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American History: Essays: Central Banking in the United States
This essay gives a background to understand the controversy surrounding the creation of a central bank in the United States.
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American History: Essays: The Second Bank of the United States
Describes the structure and powers of the Second Bank of the United States.
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U.s. Army Center of Military History: Normandy the u.s. Army Campaigns of World War Ii
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
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American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: Other Transcontinentals
From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes the other railroad companies that were competing to build a transcontinental line.
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American History: Essays: War and Postwar Years
Essay on the renewed political and millitary alliance between the U.S. and the Dutch post World War II.
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American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: The Town of Pullman
From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes how George Pullman amassed a fortune making specialized rail cars. He then decided to build a town for his labor force, one that was very...
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American History: Essays: Failure of West Indian Company Farming
Chronicles the begining of company farming in the United States and what led to its faliure. Click on "next" at the bottom of each page to get more of this essay. In-depth information.
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Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Chauncy and Wigglesworth
This is a detailed essay discussing Charles Chauncy and Edward Wigglesworth, two men who were religious leaders in early 18th century colonial America.
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American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: The Industrial Revolution
The first three pages of this extensive essay on the railroad in United States history focuses on the early railroad and the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
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American History: Essays: Andrew Jackson and Bankwar: Removal of Deposits
After the re-election of Andrew Jackson in 1832, he began the process of having government deposits removed from the Second Bank.
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United States Senate: Senate Stories
A collection of amusing and informative stories about U.S. senators, past and present, from the office of the historian in the U.S. Senate.
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American History: Essays: Philosophy and Literature: Quest for Nationalism
Describes the struggle of Americans to develop a unified sense of national identity in the 1800s.
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American History: Essays: Philosophy and Literature: Intellectual Climate
Discusses the intellectual atmosphere in the 1800s as America struggled to find its identity. The influences of the Enlightenment and Romanticism are described, and the ideas of various writers and philosophers.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: Immigration and Migration
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lengthy essay discussing the differing opinions about immigration and the role of immigrants in the United States in the latter half of the 19th century and the early 20th century. Find out about the...
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American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: The Granger Laws
From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes the Granger movement, its success in pushing for state regulation of railroad shipping rates, the Granger Cases, and subsequent court cases...
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American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: North and South
From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes how the debate over where to place the transcontinental railroad line - in the North or in the South - began to take shape. It began with...
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American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: New Developments
From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes the early beginnings of railroads in America.
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American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: The Surveys
From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes the surveys that were done to determine where to route the transcontinental railroad, and where it was finally built. These surveys provide...
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American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: Land Departments and Immigration
From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes what the Land Department and the Bureau of Immigration did in order to attract new immigrants to settle along the railroad line. The...
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American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: Consolidations
From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes the consolidation of all the different railroad companies into seven by 1906, and the concern that was developing over this concentration of...
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American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: What Was Impact of the Railroads?
From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes the positive economic benefits the construction of the railroads provided to the developing nation as a whole, and the negative impact it...
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Holocaust History Project
The Holocaust History Project offers excellent resources dealing with the Holocaust including essays, images, and quotes.
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Virginia Center for Digital History: United States Expansion, 1800 1860
An essay that looks at issues affecting Americans leading up to the Civil War. These included economic changes that led to new ideological, social, cultural, and political issues that further divided the nation along moral and regional...
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American History: Essays: The American Whig Party: Historical Background
A brief history of the American Whig Party, and changes to the government and democracy brought by Andrew Jackson's presidency.