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The Role of the Frontier in American History, 1990.
Compares the movie '"STAGECOACH" to Frederick Jackson Turner's book "THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY". Shows how Americans have been shaped by the frontier. Also looks at ways in which the idea of frontiers remains a prevalent part of American society.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, $ 39.95
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"The frontier played an important part in American history, both as a reality and as an idea; it continues to do so today long after the frontier has disappeared. That disappearance was announced by Frederick Jackson Turner in his book The Frontier in American History, a book in which the author also discussed the significance of the frontier in American history. That significance is apparent in his book and in the film Stagecoach, a film which extols the virtues of those who battled the frontier, and which shows how the frontier helped shape American ideals and social attitudes. The image may be idealized in the film, but it is powerful and derives from real forces from the nineteenth century.
The fact that the frontier continues to play an important role in American life is evident in the way Americans seem to keep searching..."
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?The Frontier in American History?, 2005.
This paper discusses each of the individual essays in Frederick Jackson Turner's "The Frontier in American History".
2,535 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 76.95
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This paper explains that, in his collection of essays "The Frontier in American History", Frederick Jackson Turner records and hypothesizes on the many ways in which the frontier has contributed to the building of the American nationality and culture. The author points out that this book contains twelve related essays focusing on specific aspects of the frontier's history including technological factors, such as the development of the steam engine and the railroad, and limitations, such as the threat of Indian attacks and the peril of being isolated in the wilderness. The paper concludes that, although written at the turn of the 19th century, Turner's essays have a strikingly modern feel because he describes a vision of America as a strong, proud but brutal country, shaped not so much by individual cult figures or powerful politicians as by a massive, eager movement of people who were fed up with their previous lots and who had the courage to face an isolating wilderness in exchange for an untold bounty.
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"In the remaining chapters, Turner elaborates on previous themes and continues a study of the ways in which each successive frontier-wave shaped the modern American nation. "The Problems of the West" provides an especially illuminating glimpse into the American psychology. For all his rugged, rudimentary style, the Western man was an idealist at heart. He championed the virtues of "equality, of the exaltation of the common man," and had an "unbounded confidence in his ability to make his dreams come true." It sounds romantic, but the proof of it lies in the bare fact of forward frontier movement on such a grand scale, over so long a time, by so many men and women. However, the romanticism does provoke thoughts on Turner's great shortcoming: his failure to address the sheer human cost of the expansion, not only in the number of European-American lives lost, but particularly among the Native Americans, who were so completely displaced and exterminated by the frontier."
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The Frontier in American History, 2004.
A response paper about Frederick Jackson Turner's "From the Significance of the Frontier in American History"
1,161 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 40.95
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Frederick Jackson Turner's "From The Significance of the Frontier in American History" was shown to be an insightful analysis of what compels ordinary people to take enormous risks--opportunity and adventure. This paper provides a personal response to Turner's essay, followed by a summary of the research in the conclusion.
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"For children born in the 20th century, the "next frontier" was represented by outer space; today, though, children born in the 21st century may never know a day when there was not a permanent human presence in space, whether in the International Space Station, future colonies on the Moon and Mars or beyond. For the American people of the 19th century, the "next frontier" was the largely unknown territory beyond the westernmost borders of the country. The importance of the opportunities represented by this "next frontier" to the development of the United States has been the subject of numerous works, including Frederick Jackson Turner's "From The Significance of the Frontier in American History.""
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Suffrage and Party Power in American History, 2002.
A political science essay outlining the expansion of suffrage among the U.S. population throughout American history and the effects of a larger and more diverse electorate on voting trends and party control.
1,315 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses the history of suffrage in the United States and it's affect upon the distribution of power between the Republican and Democratic parties at different points in American History. It discusses the three most central suffrage movements in the United States: universal white male suffrage, universal black male suffrage, and universal female suffrage and the expansion of voting rights that coincided with each of these three movements.
