History Essays

History essay is an inherent part of studies in any educational establishment. Writing such assignments develops critical and analytical thinking in students and teaches them how to actively participate in class discussions. Besides, students learn how to develop and support arguments regarding part events and provide sound reasoning. What is really important is that such skills acquired while writing a history essay help students not only during history classes but overall in effective communication and public speaking.
So, what is history essays? Writing a history essay refers to making an attempt in testing a hypothesis and proving your argument. The very important thing that students should remember while writing an essay is that they need to provide supporting evidence, or proof, for any argument they make. When receiving history essay questions, students may notice that there is no single correct answer to particular questions. What is needed from students is to provide argumentation and to prove their point why they think in a particular way.

History essay writing teaches students how to provide full and detailed explanations to “how?” or “why?” a certain event happened in the past. When supporting their opinions, students are encouraged to use works of famous historians, philosophers, etc. Different scholarly sources and historic books will prove to be an invaluable asset while preparing to answer history essay questions.

Writing essays of this type is an enjoyable thing to do: there is no true or false opinion – all you have to do is to clearly present it and then support. History questions can be philosophical and you may find out that, apart from knowing history well, you need to have solid knowledge in other disciplines as well.

The Great Depression

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The Great Depression was a time of great strife for millions of Americans. Thus, in many people, this period led to the emergence of various sorts of behaviors such as generosity, selfishness, paranoia, despair, resourcefulness, and so on. In other words, like any other event, the Great Depression b...

Best Historical Figures’ Ideas

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Many people including philosophers and activists have dealt boldly with the issues that have always been faced by Black Americans. Some of the most prominent figures who helped fight for Black Americans include Marcus Garvey, W.E. B. Du Bois, and Booker T. Washington. Based on the obstacles they fac...

The Janissaries

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The janissaries were the special forces of the regular infantry of the Ottoman Empire in 1365-1826. The janissaries with sipahi (heavy cavalry) and akinji (irregular light cavalry) formed the backbone of the army of the Ottoman Empire (Aksan, 1998). They were part of the kapykulu

Dubai Evolution Analysis

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Dubai is currently the most populous and thriving city in the United Arab Emirates. However, it has recently obtained its new appearance, namely at the beginning of the twentieth century Dubai looked strikingly different from what it is possible to observe nowadays. Modern Dubai o...

History of Sarajevo

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Introduction

The capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, is a noisy, motley, and both eastern and western city. It is located on the north bank of river Miljacka in a valley between mountains. The narrow streets of the old town are framed by the traditional Bosnian houses with red-til...

Race’s Impact on US History

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The problem of race has been prevalent in the history of the United States for a long period. The notion of race has played a role in the way the US citizens think about their history and perceive those people whose ancestors were once slaves. Although the whites discriminated Afr...

Think Piece

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During the slavery time, Blacks were in constant struggle with Whites when it came to the fight for their rights. This was particularly evident after Blacks had been freed and they started competing for the opportunities with Whites. Thus, Whites started perceiving them as a threat to their welfare,...

Sam Bass Texas Outlaw History

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Sam Bass remains one of the favorite outlaws in Texas history. He is remembered for his bravery, generosity, the ease with which he managed to escape sheriffs and rangers, and soldiers, and the greatest train robbery in U.S. Sam Bass’ name survives in ballads and legends,

Evolution of U.S. Immigration Policy

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Over fifty years have passed since the introduction of the Immigration Act. However, it is clear that its effects do not correspond to the legislators’ original intentions. The Act has eliminated immigration quotas. In subsequent years, the immigration patterns have significantly changed. The numb...

“Snowden” Movie Analysis

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Reflection of the historic reality through the prism of cinematographic and fictional material becomes a popular tendency of the contemporary world. A movie can be applied as a tool for presenting an event or preserving historic reality. The cases, which occurred few years ago and concerned the nati...

Stonehenge

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The architecture of religious buildings has always played an important role in the human society. Since ancient times, people tended to build religious sites of various scale and complexity. One of the most famous buildings of this type is Stonehenge, a circle of stones located in...

Leadership Qualities of Queen Elizabeth II

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One of the greatest history leaders is the Queen of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II. She is both a British and Commonwealth citizen who maintains 53 states in a quite diplomatic status and stays neutral. Her primary concern is to act as the Monarch of 16 countries, some of which are Abroad Areas of ...

