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Sixteenth president of the United States and president during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was immortalized by his Emancipation Proclamation, his Gettysburg Address, and two outstanding inaugural addresses. Abraham Lincoln wa...
About 226 pages (67,700 words) in 12 products

Among the most striking examples of mass civil disobedience ever to occur in the United States, the Underground Railroad occupies a significant place in American history. Although African American slaves were denied the legal protections of...
About 358 pages (107,424 words) in 4 products

Alcatraz, also known as "The Rock", is a well-known yet mysterious place containing many forgotten memories and lost ghosts. Though no one really knows everything that went on within the concealed walls of the old prison, it still manag...
About 131 pages (39,274 words) in 3 products

The developing innovations and advancement of technology in the years preceding the onset of the Civil War augmented the differences between the North and the South. By the time of the Civil War, the North and the South developed entirely ...
About 1,079 pages (323,681 words) in 54 products

At some time in American history, every part of the United States except the easternmost region qualifed as "the West," the last frontier of settlement. As the idea of the West expanded in the public imagination, it became a ...
About 186 pages (55,785 words) in 5 products

There were several different reasons that led up to the Revolution in 1776, the most significant being British military measures, then parliamentary taxation, followed by restriction of civil liberties and the legacy of colonial religious ...
About 583 pages (174,785 words) in 47 products

 
In the story "Witness", it tries to get across how different cultures mix together and how they deal with their differences. The police officer in the film "John Book" has a totally different way of living compared to the Amish people. He k...
About 166 pages (49,698 words) in 5 products

Ancient Egypt was a land of mystery that confined the beliefs of both scholars and the public. Civilization originally started on the banks of the Nile, a great river that flowed from the Mediterranean Sea to the center of Africa, and shape...
About 1,465 pages (439,460 words) in 27 products

After reading the ancient Greek stories entitled The Iliad and Medea, authored by Homer and Euripides, respectively, I realized a startling and disturbing truth involving society during ancient Greek times. It seems as though no matter how...
About 1,952 pages (585,595 words) in 31 products

Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), seventh president of the United States, symbolized the democratic advances of his time. His actions strengthened the power of the presidential office in American government. When Andrew Jackson emerged on the na...
About 128 pages (38,512 words) in 20 products

Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), seventeenth president of the United States, was the first president to be impeached. Andrew Johnson was born on Dec. 29, 1808, in Raleigh, N.C. After serving an apprenticeship with a tailor, he moved to Greenevi...
About 91 pages (27,283 words) in 7 products

 
Modern Mexico City is one of the largest cities in the world. Once, it was a valley of salt water and erupting volcanoes. At the beginning of the 14th century, tribe called the Aztecs settled here. They transformed from simple nomads into r...
About 161 pages (48,383 words) in 9 products
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