History 510 Research Paper Titles

Spring 2007

American West

“The Thin Blue Line: A Comparative Study of the Role of the U.S. Army in the Battles at Little Big Horn and the White River Agency”

“The Black Hawk War: A Mix of Hatred, Miscommunication, and Mistakes”

“‘Be It Ever So Humble’: The Preservation and Restoration of Frontier Homes in Missouri and Illinois”

“The Mexican Deportation and Repatriation Campaigns of the 1930s: The Effort of Federal, State and Local Authorities to solve the so-called ‘Mexican Problem’”

“Intertribal Warfare on the Great Plains: From Honor to Survival”

“Mapping Metals of the American West: The Journey from the Earth to the Political Podium” (silver and gold mining affects on US currency debates)

“Bishop Hill and Icaria: Two Utopian Communities Analyzed”

“Northwestern Wildlife: The Impact on the Economic Development of the Northwestern United States”

“Women as Homesteaders: From Property Rights to Voting Rights”

“The Works Progress Administration: Women and the West”

“Owen Wister’s West: The Virginian and the Johnson County War”

“The Japanese-American Internment during World War II”

“The New Mexican Rough Rider: He Did More than Ride a Horse and Fire a Rifle”