… to the cities. These urban centers quickly overcrowded, and many were divided into business, residential, social and ethnic centers. Among this chaos, corruption thrived as political bosses ran the city for their own personal gain and power. It…

… those who immigrated to the land, and a land where legends and myths were born. With this exciting time came violence or the threat. However, today many only know the violence as portrayed by John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, and the producers and directors…

… belong to a farmer. Six long days a week, you tend to his fields and make him rich. You have never tasted freedom. You never expect to. And yet, your soul lights up when you hear whispers of attempted escape. Freedom means a hard and dangerous trek.…

… in New Bern, North Carolina. She had been sold to the Anderson plantation in Portsmouth, Virginia at age 10, away from her mother, Voni, and her kind and gentle owners. Before Zoe had been sold, Mammy Voni had told her about about a place called…

… was going to be attacked? On December 7, 1941 the United States of America was attacked at the naval base in Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan. It was a day considered by President Roosevelt to live in infamy. Pearl Harbor was the…

… improvement for many Americans in the 1930ґs but it was not just down to FDR, himself, there were other factors to, such as the war, trade unionists and cinema. When the USA became involved in the Second World War, the demand for American…

… "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal..." These famous words were put together by the "Negro President" Thomas Jefferson. <Tab/>Born April 13, 1743, in Albemarie County, Virginia, Thomas…

… poor and working class of the Virginia colony burst suddenly into a revolution in 1676 (Washburn 72). The elite vigorously remained united to maintain their hold on the best land of the colonies and the most valuable resources. That control by the wealth…

… the early history of the republic that he became President of. He began his career as a public servant by surveying the western frontier of America. He then went on to defend that frontier in the Virginia militia, and then the entire thirteen colonies…

… the last great opportunities of the United States. Its whole existence made America what America was intended to be, a land to start over, a new ground which for many would result in the eventual expansion and diminishing of the frontier.…