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Papers On Papers Covering More Than One Period In U.S. History
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Colorado Economy: The Importance of Minerals and Cattle
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A 6 page examination of two of the most important factors in Colorado’s economic history. The author contends that mineral and cattle have impacted Colorado economy to a greater degree than any other commodity or industry. The author outlines the evolution mining experienced in Colorado as well as the history of cattle ranching dating back to the Spanish Land Grants and the Mexican ceding of Colorado and other western lands to the United States. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPcolora.rtf
Comparing and Contrasting the 1st Century With the 21st Century:
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This paper examines the 1st and the 21st centuries and discusses both similarities and differences. Furthermore, specific areas of discussion include theology, military, economics, and more. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: GSCentry.rtf
Comparing the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 to Pearl Harbor:
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This 7 page paper compares these two historically tragic events. This paper asserts that in both cases, America was an unsuspecting victim, and in both cases, sought revenge for such actions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: GSPearl9.rtf
Conquest in California 1769 - 1865
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This 6 page paper examines the cycles of conquest in California during the period 1769-1865. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: HVCAConq.rtf
Constitutional Crises: 18th and 19th Century
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A 5 page paper which examines various Constitutional crises in the United States during the 18th and 19th century as seen through an examination of the amendments to the Constitution. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAcona.rtf
Contributions of the New York City Military and Famous New Yorkers Frederick Law Olmsted and Walt Whitman
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A 5 page, two-part paper which examines the city’s significance in terms of naval power (including ship production, the launching of naval raids along the East Coast, and the development/production/sale of weapons technology), the use of Governor’s Island as an army high command headquarters as well as a military prison as well as the contributions of New Yorkers Frederick Law Olmsted and Walt Whitman to the Civil War effort. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TGnymil.rtf
Cultural, Racial, and Ethnic Diversity: Ideologies of Assimilation
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A 6 page review of the numerous factors which have led to diversity in the United States. The author explores the three major ideologies of assimilation (“Anglo-Conformity”, “the Melting Pot”, and “Cultural Pluralism”) and rejects these terminologies in favor of “structural pluralism”, a terminology which takes into account factors such as economics and geography as well as race and ethnicity to describe American diversity. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPethni2.rtf
Darnton and Ulrich: Literary Contrast
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A 6 page paper which contrasts Robert
Darnton's "The Great Cat Massacre & Other Episodes in French Cultural History" and
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's "A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her
Diary, 1785-1812." Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
Filename: RAdarnton.wps
David Davis’ “Slavery and Human Progress”
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This 5 page report
discusses David Brion Davis’ 1986 book “Slavery and Human
Progress” in which the author looks at slavery in the much more
broad context than the experience of Africans sold into slavery
and working on plantations in the American South. He uses the
ideals of contributing to overall human progress to demonstrate
how slaveowners justified themselves and became wealthy in the
process. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: BWslapro.rtf
De Tocqueville: "Democracy in America"
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This 10 page paper answers questions about Alexis de Tocqueville's classic book, "Democracy in America." Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: HVDeTocq.rtf