Poverty in Ukraine

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It is widely acknowledged that the current situation in Ukraine is a mirror of poverty, accompanied by an endless economic destabilization. The nature of the problem cannot be sufficiently analyzed due to the reason that there are different criteria to exploring poverty. However, the above-mentioned...

History of China

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This paper researches the history of China from 1000BC to 350BC. Many works of ancient Chinese philosophers, as well as unique cultural heritage, have survived until these days. This period of history was distinguished by the iron production and appearance of the new religions: Co...

Migration and American Land

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Introduction

American history has many bloody and controversial pages, and one of them is the battle for the land. Representatives of different social groups had different approaches towards the land because all of them believed that the land belonged to them and wanted to use it in accord...

Globalization Impact Analysis

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In search of the best future for our world, enquires to explain the major divisions in the world and to suggest the model that makes the most sense. The assignment is based on the Commencement Address “A World Split Apart” delivered by a Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn at Harvard Univers...

The Cyclical Nature of Racism

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The problem of racism in the USA was very sharp after the period of the Reconstruction when the racial inequality in fact remained in American society as it was before the Civil War. Through the different forms of segregation and oppression, conservative ...

Henry VIII and His Influence on English

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The development of the national English language covers the Early New English period. During three centuries, from the 16th to the 19th, the English language evolved as a single literary language instead of the development of different dialects. Several facto...

Holocaust Depiction in Movies

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Introduction

The Holocaust refers to the state-sponsored bureaucratic and systematic murder and persecution of a huge number of Jews by the so-called Nazi regime as well as its allies (Sterling, 2005). In fact, the number of Jews who were persecuted and murdered during the Holocaust equals...

Benjamin Netanyahu Biography

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Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu is a famous public and political figure of Israel. He was elected as Israel's Prime Minister from 1996 to 1999. He has been Prime Minister of Israel since 2009. Benjamin Netanyahu is the leader of the Likud party (1993-1999 and since 2005). In total, he was served as the fi...

Parenting Approaches: East vs. West

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Abstract

Education is a must for every people in the world. The process of education begins at the early stage of child’s life. However, there are lots of differences about the approaches of the parents of different regions. Some parents are too callous about their child’s performance,...

Effect of WWII on Society

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Wars of any scale always bring destruction, death, and suffering that affect lives of people involved directly and indirectly in them. Wars change people, families, and communities as well as transform societies and nations. The 6-year long bloody and disastrous Second World War r...

Eisenhower’s Foreign Policy Analysis

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The United States had never had a president who would be a better professional in the field of diplomacy than Eisenhower was during his rule. He had been in the international arena for more than ten years, being acqu...

The Rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party

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Introduction

The world today still remembers the name Adolf Hitler. In any academic forums, where dictatorship is discussed, the name shall seldom appear in the context of the subject (Kershaw 2010, p. 546). Hitler in the first place was not of the German origin. He gained his German-ship ...

Mardi Gras

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Introduction

At the time  of annual samba carnival in Rio de Janeiro, there is Mardi Gras throughout the whole world. It is a traditional carnival celebration, which is held on Tuesday, after which the Lent begins. The tradition of Mardi Gras occurrence is pagan farewell to winter and mee...

Historical Turning Points

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Occurrences and events that shaped people’s standpoints, countries, and the whole world can be called “history.” Some events were insignificant and did not leave a trace important enough to be studied hundreds and thousands years after their occurrence. However, the significance of other event...

Truman Containment Policy & Civil Rights Movement

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Truman containment policy came about because of Truman doctrine that he gave in response towards crisis. This was to contain communism that was rampant at the time especially propagated by the Soviet Union. The communist that has been taken over many of the Eastern Europe through salami tactics that...

US Foreign Policy after World War II until 1960

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Introduction

The foreign policy of the United States is a policy, which allows for the interaction of US with foreign countries and it has standards set for its interaction with organizations, corporation as well as individual citizens (McCormick $ James p.150-165). US foreign policy ha...

Civil War Impact on Society

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Introduction

The civil war that took pace from 1861-1865 among others mainly aimed at abolishing slavery that was very prevalent in the southern states. The aim of the war in replacing slavery with a more free country was for the African American population that had been slave...

Istanbuls Topkapi Palace

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Topkapi palace is a palace situated in Istanbul city in Turkey that has a lot of significance in the Turkish history. The palace was used as a formal and primary residence in Istanbul for the Ottoman Sultans for about 400 years in the 624 year reign. This palace plays a key role in the history of Is...

