Mary Harris Jones, also remembered as ‘Mother Jones’ was an irish immigrant born in 1830. After losing her family to yellow fever she became a motivational public speaker who worked towards the rights of the working class. Jones was a union activist for the knights of labor and helped to organize strikes for the working […]
The Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation was an impacting speech that affected the course of the world’s history. This speech to the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives was a striking response towards the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Empire. President Roosevelt had been a senator in the New […]
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During the 1890s to the 1920s, the Progressive Era widely impacted the lives of millions of U.S citizens and local governments creating a need for reform. It is created on the idea of progress mainly involving technology, science, social associations, and economic progress that are significant in improving our society. When the movement first emerged, […]
Without the atomic bomb, Japan would have won and completely destroyed the United States during World War II. The world as we know it today would cease to exist, and would be unquestionably much different. Americans created the atomic bomb with the intention to destroy; choosing not to use it would have been a waste […]
Religion has always been a strange but brightening subject of surprises and discussion, especially when comparing and contrast two different faiths. The path down that road is a rough one ahead with many twists and turns. From rituals to the concept of souls, Christianity and Ancient Egyptian Mythology can seem quite different, but these two […]
The discovery of the story was made in the library of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh by a man called Hormuzd Rassam in the year 1853 (Jastrow and Clay 10). The Gilgamesh’s parents were a goddess and a priest-king, respectively. His mother was the goddess Ninsun and his father was the Lugaalbanda priest-king. The story about Gilgamesh […]
The story of Genesis and the epic Gilgamesh have many similarities and differences. The human-god interactions convey how the people at the time understood god(s) or an all-knowing all-powerful ruler of their world. The gods in the stories want the best for all of their creation, but when disobeyed, can be harsh. Both stories reveal […]
The attack on Pearl Harbor happened on December 7, 1941, when the president of the United States, President Roosevelt decided to move the U.S navy fleet to Hawaii from California as a move to threaten Japan. The reason why Japan was trying to expand over the Pacific ocean was since they lacked natural resources like […]
Imagine your average Sunday morning. For the sailors in the Naval Fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor it was an average Sunday. Everyone dressed in their pressed white shorts, a white t-shirt, and a sailor’s hat. While out in the Pacific the Japanese Armada gathered, the force consisted of six aircraft carriers, two battleships, two heavy […]
The Black Death began in the 1340’s, in which it began to spread from China and moved west. The Black Death contained three different bacterial strains; bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic (Background Essay). While it continued to spread, it ended up reaching to where Christians and Islams were located. While this is happening, it’s noticeable that […]
Between the years of 1347 and 1350, terror raced across Europe as family members and loved ones died in considerable numbers from a painful and fatal disease. This gruesome plague became known as the Black Death and carried itself throughout all of Europe to make its presence known. Before this great tragedy, Europe had been […]
Throughout the early 1300s, Europe was thriving and progressing forward each day. The economy was on the rise, security was getting stronger, and Churches were building mile-high Cathedrals every which way you looked. Europe was on its way to hosting world powers even potentially until death swept across the entire continent taking the lives of […]
Harriet Tubman was a well renowned public figure and a heroine who is popularly remembered for her contribution to the history of the United States. At the same time, Tubman is recognized as the most important symbol in the anti-slavery era. In fact, the actual activities she took part in her entire life made her […]
Throughout history, women have fought for their rights to be treated as equals with the opposite gender. Evidence of this has been seen countless of times, but it has become more popular as our society has progressed. Some women are remembered with compassion and thankfulness for their actions. Among them, there is Harriet Tubman, famous […]
Author Catherine Clinton has an astounding way of giving a brief history on Harriet Tubman, the woman we call Moses in the book called The Road To Freedom. In reviewing the two book reviews written by History Professors John W. Quist and Oscar Cole-Arnal, I will be discussing the similarities about their views regarding this […]
Harriet Tubman was an abolishment and political activist. She is known for beginning the underground railroad which provided fugitive slaves with food, and a bed. She made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom and not once did she lose a passenger. Araminta Ross was born a slave in Maryland […]
Harriet Tubman was born into American slavery, a world that had been created by social, cultural, legal, and psychological effects for nearly 200 years. The revolutionary war opened new opportunities for African Americans, with growing support by the Quakers and others who were against slavery. Although slavery was becoming non-existent in the North, the elite […]
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing (Quotes). This is one of Benjamin Franklin’s most famous quotes of all time. Many reasons why he has so many quotes is because of so many that people looked up to him. He had countless amounts of impacts on the early development of the United […]
The man who caught lightning in a bottle, was called a wizard or a magician but he goes by the name Benjamin Franklin. He was born January 17, 1706 born in a house on milk street in Boston Massachusetts. He was born to a large family of seventeen kids and two parents, he was number […]
Ever since Benjamin Franklin was young he had worked hard for what he wanted to achieve. He knew he could achieve it as well, and believed in himself. From a young age he knew he was very successful at writing more than other subjects like arithmetic which he had failed in. I personally was the […]
The Industrial Revolution catalyzed one of the most prevalent literary movements in human history, as the harsh living conditions forced writers and poets to evolve from mimetic writing, to expressionist writing. The people of Europe were seemingly surrounded by the harsh realities of living in a rapidly evolving country, many of them feeling as though […]
Poetry is a style of writing many people used to express themselves during the Romanticism period. In class, we learned about poetry during the Romanticism period and also read a poem called Nature by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This poem has many characteristics of the Romantic literary period. A few of the characteristics that stand out […]
Romanticism The word romanticism was initially used to describe new ideas in literature and painting. Afterward, the term Romanticism stood for the most famous intellectual movement that originally generated in Europe toward the end of the eighteenth century (Cranston M. W., & Cranston, 1994). At the end of the eighteenth century and well into the […]
Romanticism in British Literature Romantic as a term, has come to mean many things, and that in itself means nothing at all, the variety of the possible meanings all reflect the complexity of romanticism, and the ideals it represents. Romanticism started around the start of the french revolution and and reflected opposite ideals of the […]
The bodily features of all the figures are proportionate and studied by the artist, the only one who looks slightly larger compared to the others is Jesus. What stood out to me here is the comparison of his right leg to Maryr’s, they seem to be the same size. I believe this also serves to […]
The Ewer is French and was made in a town located in the west known as Paris. This ceramic belongs to the French Renaissance and there are many more like it but never of the same design for each one is unique. This style had a name of itr’s own, known as Saint-Porchaire ware. It […]
During this time the city of Florence was experiencing commerce within its merchant people. There was a presence of politics and governing, the city was prosperous which tells us the government was not as shaky compared to other cities. During the mid 1500, when this print was made it was a time of High Renaissance. […]
A true work of art is but a shadow of the Devine perfection. – Michelangelo. The world during the time of the Renaissance was similar to Rome, in a sense that it was for the most part humanistic. On the contrary, Jan Van Eyck, an artist during the Renaissance, was a very dedicated Christian painter. […]
The Renaissance was a time of innovation and renewal, which brought brand new ideas and inventions across Europe. The Renaissance shifted humanity’s worldview toward egocentricity and human-centeredness as opposed to the more apostolic lives they had lead previously. However, such a great shift can only take place slowly over a long period of time. Hence, […]
Location, Continent, Country/City Renaissance architecture originated in Florence Italy in the 15th century but once the style appeared in other Italian towns, it began to make appearances in France, Russia, England, and other parts of Europe. Although it moved to other countries, the influence was less significant than in Italy. Time Period and Related Artistic […]