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"While the universal white male suffrage progressions in the first period had more to do with the influential ideas of the French Revolution and democracy in general, an incentive to settle the western frontier, and increasing trust of the non-upper classes, the suffrage progressions of blacks and women came about from more deliberate effort. Two main reasons for the attainment of the vote by blacks and women is the weakening of the political parties and the increased activist role of the federal government that occurred in the twentieth century."
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The American Frontier, 1600-1830, 1999.
Examines how reality and myth of the Western frontier influenced American society and institutions and concepts of freedom and opportunity.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 4 sources, $ 63.95
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"Westward ho! The cry resounds throughout the whole of Euro-American history as immigrants moved from their initial, fragile settlements along the Atlantic Coast towards the lure of ever greener, richer, and emptier lands to the West.
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"Westward ho! The cry resounds throughout the whole of Euro-American history as immigrants moved from their initial, fragile settlements along the Atlantic Coast towards the lure of ever greener, richer, and emptier lands to the West. Although for much of the early part of settlement, European immigrants did not know exactly how much West there was, they wanted all of it, and this drive towards the Manifest Destiny - the idea that U.S. territorial expansion westward was not only inevitable but even divinely ordained - was a consuming force for much of the 18th and 19th centuries. This paper examines how both the reality and the idea of the western frontier influenced American society and institutions during the years 1600 to 1830, and how its influence differed from that of the ocean.
From the vantage point of the 20th century, the metaphor of the ..."
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Theories of the American Frontier, 2002.
This paper challenges the theories of Frederick Jackson Turner as presented in his essay, ?The Significance of the Frontier on American History?, by using the example of the development of California.
3,460 words (approx. 13.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 97.95
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This paper explains that Turner?s theory of social evolution, which states that the development of America took place in six distinct stages, which Turner applies to Wisconsin as an example. This paper, then, outlines the development of California as a whole and discuss the events in the development of Southern California that diverge from Turner?s model.The author reports that rather than experiencing an agricultural period according to Turner?s ?timeline,? California, especially Southern California, went right to the establishment of manufacturing and industry.
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"Granted, the expansion and development of California, especially as it pertained to the movements from west to east or from south to north (as in the case of Mexican expansion), was not exclusively American development per se. There was exploration and conquest on the part of the British, the Spanish, the Mexicans, and the French. However, this supports the contention that Turner?s thesis was not an accurate model for California. Turner?s primary focus was on the expansion of Western European peoples (in particular, those peoples of Germanic stock) from east to west. California was a state whose development was strongly influenced by Spanish, Mexican, French, and even Chinese cultures."
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Role of American Women, 2004.
A discussion of how the move towards the West in America transformed the role of women in American society.
2,439 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 74.95
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This paper explores the topic of women in the American West during the westward movement. Specifically, it offers historic evidence to support the position that the westward movement did indeed transform the traditional roles of American women, just as it transformed the American West. Women traveling west during the westward movement created opportunities for themselves, became active in business and politics, and created new and exciting lives for themselves. These women transformed how America looked at women and how women looked at themselves, which was probably the most important transformation of all.
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"Initially, the only inhabitants of the Western United States were Native American tribes scattered throughout the region, and the occasional trapper or mountain man there to trap furs for his livelihood. The West was empty, untapped, and waiting for westward expansion, and there were plenty of Easterners ready to travel west for new opportunities. However, after gold was discovered in California in 1848, the trip west took on new meaning. Now, going west could mean riches beyond the wildest dreams, and thousands of immigrants headed west to seek their fortunes in the gold mines of California. This was the time when women began to head west in much larger numbers, and this was the time when women's roles truly began to transform themselves."
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Changing Roles of American Women - 1600 - 1780, 1999.
A paper which examines the role of women in the American colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
1,760 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 56.95
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This paper discusses the difficult lives of women in the American colonies, lives which revolved around the basic family unit and entailed laborous tasks to ensure the survival and continuity of the home. The paper shows that as time progressed and the colonies became more civilized, the roles of women changed. Instead of merely surviving, women began to have leisure time on their hands. Women also had time to educate themselves beyond their regular housewifery skills. Socially, women had time to entertain and lead more leisurly lives. The paper follows the changing role of these women through the Revolutionary War when they assumed a number of unfamiliar roles. It also shows how the development of the countryside and infrastructure changed the social life of women. Finally, the paper shows that women of this time had their lives shaped by extraordinary events such as political and economic upheavals, religious conflict, and intellectual transformation. It was during this time that women first started to establish themselves and their rights.
