Essays and Research Papers on U.S. History (1800s)

In four pages this paper affirms American historian Morton Keller’s claim that slavery and slave expansion dominated the U.S. presidential agendas during this time period. Four sources are listed in the bibliography.

This 5-page paper examines the impact of sex on society during the late 1800s. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page review of The Day Dixie Died by Thomas and Debra Goodrich. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper detailing five specific reasons that the US began to abandon its isolationists policies with the beginning of the Spanish American war. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper examines some of the crises that Andrew Jackson faced as President, and argues that one’s view of whether or not he was great is strongly influenced by one’s beliefs. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper is a brief overview of Florida's part in the U.S. Civil War. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses Iris Vinton’s children’s book about Robert E. Lee. It summarized the work and gives a reaction to it. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page report on Killer Angels by Michael Shaara. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper discusses the role of President Polk in the Mexican American War, and what might have happened if he had not involved the U.S. in a struggle with Mexico. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton’s ideals concerning the place of agriculture in the United States at the beginning of the 19th century. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper that offers a brief synopsis of three separate book chapters on this topic. The paper ends with the writer's comments. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page report on After Chancelorsville: Letters from the Heart. No additional sources cited.

A 7 page overview of the many impacts of the US Civil War. This paper traces personal impacts to African Americans and women as well as societal impacts. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the kinds of changes Andrew Jackson made to the political system that have caused him to be so well remembered. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines attitudes towards wealth in the 19th century as seen through the figures of Andrew Carnegie, Horatio Alger, and Booker T. Washington. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page discussion of the concerns over state verses federal control that ultimately led the southern states to succeed from the Union. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

3 pages in length. Equity under constitutional principles was one of the leading causes behind the Reconstruction, a time when blacks sought to step away from their long-standing rank as slave and place themselves upon level more equitable with being treated as human beings. Since the early 1400s, blacks broke their bodies and ...

In 3 pages this paper examines the extremely controversial policy of imperialism the United States implemented during the nineteenth century which considers among other topics why it was adopted, how it was rationalized, the world events that contributed to it as well as the opposition organized by the American Anti-Imperialist League. Two sources are ...

A 5 page research paper that reports on the Lowell System and its significance to early industrialization in the US. The Lowell System refers to a “method of factory management” that developed in regards to the operation of the United States’ first textile mills, which were built in Waltham and Lowell, Massachusetts in the early ...

A 4 page insight into the stress filled days leading up to the Civil War. Written from the perspective of a Kentucky father trying to convince young men not to join the fray. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page research paper that discusses the rise of the modern prison in the nineteenth century. David Garland, in his 1990 text Punishment and Modern Society, argues that the “’social meaning of punishment is badly understood’” and that a “’a pluralistic, multidimensional approach’” is required in order to fully comprehend the historical development of ...

This 7 page paper provides an overview of the westward expansion of the United States in the early 19th century and its impacts on the economic, social and political development of the country. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

An 8 page overview of the similarities and differences between these two counties in regard to the factors leading up to the Civil War. This paper compares demographics, politics, ideologies, and economics. Bibliography lists sources.

A 3 page reaction paper that reviews Scott B. Cook's monograph Colonial Encounters in the Age of High Imperialism, which offers a comprehensive overview of the "last and most extensive phase of Western expansionism," which occurred between 1870 and 1914 (Cook xii). The author's stated intention is to "underscore the great variety of colonial ...

A 3 page paper which summarizes and examines Tony Horwitz’ Confederates in the Attic. No additional sources cited.