The American Civil War Catalog of Microform (Research Collections‚ Serials‚ and Dissertations) http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/collections/rc-search.shtml umisalesinfo@proquest.com 800.521.0600 ext. 2793 or 734.761.4700 ext. 2793 USC003-03 updated May 2010 Table of Contents About This Catalog ............................................................................................... 3 The Advantages of Microform ........................................................
Premium American Civil War Civil war United States
by a series of American accomplishments‚ as well as bloodshed and chaos. The United States’ had a strong presence in China and wished to install an Open Door in China’s trade‚ which led to the Boxer Rebellion. Moreover‚ American involvement in Cuban affairs during the Spanish-American war was unnecessary and primarily caused by the usage of yellow journalism. Although the United States’ practice of imperialism in the late 1800s appealed
Premium United States William Randolph Hearst
Role of African Americans in American Wars Imagine fighting a war for the freedom of a country in which you yourself were not free. Could you fight for a country that had enslaved you‚ a place where you have few or no civil rights? Throughout the history of American wars‚ these were the types of issues that African Americans had to deal with. They were forced‚ and many times volunteered‚ to serve‚ protect‚ defend‚ and preserve the freedom of the United States. They went to war for a country in
Premium United States African American American Revolutionary War
Q5-How did the Spanish-American War turn into a war of imperial expansion? Shawn Lannin 2/26/2013 The Spanish-American War originally started off as The United States protecting Cuba from its Spanish rulers essentially‚ but quickly evolved into colonial expansion. The war became a war of imperial expansion in the late 1800’s due to America’s new “outward” focuses on global markets and growing concerns of economic competition/expansion from other world powers. America‚ once a colony itself
Premium United States Colonialism
Hunter Casper Spanish-American War This essay will talk about the war between Spain and The United States‚ and the causes of the Spanish-American war. It will also talk about some of the significant events of the war. This paper will also discuss the important terms‚ people and events of the Spanish-American War. It will also describe the Spanish-Cuban tensions and the corrupt journalism leading up to the war. The Spanish-American war was a conflict originating in Cuba and Spain‚ until The United
Premium United States
The Spanish American War started in 1898 and lasted about four months. Although the war might have seemed focused on freeing Cuba from Spain and gaining independence for Cuba and the Philippines‚ it was actually stimulated by nationalism and commercialism. Commercialism was a major factor when declaring war because the United States depended on Cuba and the Philippines for trade and business with other countries‚ especially in Asia and Latin America. Another major factor for the war was that the
Free United States
Hitler’s intervention in Spanish conflict Jacob Q World War Two had a long and complex build-up towards the inevitable conflict of an all out War. Many of huge international changes were occurring in the years building up to the start of World War Two. The one we shall be focusing on today is the Spanish Civil War. It is a significant event even though Spain never officially entered the Second World War because Germany one of the major Axis powers intervened in it welts most other countries
Premium Francisco Franco World War II Spanish Civil War
7 Turning Point: The McKinley Years From Walter Lafaber’s THE AMERICAN AGE: United States Foreign Policy at Home and Abroad‚ 1994. (1896-1900) THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LATE 1890s As the twentieth century dawned‚ the United States stepped onto the world stage as a great power. Because of the triumphs scored between 1898 and 1900‚ it strode confidently now with Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Germany‚ and Japan—nations that possessed immense military strength and had used that strength for
Premium United States President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt
Mexican-American War Jacqulyn De La Torre HIS/110CA 3/16/2015 Hadley Ajana Mexican-American War United States and Mexico were two nations headed in opposite directions. Mexico struggled to maintain a stable government and protect their land. The United States had a strong government and was influenced by the Manifest Destiny to expand its territory and claim its borders to Mexico. The differences‚ along with the skirmish over Mexican-American borders‚ lead to the Mexican-American War. Causes
Premium United States Mexico Mexican–American War
progressive historians is Frederick Jackson Turner. His most famous argument is not devoted strictly to the American Revolution‚ but instead to the effects of the American frontier. In a sentence‚ his argument is that the frontier was the chief determinant in American history. This is not to say that Turner did not write about the war; he did. Even in his seminal work‚ The Frontier in American History‚ there are discussions of the frontier’’s effect on the coming of the revolution. It is worth noting
Premium Frederick Jackson Turner American Revolutionary War Democracy