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"The practical and functional roles of women changed during the Revolutionary War. Women had to take up positions that they normally would not have had to before. They had to manage the house while their patriotic husbands were gone. This also opened other doors to women. For Deborah Sampson it meant cross-dressing as a soldier and taking up arms. She was placed into indenture at the age of ten and upon completion entered the army. (Ferguson 183) She was noted to be a woman who wanted to see the world. If not for the war, where would she have ended up, and what path would this creative, energetic and brave woman have taken? Her husband subsequently received a veterans pension for her efforts.(Evans 54)"
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The Role of American Women in the Vietnam War, 2006.
A paper looking at the role American women played in the Vietnam War, their duties and their motivations for volunteering to serve.
2,180 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 67.95
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This paper describes the numerous positions, both civilian and military, held by American women serving in the Vietnam War and the heroism with which they fulfilled those duties. The paper also discusses the way female Vietnam veterans were often treated by the American public when they returned from the war and the awards and medals they received for their service.
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"Women, military as well as civilian, volunteered to go to Vietnam for a variety of reasons. Some went out of a sense of duty, to be patriotic; some wanted to help the people they saw on the television news every night. Some went seeking adventure, a purpose, a cause. In his inaugural address, President John F. Kennedy spoke of saving the United States from communism, and many women believed they could make a difference in the battle. Whatever their reasons for going, American women were active in the war in Vietnam."
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The Semiotic Role of Violence in American Films, 2008.
An analysis of film violence and its semiotic significance in American popular culture.
1,725 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper examines cultural conflict through dramatic recreations or presentations of these conflicts in American film narrative. The paper holds that, in the popular media, violence has a semiotic role. To much of the world, the paper adds, film violence is a mark of American culture, and many social critics within the U.S. find the same to be true. The paper points out that many filmmakers state that they are not fostering violence but only exploring it, and with some films, the issue of using violence in popular culture is itself examined either directly as a subject or as an inherent element in the structure of the film. The paper concludes that violence is a particular sign in the film, a sign that may mean its direct cause, like anger and fear, or that may reflect something larger about society, such as alienation or lack of empathy.
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"Consider Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs", a film that takes a satiric look at itself, at the genre of the caper film and the dynamics of betrayal and the criminal code seen in such films. The film is extremely violent, which for many viewers may mask the satiric thrust of the story and the way the interplay of characters involves a twisted sense of morality, the so-called "honor among thieves" that here is a palpable presence holding together a group of professional criminals who have nothing else to believe in except that they will be able to rely on each other. As the film unfolds, though, they can rely on nothing in a universe of random events over which they have no control."
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The Changing Role of the American President, 2002.
Discusses how the social and political roles of U.S. Presidents evolved from 1861 to 1969.
3,250 words (approx. 13.0 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 93.95
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This paper discusses the thesis: The Presidents of the United States took on activist roles in response to wars and progressive social reform. Whereas powers assumed during war were to recede following war?s conclusion, the increased role of the President were always increased with social reform that put social programs under the command of the executive. This was to alter dramatically after Truman?s administration decided to introduce atomic weapons to warfare.
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1. Lincoln?s Presidency
2. The Gilt Age Presidents
3. Gilt Age Presidents
4. Normalcy
5. Roosevelt?s New Deal
6. Truman and the Post-War Era
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"Wilson?s conduct during and independent of the First World War was a testament to the caprice of an ideological leader who embodied many of the sentiments common to progressive idealists in the first decades of the 20th century. Wartime taxes on the wealthiest Americans jumped to above 70%, prompting most of them to put their money into tax-free municipal bonds. Many thought well of this move at the time, along with the subsequent inheritance tax, also known as the death tax. Degler is among them, and claims ?in taxing incomes according to the ability to pay, the progressives were taking notice of the highly interdependent nature of society.? (5)"
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Roles Played In American Subcultures, 2002.
