Douglass was played significant role in the civil war by convincing Lincoln that the main focus of the war should be the abolishment of slavery and influenced a large amount of blacks to fight for the Union. ... Douglass played a crucial role during the civil war; it was Douglass that convinced Lincoln that the war was more than just the preservation of the Union. ... Nearly two hundred thousand African Americans were estimated to have served the United States Army and Navy by the end of the civil war. ... Frederick Douglass was the President of Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, he...

• Word Count: 1350
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The film recounts the Civil War in the eyes of the Klu Klux Klan and how they opposed the political and social progress made by newly freed Blacks. ... The Lincoln Motion Picture Company was one of the first Black film companies. ...

• Word Count: 1272
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Kristof says "Whites often don't realize that slavery didn't truly end until long after the Civil War U.S. Steel and other American corporations used black slave labor well into the 20th century, through "convict leasing. " Blacks would be arrested for made-up offenses such as "vagrancy " and then would be leased to companies as slave laborers. " Which clearly shows how things have been unequal in the united states in the past. ...

• Word Count: 698
• Approx Pages: 3
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The government of the United States of America has been instrumental in having pressured the German and Japanese governments into the payments of reparations to the people who suffered and survived the crimes and legacy of slavery endured during World War II. The government of the United States has also already paid reparations to the Japanese-Americans who were detained in concentration camps during World War II. ... The company's revenue increased multiple times because of Black celebrities and the black spokesman only receives a minimum percentage of the net Pongee Bryant value....

• Word Count: 1165
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Prince hall masons were leaders in the fight to abolish slavery and extend rights and also helped build social organizations for black Americans following the civil war. ... At this time black insurance companies were not strong and white insurance companies refused to serve blacks, so the fraternal society was the only place blacks felt a sense of security. ...

• Word Count: 3545
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I trust that our nation was not founded on exploiting labor, that's why we fought such a great war, was to end such immorality. ... (Out of Many, 634) Ida Tarbell also brought about change, she wrote History of Standard Oil Company in 1904, were she exposed the practices of some corporations and strengthened the movement for outlawing monopolies. ... (Out of Many, 634) Trustbusting decreased the amount of power one corporation had and dispersed it, allowing smaller companies to remain in competition. ...

• Word Count: 1668
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

At fourteen years old, Williams enlisted and fought for the North during the Civil War. ... If a village refused to submit to the rubber regime, state or company troops or their allies sometimes shot everyone in sight, so that nearby villages would get the message- (165). ...

• Word Count: 1129
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Americans held a wide variety of opinions about the capitalist system because each American had a different role in society and the system affected them in different ways. The people of society were classified in different ways and the differences between the classes defined the way that each saw ...

• Word Count: 2825
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Since the onset of the "war on drugs" in the mid-1980s, Black Americans have been arrested, prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned for drug law offences at rates grossly out of proportion to their numbers among drug offenders. ...

• Word Count: 3114
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate