… 1660 through (and after) 1750, British colonies in North America were on a political, economical, social, and religious upraise. Change was the major theme during this period. Many influences from outside forces from Spanish, French, Native Americans,…

… transcendentalism was one way of belief. Man and Nature were looked at as being good. Ralph Waldo Emerson was one writer and, Henry David Thoreau was another transcendentalist believer. They used transcendentalism in their writings. Transcendentalist…

… frontier, it was the driving of the final spike to complete the nation's first transcontinental railroad."1 The first railroad west of the Mississippi River was opened on December 23, 1852. Five miles long, the track ran from St. Louis to Cheltanham,…

… Russia Introduction The fall of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union was more than a political event. The powerful interaction and fusion between politics and economics that characterized the state socialist system created a situation…

… be fully appreciated without first understanding the history behind the building of the first Transcontinental Railroad. The history of this great railroad goes back to the time when the first steam locomotives were moving on the first tracks in…

… the lives of millions, was finally over and the allies France, Britain and USA came together to set peace to Europe. They were going to undo the wrong and make sure that such a war would never occur again. They met at a peace conference and decided…

… of Wilson’s ideals. The Treaty is one of the most important agreements (or disagreements) that shaped 20th century Europe socially and physically. Woodrow Wilson on January 22, 1917 in an address to the United States Senate called for a peace without…

… was harsh on the Germans and placed all blame for the start of WWI on Germany. It forced the Germans to give up a large percentage of its land and its population. The Germans were also forced to pay the cost of war. Germany had to pay five billion…

… 1914 to 1918. It was a modern war with airplanes, machine guns, and tanks. However, the commanders often fought World War I as if it were a 19th Century war. They would march their troops across open land into the face of machine guns and often…

… years 1865-1900 the USA experienced unprecedented growth and change which transformed the nation from a minor agricultural-based country to the number one industrial power in the world. No area of American life escaped the impact of the massive change…