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Papers On U.S. History (19th Century)
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Commodore Isaac Chauncey And The War Of 1812
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This 5 page paper discusses some of Chauncey's actions and command at Lakes Erie and Ontario. Chauncey established his main site at Sacket's Harbor by Lake Ontario. His aim was to prevent communication between the British forces along Lake Ontario. He succeeded in doing that although Chauncey is not perceived as a great naval hero. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PGchaun.rtf
Compromise of 1850/3 Speeches
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A 3 page research paper/essay that contrasts and compares three speeches that were made concerning the Compromise of 1850, which were given by John C. Calhoun, William Seward and Daniel Webster. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: kh1850sp3.rtf
Compromises: 1820 and 1850
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A 4 page paper which examines the efforts to stave off the Civil War as seen through the Compromise of 1820 through to the Compromise of 1850. The Nullification Crisis of the early 1830s is discussed as well. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAcom20.rtf
Consequences of the Spanish-American War
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A 3 page research paper that examines the significant domestic and foreign consequences of the Spanish American War. The writer discusses how the US became a world power due to the acquisition of colonies, the trouble that this caused domestically, and the US involvement in the Philippines. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khconspw.rtf
COPPERHEADS AND THE CIVIL WAR
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This 4-page paper discusses the role of the Northern "copperheads" in the War Between the States (the U.S. Civil War). Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTcophea.rtf
Critique of James G. Hollandsworth Jr.’s The Louisiana Native Guards: The Black Military Experience During the Civil War
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In three pages this paper critically examines the author’s purpose for writing this brief historical account of this black regional military unit that served both the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War, discusses what sources the text relies upon, considers why President Abraham Lincoln finally acquiesced to the use of black troops for combat, and finally addresses what readers should take away from this historical account. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: TGlaguards.rtf
Culture and Freedom
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A 4 page paper evaluating today’s consequences of past actions. Discussions of the destruction of one culture by another, stronger power have included issues of American slavery, the Spanish conquest of Latin America and destruction of Muslim and Jewish civilizations in the name of Christianity. The picture of destruction in all of these examples is valid. Without our past as it was, however, our present likely would have been very much different than what we have today. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSsocCultFree.rtf
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