Discusses two plays on how people cope with their roles in a subculture.
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Discusses two plays on how people cope with their roles in a subculture. JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE by August Wilson, and AND THE SOUL SHALL DANCE by Wakako Yamauchi. How each playwright develops a strong sense of the importance of the family bond. A sense of alienation as a divisive force.
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"In the plays Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson and And The Soul Shall Dance by Wakako Yamauchi, the playwright in each case develops a strong sense of the importance of the family bond as each explores the way people cope with their roles in a subculture within a larger, dominant culture that generally does not value them or their cultural background. In each case, the characters aspire to something better than they have already achieved, defined usually as economic success in the American society of which they are a part. In Wilson's play, these aspirations are found in the black community among people whose ancestors were slaves and who themselves do not feel fully part of American society. In Yamauchi's play, the characters are Japanese immigrants cut off from their homeland and from much of their own culture by great distance as well as ..."
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The Role of the American Executive, 2003.
An examination of the role of the Executive (president) from "The Federalist Papers".
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The paper is an analysis of Alexander Hamilton's arguments on the Executive and executive power from the Federalist papers. It examines also how Hamilton's ideas on the role of the Executive have changed from the time of the nation's founding to the present day.
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"Hamilton?s primary argument in The Federalist Papers, where he defends the institution of the executive branch has to do with what he calls the ?energy of the executive?. He notes in Federalist 70 that energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government while at the same time noting that some my find the idea of an executive to be inconsistent with the principles of Republican government. Those that opposed the executive might have looked to Federalist 37 where Madison claims that the genius of republican liberty assigns power to many hands for short terms while energy requires that power be invested in a single hand for a presumably longer term. This ?single hand? referenced by James Madison is, in all likelihood, a reference to the kind of monarchy that the founders opposed. Among Hamilton?s tasks in The Federalist Papers are not only to prove that the President is not a monarch, but in doing so to create a strong executive that will help lead to a more stable Republic."
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The Role of the Judiciary in the American Legal System, 2002.
The paper discusses to what extent the court system should be involved in making politically-charged rulings. It discusses the history of this issue and the way that events have dictated the size and nature of the judiciary's role.
1,117 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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The paper argues against judicial activism, maintaining that it is a dangerous concept only appropriate in extraordinary situations. It explains the fact that the judiciary's independent nature gives it considerable unchecked power. The paper advocates judicial restraint but agrees that judicial activism is justified when the aggrieved party has no other recourse.
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"Americans have debated the proper role of the judiciary since the nation was founded in the 1780s. Though the founders established the judiciary as one of the three equal branches of government, the Federal Courts did not assert that role until the mid-20th century. Indeed, the nation?s leaders and courts themselves have often been wary of the judiciary because it is such an undemocratic institution. Federal judges wield considerable power, often unchecked except by other judges, and they wield such power for life."
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The Role of American Women in World War II, 2002.
This paper describes women's contribution to World War II in the form of war time labor as nurses, factory workers, journalists and recruits.
1,550 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper examines how domestic labor market was effected by World War II and enabled a professional revolution for American women. The paper describes how women moved into careers that were previously only considered for men. It illustrates the climate of social change in American, as a result of women being able to earn money for their families. The paper gives great detail to the new professional areas opened to women.
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"Many aspects of change occurred in the United States during World War II. World War II brought about to the fore several different ideas. One of the most notable ones c was the change identity for many women. The war facilitated them to gain strength and mobility. Before the war, women were set in certain roles in society but after the war began, women were asked to work outside their homes as well. This situation then made women believe the war symbolized freedom, which increased equality for them. Women started to obtain traditional male responsibilities because most eligible men were in the war. Great numbers of women began to take control of their lives by working as factory workers, nurses, doctors, and journalists. Some joined the Women?s Auxiliary Army Corps. Women also found jobs as drivers, farmers, mail delivery personnel, garbage collectors, builders, and mechanics. These new opportunities allowed women to earn their own money and do what they wanted with it. Women became more independent and could as they chose. World War II truly enhanced the lives of women. "
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