... of society's current status. Still, they constituted a minority and their reformist views were not well-taken by the greater part of the population who had become accustomed to a certain way of thinking were not willing to budge, thus keeping the radicals silent. Individualism was also partially suppresse d by the succession of three traditionalist Republican presidents whose partiality to the strong was displayed by their strong backing of big business while discouraging the Labor Union movement. Literature was one medium by which the new intelligencia could express their views on impracticality and injustice ...

... being refined that people maintain the view that the highest attainment of humanity is the freedom of individuals to express themselves unhindered by any form of external repression. In 1775 thirteen American colonies revolted against their British rulers. They expressed themselves by using anarchy to be freed from the unjust treatment of the British (Brinkley 120). Living with the hardships of life in the wild, new land, the American settlers gained strength and a firm belief in the rights and liberties of the individual man. They revolted because England interfered with their trade industry, demanded unjust taxe ...

... and played near his father's shingle business. When Alva was a child, he had scarlet fever. The fever damaged his hearing and delayed his entrance into school. Edison was curious about the world around him and always tried to teach himself through reading and experiments. Alva spent three years in home schooling. He was taught by his mother. He later returned to school but left at age twelve to get a job and help support his family. Edison got his first job selling newspapers and snacks to the passengers on the train between Port Huron and Detroit. Edison bought a used printing press in 1862 and publi ...

... tried to read the newspaper everyday. The first appearance of World War One propaganda was the tragic sinking of the Lusitania1. The United States took this as a direct attack on the nation and so did the newspapers. They saw this as a perfect excuse to go to war with the rival Germans. What most people didn’t realize was that the German government ran an add in the newspaper the day of the departure of the Lusitania. Most people read this but thought this add was some kind of foolish prank and blew it off. Another thing that almost all of the newspapers said was that this was the war to end all wars. ...

... that the country would be in trouble if they attained a mildly threatening amount of power, however, the USA persisted.. Along with the economic threat that Japan posed to America, they were also attacking the US without there being an official declaration of war. Despite the fact that the United States was "neutral" at this point, Japan proceeded to sink the Panay in 1937. This was a violation of previous agreements, treaties, and was an intentional act of war. More evidence of FDR's desire to enter the war is present in his efforts to help China, which he was well aware was Japan’s rival at the time. Whi ...

... was that the pay of workers did not increase at all. Because of this, they couldn't afford manufactured goods. While the factories were still manufacturing goods, Americans weren't able to afford them and the factories made no money (Drewry and O'connor 559). Another major cause related to farmers. Farmers weren't doing to well because they were producing more crops and farm products than could be sold at high prices. Therefore, they made a very small profit. This insufficient profit wouldn't allow the farmers to purchase new machinery and because of this they couldn't produce goods quick enough (Drewry and O' ...

... planned not to get involved in the war. The majority of the population in the country thought we should stay out of the war and remain neutral, although most American hoped that the Allies would be victorious. The Allies consisted of 50 different countries by the end of the war. The United States, Soviet Union, China, and Great Britain were among the Allies. Germany, Italy, and Japan made up the alliance known as the Axis. Six other nations joined the Axis later in the war. In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced the neutrality of the United States after the war had started. Roosevelt and o ...

... All that really is a concern to me is how many crops I can produce. If I can have my slaves right here in North Carolina, that is all I care about. And quite frankly, if I can have that then I see no reason to pass any laws about the affair. As you can see the compromise is virtually useless to the Southerners. If I were a Northerner, however, the compromise wouldn’t exactly fit the bill either. The problem with the compromise to me as a Northerner is that it doesn’t offer that which I want. As a person of the North, I am interested in the abolition of slavery. I will not be fooled by a so-called comp ...

... Cold Harbor 29 February 1864 - 12 June 1864 "We must destroy this army of Grant's before he gets to the James River. If he gets there, it will be a siege and then it will be a mere question of time." -Robert E. Lee Grant in Command On February 29, 1864, Grant was given the rank of Lieutenant General (a rank last held by George Washington), and appointed to General-in-Chief of the Army. The reputation he had gained in the West had boosted morale in Washington, where the news from their theater was not always encouraging. Now that he was put in charge of the entire Union effort, morale soared on the h ...

... on free peoples . . . undermine the foundations of . . . peace and security of the United States. The Truman Doctrine would change the foreign policy of the United States and the world. This policy would first go in aid to support the democratic regimes in Turkey and Greece. These nations were being threatened by Soviet-supported rebels seeking to topple the government and install a Communist regime. The Soviets were also making extreme territorial demands especially concerning the Dardanelles. A direct influence of this Doctrine was, of course, the Marshall Plan. The Marshall Plan was designed to ...