Browsing OU - Exploring U.S. History by Title
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The corrupt bargain : a story of the Cherokee plight Undergraduate
The Cherokee Nation is one of the many Native American nations that had their rights and lives stolen by the United States, and arguments are made that they suffered the worst. The Cherokee did not admit defeat from the ... -
The Hull House, its Co-Founders, and the Progressive Era Undergraduate
Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr were the co-founders of the first settlement house in Chicago. This home, the Hull House, provided a plethora of amenities, clubs, and academic classes for poverty-stricken people in the ... -
The Mexican-American War : a war of American values Undergraduate
The Mexican-American War significantly expanded the territories of the United States. This has become common knowledge throughout the public, and the war is frequently left at that defining statement. However, the ... -
"The new Negro" : center of the Harlem stage Undergraduate
Amidst a tragically long-standing history of oppression, the Harlem Renaissance was arguably the pinnacle of African American prosperity in the United States during the early twentieth century. The Harlem Renaissance, being ... -
The rush to save the ill Undergraduate
Benjamin Rush is not to be dismissed as history has shown-his extensive medical training and experience, when contextualized within his own time, was highly beneficial to the people of Philadelphia during the summer 1793 ... -
Thomas W. Woodrow's Appeals for Socialism Based on Religion and Economics Undergraduate
During the early 1900s, Oklahoma contained one of the largest socialist parties in the United States. In his magazine, Woodrow's Monthly, Thomas W. Woodrow, a socialist Christian pastor in Hobart, Oklahoma, created a wide ... -
What the Black Panther Party did for you Undergraduate
In October of 1966 Bobby Seale and Huey Newton founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, a socialist, multi-racial, black nationalist group that endeavored to awaken the black community and unify it in activism ... -
Wives after the Revolution : the backbone of the republic Undergraduate
(2016)The American Revolution brought major changes to every aspect of life for Americans in the late eighteenth century. Every effort from every citizen was now meant to further the republic of the United States of America. ... -
Women in WWII : working toward victory Undergraduate
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Women of the Civil War : the denial of gender assumptions Undergraduate
A female nurse by the name of Kate Cummings described the following scene in her diary that she had witnessed when she served on a battlefield: "Gray-haired men--men in the pride of manhood--beardless boys...mutilated in ... -
Women with wings : the forgotten female "aces" of WWII Undergraduate
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Women's Suffrage: A Truly Progressive Movement Undergraduate
(2013-11-24)