… played a key role in the establishment of the United States. Religion was one of the main reasons of creating a country where a person could be free to choose what a person believes in. The freedom to choose a persons own religion is the reason…

… terrible. It was the Civil War. On March 4th, 1861, Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office as President of the United States. He wanted to cancel the servitude. It was the idea of the inhabitants of the North, because they had manufactories and…

… in history. It took place from 1929-1940 and then from 1946-1956. It affected Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle, and sections of Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. The tremendous weather ruined many farmers' crops, people's lives, it caused people…

… since the assassination of Malcolm X, yet the stature of the man remains in tact, if not even greater today. His war against the white establishment evolved from inner needs just as he had rebelled against symbols of authority early in his life.…

… of all races and religions have been bombarded with activists and modern-day intellectuals expressing their points of view on the plagues of society today. Some of these activists are independent soft-spoken conservatives while others are wild…

… to the different stance citizens were taking on issues that were affecting the way the country operated. Some of the more severe clashes between differing groups resulting from such issues as slavery and whether or not it should be aloud to simply…

… The siege of Bexar (San Antonio) became the first major campaign of the Texas Revolution. From October until early December 1835 an army of Texan volunteers laid siege to a Mexican army in San Antonio de Bexar. The Alamo is a historic structure…

… did not just happen over night, intolerable acts and loss of freedom piled on the colonist till they couldn't comply with the king any more. In 1733 the Molasses Act was formed, this is a tax on molasses and sugar. This is just one of the acts that…

… American history. The affects it had on the American people were tremendous. Even today many Americans have the frightening, unforgettable memories of the war. The war was accounted to be over in 1973, but Americans still suffer the aftershocks of a…

… of railroads in the United States, the nation's identity was undiscovered; vast geographic distances were an obstacle to unification. Isolated by waterways and mountains, each town, unaware that each was a member of a transcontinental nation, lived…