to work for low wages and dangerous conditions. There was both a positive and negative impact…