Academic papers on U.S. History (20th Century)

American Imperialism
A 3 page research paper that discusses the meaning of imperialism to the US in 1900, as well as the risks and gains of this situation to the administrations of McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Progressive Goals
A 3 page research paper that compares the "New Nationalism" of Theodore Roosevelt to the "New Freedom" of Woodrow Wilson in regards to how they achieve the goals of the Progressives. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Wilson's Change from Neutrality/ 1917
A 3 page research paper that briefly examines why President W. Wilson abandoned the US's traditional isolationism and initiated the US involvement in World War I. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon/ Policy on Vietnam
A 5 page research paper in which the writer argues that, despite the obvious differences, these three presidents have both similar beliefs toward communist aggression in Southeast Asia and also similar strategies in dealing with US involvement in...
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Historical Perspective on Election 2000
A 2 page research paper that looks briefly at the elections of 1824 and 1876 as to which one best parallels the election problems in 2000. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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From Isolation to Intervention/US in WWII
An 8 page research paper that examines US foreign policy toward Great Britain prior to the US entry into World War II. Although World War II appeared to pounce on the United States on December 7, 1941, historical scholarship has shown that in...
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The Vietnam War
(6 pp) War is never a pretty picture. However it has been glorified in past United States history as a noble effort for those who believed in rotecting "the undefended." World War I, the Great War destroyed the idea of "noble" and...
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Edna Ferber's Cimarron continues
A 5 page research paper that takes the unusual form of diary entries for a character from Edna Ferber's novel Cimarron, beginning five years after the end of the novel. The focus for the paper is how current events, particularly the "dust bowl"...
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Gendering Activity and World War I: Differences in the Views of Men and Women on Warfare
A 10 page overview of the differences in views of men verses women in regard to warfare. Presents the assertion that men viewed combat largely as a test of their masculinity while women viewed war and everything associated with it as an atrocity. ...
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Norman Podhoretz's "Why We Were In Vietnam"
5 pages in length. The author's intent in "Why We Were In Vietnam" is to bring to light the events that took place to ultimately embroil America in one of history's bloodiest conflicts. Through insightful observation, Podhoretz illustrates that as...
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Perspectives of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
(5 pp) There are those who say that we as humans create our own reality. This can also mean that each one of us have our own sense of reality. We may be able to deal with that, because it is considered personal. Yet the same can be said...
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Thoughts About Paul Johnson's Modern Times
(5 pp). The fun thing about Paul Johnson's first historic tome is that it can be opened almost anywhere and read, just for the quality of the prose itself. The book is crafted by a well-informed, humorous writer, who for the most part, ...
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The Mexican Revolution
(6 pp) Mexican people were fighting for an individual determination of their lives within their own country. They were bucking not only the historic Spanish tradition of the patron, but the dominance of the Church, and America's need to ...
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Middle East: Modern Era (1940-1990)
(8 pp). Questions posed by instructor for the Middle East historical period from 1940-1990 shall be answered as addressed. Texts for this information include THEMIDDLE EAST: A HISTORY, Vol. II, McGraw/Hill, N.Y., 1997 (5th ed.) and...
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The Cold War and Cristina Garcia's "Dreaming in Cuban"
A 5 page paper which examines how the ideological Cold War between Fidel Castro's Cuba and the United States affected the novel's characters. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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