It is the right of the people of the nation to determine their own government. ... "It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war,'' Wilson declared in his war message (Leckie 629). ... Many people in the U.S. favored the war, but many people opposed it believing there was no need for us to interfere with European affairs. ... Wilson's more important goal was to preserve democracy within the United States and restore manifest destiny to a war torn world. ... The actually fighting the American's did was not as important as the number of troops that the...

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• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

If one were to discuss life after the Second World War, if they were not a historian would perhaps not talk much about Harry S. ... The war ended and the world was thrown into new territory, there were essentially two superpowers left in the world. ... Since the Cold War lasted for so long, engulfed in it is many other important historical factors. ... Truman was overtly aware that the people of the United States rallied behind his doctrine, and wanted any and every nation to have a choice in their political happenings; however, he was also aware that the people of the United States were tir...

• Word Count: 4238
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

Black Americans made significant gains in their struggle for equal rights during Reconstruction, the 12-year period after the Civil War. ... Suffragists under Catt threatened to discharge their traditional duties as homemakers and mothers in the increasingly public world of the city. ... Through the work of the abolitionists before the war, civil rights water sheds were established during Reconstruction. ... These people were the blacks, women, immigrants, and the many people...

• Word Count: 8719
• Approx Pages: 35
• Grade Level: High School

Roosevelt's New Deal On July 2, 1932, at the Democratic National Convention, the crowd listened intently to the phrase," I pledge you, I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people." ... Franklin Roosevelt utilized a committee of people from differing points of view to aid in his legislative ideas. ... On his second day in office, FDR called for a special session of Congress which would ultimately establish numerous emergency organizations, notably the National Recovery Administration (NRA), which attempted to stabilize prices and wages through cooperation between the governmen...

• Word Count: 3128
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate