power to govern an overseas territories without proper representation in the foreign power’s government. This conflict, The American Revolution, may be the first significant radical movement in the history of the United States. However, the American Revolution led to unprecedented reforms in North American society. The Civil War, another significant example of a radical movement in the United States, began as a conflict over the issue of states rights. However, it quickly escalated into an issue of…

Throughout the years of American history, African Americans have been treated unfair by white Europeans, and Americans. They were brought from Africa to work as slaves; and since their arrival, they suffered from oppression and were deprived from any constitutional rights that could protect them against discrimination from the settles. However, after the time of the Emancipation Act during the reign of Abraham Lincoln, and blacks were able to slightly improve their livelihood by obtaining their…

When Americans are faced with the difficulty of making imperative decisions that can affect their country and the lives of others, they become dependent upon fortitude to help them accomplish their hopes and dreams for the future. Fortitude is something that is difficult to appreciate, even though many different societies and people throughout American history have shown fortitude in difficult situations by persevering and overcoming obstacles to achieve their goal. Fortitude is having the courage…

Native American history is, almost definitely, one of the bloodiest and most tragic series of events ever recorded. From the time when Europeans first landed in America, Indians were enslaved, persecuted, used, violated, and slaughtered by explorers and, later, colonists and US citizens. It is, however, these Americans, whose interactions with Indians, have proved to be the most influential on native relations and shifts in the developing nation. Although the early colonial interactions with Native…

The populist movement occurred in the late 19th century, formed from the Grangers movement where its goal was ta movement for people, to change the economic system where it would benefit farmers. The grange movement rapidly declined in the 1870s and was replaced by the farmer alliances. The farmer alliances were more political rather then social. The farmer’s alliance later formed the populist. The populist movement is considered to be an agrarian revolt by farmers and those concerned with…

The expansion and sectionalism throughout American history, the colonial resistance to the "proclamation line" had been one of unifying factors that had committed many English colonists to revolution and helped spread an emerging nationalism. The exciting textbook American Nation, states that, "American independence and control of a wide and rich domain were the most obvious results of the Revolution." The revolution provided access to vast western lands and for many years western expansion would…

Media censorship has been both powerful and controversial issue throughout history of mankind. Every countries’ citizens have had their lives affected by the way their government controls and censors what they see in the media. People around the world react to censorship differently due to the country they live in. Some people were born in a place with little censorship while others were born in a country where the government has complete control over everything. This can impact the way a person…

Disney Movies Throughout American History Presented to Mr.Hyatt Presented by Seanita Caim Disney has been involved in the lives of millions of Americans since the early 1920s and even now, continues to touch the hearts of each new generation. What started as a simple and humble cartoon studio grew into a world-wide known enterprise. Disney brought comfort to the United States post WWII and has been a staple in households across America for children everywhere. It is not uncommon…

(Association of MultiEthnic Americans 2). This statement was made by a Virginia trial judge during the sentencing of Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving. This couple had been convicted of violating Virginia’s ban on interracial marriages. Jeter, being an African American, was then prohibited in sixteen states to live in the sanctity of marriage with her white husband. Many of these states also banned interracial marriages between Caucasians and Native Americans, Asian Americans, and all peoples of "color…

In no juncture of this nation's history has there been an era when any American citizen that was deprived of their essential rights and equal opportunities, has not been plagued with the struggle to be validated as full American citizens. America has long been encompassed by countless conflicts in this struggle to reach the full equality promised to every American. The Civil Rights Movement has always had to grapple with an unsympathetic legislature and impassive executive branch forcing these citizens…