American Civil War

Introduction Before beginning this statement, let me present a sample of the laws Jim crow laws which started in the American life, in 1876: "Any marriage between a white person and a person Negro or between a white person and a person of ancestry Negro in the fourth generation was forbidden." "Schools for white children and for children Negros were separated. " "It was illegal to have blacks and whites in any restaurant or other food establishments if it there weren’t separate rooms

Jim CROW Jim Crow was the name of the racial caste system which operated primarily. Jim Crow was more than a series of rigid anti-Black laws. It was a way of life. Under Jim Crow, African Americans were relegated to the status of second class citizens. Jim Crow represented the legitimization of anti-Black racism. Many Christian ministers and theologians taught that Whites were the Chosen people, Blacks were cursed to be servants, and God supported racial segregation. Abraham LINCOLN Abraham

The beginning of the cold war: the Truman doctrine and the Marshall plan, 1947 1945-1991 To what extent can we say the Marshal plan and the Truman doctrine that took place during the cold war, were successful attempts to repel Communism from Europe? I. The beginning of the cold war A. There were deep ideological, economic and political differences between the United States and the Soviet Union before the Second World War. These differences were intensified as a result of their suspicions

thanks to infancy of its business. The story of capitalism in the United-States began in the second part of the 19th century mostly after the Civil War (guerre de Sécession) in 1865. From 1855 to the end of the Civil War, the United-States experienced an incredible economic development which symbolizes the United-Sates economic development. It’s the second American revolution and this is the beginning of capitalism in United-States.    What is capitalism? It means that you own a business which you

“The Future of American Power”, Foreign Affairs, Nov/Dec 2010, and Immanuel Wallerstein, “Precipitate Decline: The Advent of Multipolarity, “Harvard International Review, Spring 2007. Joseph S. Nye and Immanuel Wallerstein are both theorists in International Relations. If Nye is known for his notion of “smart power” (which is used in the excerpt), Wallerstein is rather known for being a sociologist and a world-systems analyst. Both texts deal with the idea of a hypothetical American decline, which

became booming businesses, cars. Population boom increased the number of consumers. Between 1950 & 1960 : the population of the US grew by about 28 million. Labor unions gained higher wages and other benefits for their members. Americans had more money to spend on goods, to buy houses : consumers society. Suburbia : a place where affluent people have their houses. Signs of affluence. But there are problems : it created segregation : Eisenhower had failed to provide more funding

racial discrimination was governed by the laws Jim Crow which obliged a strict segregation of races. Although these laws are established just after the end of the war, in most of the cases, they were only formalized after the end of the Reconstruction led by the republicans in the 1870s and 1880 during the period called Nadir of American race relations. This legal segregation was current until 1960s, mainly because of the considerable influence of the conservatives(curators) of the South. The laws

The Viet Nam War (1959-1975). * The situation of Viet Nam at the end of WWII & the Global situation in the late 50s. Viet Nam was first a French colony. After WWI, Japan wanted to spread its Empire to all Asia, including Viet Nam. When the Japanese were defeated after WWII, they proclaimed Viet Nam an independent country: Indochina war began between France and Viet Nam (with the creation of Viet Minh, a League for Viet Nam independence including the Communist Party which leader was Ho Chi

Republicans and Democrats English - ESCP Europe The Republican and the Democratic Party British and American Institution DOC_APE3_08 Dernière mise à jour le 01/10/07 1 Republicans and Democrats The Republican Party  Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854  Name "Republican“ : equality , Thomas Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party  July 6th, 1854 : first official Republican meeting in Jackson, Michigan.  1856 : Considered a "third party" because the Democrats

Exploring America's Gun Culture Michael A. Bellesiles THERE is a story from World War I that the last words of a French mutineer placed before a firing squad were: "I am honored by all this attention." Similarly, I am naturally honored that the William and Mary Quarterly has deemed a book I have written worthy of such extended discussion. That discussion will, I hope, lead to a reconsideration of a number of larger historical issues. 1 Since Arming America is often misrepresented, it may