" In the same document, the African American citizens of Boston passed a resolution stating, "Resolved, that our feelings urge us to say to our countrymen that we are ready to stand by and defend the Government as the equals of it's White defenders-to do so with "our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor" (Pg. 97) Though their attempts were unsuccessful, they kept trying. ... We can afford to pay these licenses, and will do it before we will be defeated, and then we will have full control of the city's washing at our own prices as the cities have control of o...

• Word Count: 1964
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

They made a major impact, and tainted our way of life for the better. ... On Oct. 16, 1859, they seized the town that occupied the federal arsenal. The town soon surrounded by local militia, and the next day, federal troops under Robert E. ...

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He sent an advance search party into town to find shoes. ... The Second Day The morning of the second day yielded Union forces in a "fish-hook" shape surrounding the town. ... The Gettysburg Address Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. ... The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. ...

• Word Count: 1716
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• Grade Level: High School

The next three days would change our nation forever. ... The second and arguably the most important contingency factor were the efforts of one man and his troops who took part in one of the most important battles in our nations history. They defended a small lonely hill in a small Pennsylvania farm town to the death. ... These three factors changed our nation forever. ... If any of those "what if's" occurred our nation would be drastically different today, but that's what makes history so interesting. ...

• Word Count: 1496
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

At age sixteen her mother, father and some of her brothers and sisters died of a tragic yellow fever outbreak when she was in another town visiting relatives. ... She attended the organizational meeting for the NAACP and attended meetings threw its starting years to reform the racial injustices of our country. ...

• Word Count: 1282
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Taking place in a little town of Ohio, many African Americans traveled a road past Sethe's place, and often were leery of it because of what she did to her children. ... We all family situations that affect our decisions and participation. ... If others go unappreciated, we will start to lose our grip on tightening that connection....

• Word Count: 1629
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• Grade Level: High School

She made her film debut around 1914 with a comedy titled Coon Town Suffragettes, which "dealt with a group of bossy mammy washerwomen who organize a militant movement to keep their good-for-nothing husbands at home But the militancy of the washerwoman served as a primer for the mammy roles Hattie McDaniel was to perfect in the 1930's" (Bogle 9). ...

• Word Count: 1938
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The proclamation had immediate and long term effects on our nation. It played an important role in the anti-slavery movement from the smallest towns of the United States all the way to the shores of Europe. ...

• Word Count: 1677
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One group pro-slavery group destroyed the town of Lawrence and the antislavery newspaper there. ... In conclusion, when we look to the past and see that this hunk of rock now known as the United States was given to us to explore our freedom of religion, who would of thought that it would be taken this far. ...

• Word Count: 1554
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• Grade Level: High School

Thomas, an African American coal miner and organizer for the Greenback-Labor party in the Birmingham mineral district, stopped in the town of Oxmoor to post signs announcing a public meeting where he was scheduled to speak. ... It would ultimately be the coming of World War II that would dramatically change the face of our nation. ...

• Word Count: 1444
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Prior to the Civil War most women stayed at home tending to their families and homes because they thought that they were fragile delicate little creatures. They were not considered strong enough to fight in the Civil War. Two ways for women to participate were through aide and relief societies an...

• Word Count: 1973
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

McPherson's hesitance to order an all-out assault on the Confederate supply line forced the Union troops to shift the fighting southward until both armies hit the small town of Resaca, Georgia on May 13th, where the first major encounter of the Atlanta Campaign took place. ... Lieutenant Andrew Jackson Neal's opinion that "Johnston can save Atlanta by fighting for it but the preservation of the Army is infinitely of more importanceas long as our Army continues in the field Sherman can do little damage in Georgia and I cannot believe it possible for him to remain in Georgia much...

• Word Count: 2262
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

With the victory at Bull Run, Jackson wrote in a letter to his wife, stating 14"Whilst great credit is due to other parts of our gallant army, God made my brigade more instrumental than any other in repulsing the main attack". ...

• Word Count: 2042
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School