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Papers On U.S. History (19th Century)
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Alaska: From Territory to State
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A 3 page review of the events leading up to Alaskan statehood. The contention that Americans began to regard Alaska more and more highly during World War II both as a result of growing awareness of the value of her natural resources and as a strategic point of U.S. defense is presented. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPalaska.rtf
America Between 1870 - 1920: 'The Gilded Age'
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This 5 page report discusses the time period in American history that replaced the Victorian Age after the Civil War and up until 1920. Historians have dubbed the time the 'Gilded Age' due to the expansion of the country economically and industrially. Several examples of how the change occurred are also given. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Gilded.wps
America's Expansionism at the Turn-of-the-Century:
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This 4 page paper discusses the after-math of the Civil War and the resulting expansionism. This paper highlights the costs, causes, and benefits of expansionism. Bibliography lists no sources.
Filename: GSAfterm.rtf
American Civil War as the First Modern War
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A 5 page paper which examines how the Civil War more closely resembles a modern war than a Napoleonic war, as some historians have classified it. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TGcivmod.rtf
American Expansion in the 1890s
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A 5 page overview of the change that occurred in regard to American imperialism at the end of the nineteenth century. Starting with the Spanish American and emphasized by our relentlessness in quelling the Philippine Insurrection, the U.S. began to travel on the road toward being a world superpower. This road moved us away from our isolationists tendencies and into our current status as one of the major players in world events. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPusExpn.rtf
American History
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This 5 page paper looks at three question posed by the student. Firstly the popular notion of the Native American Indian as a war like savage and the comparison with the noble savage is considered. The effect of the American Revolution are discussed and the advent and use of phrenology. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEamhist.wps
American History: Reconstruction Period 1865-1877
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A 5 page paper that discusses specific aspects of this era in American History. The topics discussed are: Lincoln's plans, Johnson's plans, Congress's plans, the Military Reconstruction Act, why some believe Congressional Reconstruction was too radical and others believe not radical enough, the successes and failures, and the lessons we can learn for today's world. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PGrecns.rtf
American Imperialism: Changing Attitudes
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A 4 page discussion of the evolution of American imperialist thought. The author contends that by the beginning of the twentieth century U.S. policy had evolved from isolationsist to imperialistic. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPusImp.rtf
Americans and Progress 1837 - 1867.
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(5 pp) Whatever the time frame in history,
"progress" will mean different things to different
people. This paper will focus on the impact of
land on the American sense of progress from 1837
to 1867. Often when a country begins, it is
limited by its geographic borders; such was not
the case for the United States, as it settled on
the Atlantic coast, and through land purchases
and fantasies of wealth, pushed toward the Pacific
coast. Bibliography lists l source.
Filename: BBamprog.doc
