… is a period of flowering of Irish Literature and drama that takes place at the end of the 1800’s and beginning of the 1900’s. It includes such authors as George William Russell (also known as AE), who writes about Irish independence. Lady…

… Fair came just two decades after the city had been nearly wiped out by the infamous Great Fire. In the twenty years between tragedy and triumph, Chicago had managed to pull itself out of the rubble to emerge as one of America's premiere urban…

… is a name given by historians to an intellectual movement that was predominant in the Western world during the 18th century. Strongly influenced by the rise of modern science and by the aftermath of the long religious conflict that…

… to show the people of America, that imperialism was needed in the Philippines. Although, they convinced the American people of this by casting a negative light onto their culture. Making all of the Filipino people something they aren't by using contrasti…

… about change by 1912? After the 1905 revolution Tsar Nicholas Romanov II was forced to concede a Duma (parliament) The Tsar did not like this idea much but was forced by the public to have one. The Tsar believed he was appointed by god to rule Russia.…

… Bolsheviks able to seize power in October 1917? There were many reasons for revolution breaking out in 1917 in Russia. Many of which could be put up to the Tsar and his lack of “Tsar like” qualities. Other problems, which had been around for a…

… Seizure Of Power In October 1917? 1 July 1998 Men make their own history…they do not make it under circumstances chosen by them, but rather under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past. In any account of…

… Sox's team of 1919, is going to be remembered as the most infamous baseball team of the century, if not of all time. They will never be remembered as the great ball club that they were, with a talented player at every position. A few would have surely…

… US When given the opportunity to choose, using only one’s personal opinion, which decade in America’s history has truly been the most influential, the obvious answer is the 1920’s. The decade of 1920-1939 was a time of great change and reform,…

… in the 1920s caused many people to buy stocks with loaned money and they used these stocks as collateral for buying more stocks. The stock market boom was very unsteady, because it was based on borrowed money and false optimism. When investors lost…