It was during World War 1 that modern propaganda techniques really began to be used. Propaganda came from all countries and for many different causes, even though the way those countries used propaganda differed, they all got their messages across. The way and the type of propaganda used varied gr...
Civil War General Jubal Early and General George Pickett: both generals for the Confederacy and both severely affected by the outcome of the war. I choose these two people because I find the plight that the Confederate army found itself in very depressing. As one of the underlying themes, the Co...
Frederick Douglass was the most important black American leader of the 19th century. He was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey near Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1808, the son of a slave woman, and in all likelihood, her white master. When Douglass was about twelve years old, his master's wife started teaching him the alphabet from then he continued, secretly, to teach himself how to read and write. Upon his escape from slavery at age 20, he adopted the surname of Frederick Douglass and quickly became involved in the campaign against slavery known as the abolitionist ...
