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… of Hodgenville Kentucky, rose to become one of the greatest presidents of the United States. During his attempt to keep the Union in the Civil War, he gained more power and authority than any president before him. A excellent politician, Lincoln…

… Personal Empire Builders I was hoping for someone familiar. However, my hopes soon faded when I read "Cornelius Vanderbilt" on that tiny slip of paper. How entertaining could explaining Cornelius Vanderbilt be when someone had Colonel Sanders?…

… courageous man who discovered the new world and the man who would transverse so much difficulty to do what he holds dearest to his heart, discover! Now that I'm done with the cute version of the lies that most children must be taught in order to become…

… of complete pandemonium. After the long and arduous war, the country was lead into a more grueling reconstruction. Different beliefs and backgrounds became an obstacle along with opposing ideas upon what to do with this "new" country. New amendments…

… being an American is not a difficult question. For first generation immigrants conflicted between loyalty to their native country and desire to belong in the new world, it is an extremely difficult question that never gives the same answer twice.…

… American history, was born in Nashville, Tennessee on May 8th, 1824. Among the titles he claimed in his lifetime were President of Lower California, Emperor of Nicaragua, Doctor, lawyer, and writer. The study of this interesting character requires a…

… United States, and having, in the course of my travels, taken the most accurate observations of things as they exist -- the result of my observations has warranted the full and unshaken conviction, that we...are the most degraded, wretched, and abject…

… It and What Was Meant by 'Jim Crow Laws' Segregation is the process of creating separate facilities within a society for the exclusive and non-interchangeable use by one of two nominally divided groups. It inheres the imposition of a normative…

… By, Chalmers Johnson Chalmers Johnson in his book, Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire, analyses chronically the effects of foreign policies the United States pursued during the Cold War and into the present day. He especially…

… accross the globe, leading up to US military involvement in Vietnam. The events began with the French, who had returned to Vietnam to claim it for their empire after World War 2. It wasn't expected that this would take as long as it did. Incredibly…