Peter the Great of Russia

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Peter (I) the great lived between 1672 and 1725. He became a Russian Tsar in 1682 after the passing away of Tsar Feodor III who happened to be his half-brother. Despite rising to the position of power this early, he only assumed full government responsibility in 1689. He, Peter the great, believed t...

Youth Gangs in the United States

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Street gangs are known to have existed ever since the 19th century. Those that are mostly publicized in the US are the African-American. The group referred to as the black gangs were not yet seen as a social problem till the migration period in the 1910s. There arose a notable excep...

Cold War End Analysis

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The cold war was just a continuing state of the economic competition, proxy wars, military tension, and political conflict that existed immediately after the World War 2 (1939-1945), between the Capitalists led by the United States of America and the Communists led by the Soviet Union. Even th...

Hitlers Table Talk

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Hitler's table talk- 1941-1944

Adolf Hitler was an Australian-born German politician and was the leader of the national socialist worker's party which was commonly known as the Nazi party. Adolf Hitler was the Germany's vice chancellor from the year 1993 to the year1945 and thereafter serv...

World War II: Allied Forces Victory Factors

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The World War II is considered as the greatest war in the history of mankind. The war caused more far-reaching reactions to humankind than any other war in human history. As per the statistics, more than 55 million people have perished in the war. More than 50 countries took a direct part in the war...

Basil II

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Basil II became the ruler of the Byzantine Empire at the age of eighteen years. His success was because of the qualities he possessed in himself. However, as much as he ruled in a way that was seen to be in a dictatorship manner, he was a smart leader who knew how to control his qualities of leaders...

The Social Change in the American Society

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Harlem renaissance was a cultural revolution, centrally located in Harlem in the New York City. It started soon after the First World War, picked momentum in the 1920s, and declined in mid-1930s. The movement engaged in art, dance, music, and theater. The initiative assisted in raising the pride of ...

From the History of the USA

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The Truman containment policy was a doctrine that was made in the United States in response to a crisis. The main objective of the policy was to "contain" Communism. This was especially on the Eastern part of the Iron shutter. In other words, it aimed to control the spread as well as...

Roman Empire

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Traditionally, the roman society was so rigid. So by the first century, the old social barriers were being eroded because there was need of men who were capable of running the Romes Empire that was so vast. Ancient Rome was based on social structures that include property, heredity, wealth and citiz...

History- Lincoln

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The base for the problem regarding racism has been embedded in the minds of certain classes of people and it is very important to remove that attitude. It is the only way by which the problem can be abolished. To take it into action the Government must aim the little children and make them und...

California Mission System History

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Junipero Serra is considered to be a very important figure in the development of what came to be known as California. He had a mission that not only served as very important for the development of Catholicism in California but was also the key foundation to the growing of metropolitan cities l...

Pendelton Act 1883

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The Pendleton act is the act that aims to improve civil service within the United States government. The federal bureaucracy after the civil war was full of flaws and irrationality in the supervision and selection of officials. This made the existing system ineffective and inefficient. The Pendleton...

Black Death Causes

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In the mid fourteenth century, Black Death or Plague was one of the most devastating catastrophes that killed more than twenty five million people in Europe. The plague only took less than two years before it ended. In comparison to the current days that we are live in, the Black Death can be ...

American Revolution Impact

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The American Revolution was significant to the Americans in the following ways: It brought Market-Driven Capitalism with it; it steered democracy; it mobilized the poor into taking action against their situation; it idealized the perceptions of the American people to taking action against the ...

The League of Nations

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This is an essay on American History. The essay briefly gives the details of the opposition that President Wilson faced as he tried to create the League of Nations. The essay also touches on the treaty of Versailles.

The League of Nations

The League of Nations is an idea which was brought...

Ancient Mesopotamian Economy

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Thousands of years ago, the fertile low lands in the river basins of Euphrates and Tigris were the home land of a rich and complex society. Mesopotamia, in its Greek terms, means "land between the rivers". The name is used because the area watered by the Euphrates and Tigris and its tributaries, rou...

Syrian Plays

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Syrian plays have contributed greatly to the current trend of sociopolitical and cultural ambience in the country. This has affected the entire Europe in regard to modern national and social issues in the continent. The modern Syrian Drama is exhibited by issues of national and social concern ...

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