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After the ReconstructionThere were several factors that lead to the Northern Republicans abandoning Reconstruction. Some of the factors were due to an increase of racial violence, an economic depression, and the corruption of the Republican government. Racial violence was a key factor due to Southern Democrats resorting in trying to intimidate by abuse of the…

Kreon is a tragic hero in Antigone. Both Antigone and Kreon are contenders for the tragic hero role in the play. A tragic hero, as defined by A Dictionary of Literary, Dramatic, and Cinematic Terms, is someone who suffers due to a tragic flaw or hamartia. This Greek word is translated as tragic flaw, error,…

Though often extensive detail may be condemned as mere flowery language, in understanding Sir Gawain and the Green Knight one must make special emphasis on it. In color and imagery itself, the unknown author paints the very fibers of this work, allowing Sir Gawain to discern the nuances of ritualistic chivalry and truth. His quest…

The civil war is over; the Union army defeats the militant, defiant Confederacy. Our agenda at this time was to embrace the citizens of the south back into our country, the way it was before the war. Even though the northern forces won, they felt obligated to rebuild what has been destroyed physically, economically and…

From 1948 to 1994 apartheid was enforced in South Africa. Apartheid was the name given to a form of legal segregation is South Africa. Apartheid first came about in 1948 when South Africa’s National party took power. South Africa’s government broke the country’s population into four groups. Those groups were the whites, who consisted of…

Two prominent African American leaders, Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois arose to accomplish one goal: education for all African Americans. During the turn of the century (between 1895 and 1915), there were many theories on how African Americans would achieve first-class citizenship. With two separate views on how to accomplish this…

At the time that the pact was signed, it was in both Germany’s and the USSR’s interest not to get involved in a war with one another. For Germany with its plans of European domination, a war on the Eastern (USSR) and Western fronts at the same time would break the effectiveness of the German…

Eric HeppenPeriod 7AP American HistoryFebruary 1,2000The American Tactics of the Revolutionary WarBiography and Footnotes_________Research___________Critical Analysis___________Historical Interpretation___________Technical ___________Content___________Originality___________Style of writing___________Prove thesis ___________Eric HeppenAmerican History Term Paper December 13, 1999Period 7The American Tactics of the Revolutionary War Most of Europe thought that the British with their immense amount of capital, soldiers and supplies would beat the American…

iii IntroductionAlexander the great made an impact on world history that few individuals can profess tohave done. Heruled all of the known world, and one of the largest empires ever. His men were the firstwesterners toencounter tales of the Yeti. They even discovered and classified new types of flora and fauna,such as the redmold that…

In literature, insights into characters, places, and events are often communicated to the reader through the use of imagery within the text. Thus is the case with “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”. The Pearl Poet’s use of imagery runs rampant within the work culminating to set forth the theme of mysticism and/or the supernatural….