… they are from various countries. This essay is concentrating on the Spanish, Mexican-Americans heritage. The people of this culture are called many different names depending on where they came from and how long they have been here. Some of these names…

… the country in 1863. During early Reconstruction many compromises were made to introduce the south into American society. Thus incorporating the needs of the newly emancipated slaves. While President Lincoln was crucial in trying to join the north…

… Mikhail Gorbachev, one of the giants of the late 20th century, inherited a Soviet economy with a sagging rate of industrial and agricultural output. He discovered, however, that once the Soviet Union fell behind, there was no easy way to catch…

… 19th 1942, six thousand and one hundred Allied soldiers, of whom roughly five thousand were Canadians, landed at the French port of Dieppe in their first major test of the defense of the German-held coastline. A combination of inadequate communication,…

… in infamy," (Snyder 33) was what President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called December 7, 1941. It was a calm Sunday morning at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu. Then two U.S. soldiers saw an oscilloscope signal on their mobile radars. They immedi…

… shown by the Cheka, the Russian secret police) or political force (such as War Communism) was prevalent in both the French (Between May 1789 – 1795) and Russian (Between February 1917 – 1924) revolutions. To protect and reinforce the revolutions…

… a few years ago, all we heard on the news was John Doe vs. Big tobacco industries. Every day, people who had been harmed by smoke-related illnesses sued tobacco companies for liability in respect that they would compensate the medical bills.…

… in battles over disputed territories. While the primary, tangible point of contention in most border disputes is an easily identifiable piece of land on a map; such disputes are often far more complex than what can be measured in square miles.…

… to achieve in life, I believe that this years Freedom Award should be Awarded to Fredrick Douglass. Fredrick Douglass’ individualism and heroism reminded me of the self-reliance piece. Douglass was born into slavery and turned his life into something…

… a period of economic stagnation, often referred to as the “Great Depression” of the nineteenth century. Anti-Semitism spread throughout this time in Germany. Jews were blamed for whatever may have been wrong, by public officials, and politicians.…