… Proclamation was issued on September 22, 1862. The author, President Abraham Lincoln, stated that the proclamation declared all slaves held within states of rebellion against the United States government be freed on January 1, 1863. On July 2, 1862…

… captured for the slaves, as they were taken away some times quite brutally from their family, friends, and way of life. Africans were captured from within their own villages, often the kidnappers would wait until the adults in the village had gone…

… murder of the legendary Jesse James. This act, which earned him the nickname "The Dirty Little Coward," and has been captured in song, happened on April 3, 1882. Robert and his brother, Charlie, were both members of Jesse's gang and were invited to…

… who have built the foundation on which society is based and have made profound achievements which greatly affected its history. It is a hard decision to decide which among the thousands deserve recognition for their accomplishments. Not many bother…

… similarities are social, economical, and political. Some of the similarities between the decades are Prohibition and the War on Drugs, the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and 1987, and the influence of music on society. Prohibition was passed as the…

… Non-fiction When Thomas Paine published Common Sense, a pamphlet written in January of 1776, American colonies were inspired by his work. Before anyone recommended the formation of a separate nation, Paine was demanding freedom from Britain.…

… that blacks and whites should be segregated. He also believed that white men were evil and tried to brainwash all blacks and that Martin Luther King's "non-violent protests" were not working. For example, Malcolm once said, "We are nonviolent with…

… failure to adjust to conditions brought on by the growth and development of the colonies, and by the aggravation of a breakdown in the political and economic harmony that existed between the colonies and their mother country. America was a…

… first war that was started to actually put into practice some ideas that previously had only been talked about, did not have any ideas that were new. Nothing really changed as far as the average man was concerned, after the revolution. Slaves…

… trying to expand their territory. They thought that some parts of Mexico was a good idea so they tried to buy the lands from Mexico, using an excuse that they want payback from the Mexico's owe to America during the Spanish War. The Mexicans refused,…