History Essay Samples

Cold War

History · 1,942 words

• The conflict in ideologies between capitalism and communism resulted in one of the greatest conflicts of the twentieth century. The belief that freedom and democracy would die under communist rule caused the United States to start a conflict that would last for decades. The decisions made by the...

E.t.a. Hoffmann His Life, His

History · 2,027 words

• E.T.A. Hoffmann, often also called the 'Ghost Hoffmann', was one of the important writers and artist of the romantic era in Europe. He was a genius, who had the ability to write, compose and draw with his own characteristics and to catch the attention of many other artists and thinkers from his...

The Nazis And Their Rise To Power And Downfall

History · 2,441 words

• The National Socialist German Workers' Party almost died one morning in 1919. It numbered only a few dozen grumblers' it had no organization and no political ideas. But many among the middle class admired the Nazis' muscular opposition to the Social Democrats. And the Nazis themes of patriotism...

Industrialization 2

History · 668 words

• During the Industrialization workers in U.S cities were strongly effected. Times were changing and instead of getting better, conditions only got worse. While manufacturing was at the greatest, living conditions were horrible. Major company's such as Pullman had their company's run on the outskirts...

Greek Mythology

History · 670 words

• Since the days when man lived in caves and struggled to survive, he has wondered about the world that surrounds him. What makes the sun rise and set? Why are there seasons? Where do things go when they die? To the ancient Greeks, there were simple explanations to all these questions ' it was...

Charles Et Secondat, Baron De

History · 1,061 words

• Charles de Secondat, Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu was born in 1689 to a French noble family. "His family tree could be traced 350 years, which in his view made its name neither good nor bad." (The Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, p. 68) Montesquieu's views started to be shaped at a very...

Charlemagne

History · 300 words

• We know a good deal about Charles the Great because we have two biographies of him written by men who were close to him. The more important of these is by Einhard. Einhard describes Charles as being moderately tall (around six feet tall) and powerfully built with a thick neck and deep chest. He...

American Revolutionary War

History · 969 words

• Compare the strength and weaknesses of the American and British sides in the . Explain why the Americans were successful in winning. In comparing the British and the American strength and weaknesses, the reason the American were successful in winning the war was due to non-military factors and...

E.E. Cummings

History · 1,440 words

• E. E. Cummings, who was born in 1894 and died in 1962, wrote many poems with unconventional punctuation and capitalization, and unusual line, word, and even letter placements. Cummings' most difficult form of prose is probably the ideogram; it is extremely short and it combines both visual and...

Definition Of American Democra

History · 4,471 words

• Slavery in America stems well back to when the new world was first discovered and was led by the country to start the African Slave Trade- Portugal. The African Slave Trade was first exploited for plantations in that is now called the Caribbean, and eventually reached the southern coasts of America...

The Bay Of Pigs Invasion

History · 1,108 words

• The story of the failed invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs is one of mismanagement, overconfidence, and lack of security. The blame for the failure of the operation falls directly in the lap of the Central Intelligence Agency and a young president and his advisors. The fall out from the invasion...

Kkk 3

History · 1,117 words

• In the southern states of the USA, the era known as the "Reconstruction" period created a tension , a fear and total hate for the black race among many white people. This event was the result of the primitive version of constitutional equality of the African-American race at the end of the Civil...

The Steam Engine

History · 2,162 words

• In the never-ending search for energy sources, the invention of changed the face of the earth.' (Siegel, Preface) was the principal power source during the British Industrial Revolution in the 18th century. opened a whole new world to everyone. maximized production, efficiency, reliability,...

Bangladesh

History · 1,452 words

• , in full, is The People's Republic of . It is the republic of southern Asia, in the northeastern portion of the Indian subcontinent, bordered on the west, north, and east by India, on the southeast by Burma, and on the south by the Bay of Bengal. The area of the country is 55,598 square miles....

A Few Greek Gods

History · 1,928 words

• Greeks believed in a series of myths which explained nature, set up a moral code for the people, and were just folk lore of the people. In this paper, the beginnings of myths, the Greek gods themselves, and several myths concerning morals, nature, and old lore of the Ancients will be discussed. ...