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America's Postwar Settlement : Dollar Diplomacy in Europe, 1919-1925 (open access)

America's Postwar Settlement : Dollar Diplomacy in Europe, 1919-1925

Prosperity was the positive goal of America's postwar policy. For several years, the United States was successful in her attempt to be at the same time politically aloof and economically opportunistic. But politics and economics were radically intertwined in the reparation settlement, and when reparations interfered with the prosperity of the Atlantic community, it shattered as well America's resolve to "let Europe stew in her own juice," and caused American reinvolvement in European concerns. America's postwar settlement can be expressed in two words: disentanglement frustrated.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Naberhaus, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Changing Basis of the Republican Party, 1865-1877 (open access)

The Changing Basis of the Republican Party, 1865-1877

This study is an attempt to re-investigate the Republican party during the Reconstruction era in order to understand the degree and nature of the changes. The paper reviews the basis of the party at different points in its metamorphosis to demonstrate what happened to the organization.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Bain, Kenneth Ray
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Evolution of the Civil Rights Movement: 1866-1883 (open access)

The Evolution of the Civil Rights Movement: 1866-1883

An understanding of the development of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 from its beginnings in the Senate to its culmination in April necessitates a few brief statements concerning the condition of the nation and the relations between the President and Congress.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Clark, Linda M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Irrigation Legislation (open access)

Federal Irrigation Legislation

The West had to somehow solve its water deficit if that region were ever to overcome its retarded growth and development. Irrigation offered at least a partial solution if the rivers could be tapped, and this concept opened a whole new phase in the legislative, political, and economic development of the West and of the nation.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Colton, Ronald Wayne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Great Britain and the Russian Ukase of September 16, 1821 (open access)

Great Britain and the Russian Ukase of September 16, 1821

The affair of the Ukase of September, 1821, evokes such questions as these: What was its real purpose? Was Alexander guilty of aggression in North America or was he only attempting to solve a domestic problem, viz., smuggling in the Alaskan colony? Why did George Canning negotiate separately with Russia after he had expressed a desire to cooperate with the United States? Did he really believe that Russia would be more impressed by separate negotiations, as Harold Temperley has suggested? Did the tsar deliberately appease Britain in the hope of securing her aid in a Russo- Turkish war, as S. B. Okun and Hector Chevigny have contended, or did he follow a policy of expediency?
Date: January 1970
Creator: Ward, Richard Allen
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Provincial Congress of North Carolina 1774-1776 (open access)

The Provincial Congress of North Carolina 1774-1776

The Provincial Congress assumed the leadership of North Carolina at a time when, almost simultaneously, the seeds of the American Revolution were beginning to take root throughout the neighboring provinces. The task faced by that body was, therefore, not only one of reinstituting their own civil government, but also of providing for the protection of North Carolina and working, in union, for the defense of the entire continent.
Date: January 1970
Creator: McCarty, Jerry L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Diplomacy of an Army: the American Expeditionary Force in France, 1917-1918 (open access)

The Diplomacy of an Army: the American Expeditionary Force in France, 1917-1918

The entry of the United States into the Great War was enthusiastically endorsed by Congress on April 3, 1917. Even after the declaration of war, however, the exact nature of American participation was unclear. This thesis examines the role of American involvement in the war, as it responded to requests for support from Great Britain and France.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Owens, E. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andrew Johnson and the South, 1865-1867 (open access)

Andrew Johnson and the South, 1865-1867

The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the relationship of Andrew Johnson to the South and the effect of that relationship on presidential reconstruction. It is not meant to be a complete retelling of the story of reconstruction, rather it is an attempt to determine how Johnson affected southern ideas of reconstruction and, equally important, how southerners influenced Johnson.
Date: July 1970
Creator: Pierce, Michael D. (Michael Dale), 1940-
System: The UNT Digital Library
British Reactions to the Sepoy Mutiny, 1857-1858 (open access)

British Reactions to the Sepoy Mutiny, 1857-1858

English and Indian historians have devoted considerable research and analysis to the genesis of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 but have ignored contemporary British reaction to it, a neglect which this study attempts to satisfy.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Shafeeq, Samuel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Occupation and Administration of Texas, 1865-1870 (open access)

Federal Occupation and Administration of Texas, 1865-1870

The scope of this study is limited to Federal military occupation during the five years from 1865 to 1870. Only the interior counties, where a dense Negro population required the exercise of political and social responsibilities, will be considered in detail. A line from Wise through Bosque, Travis, Wilson, Karnes, and Goliad Counties to the coastal town of Corpus Christi would roughly separate interior from frontier posts.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Shook, Robert W. (Robert Walter)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The History of Braniff in Peru (open access)

The History of Braniff in Peru

The central effort of this study is directed toward an analysis of the origination, development, and current status of Braniff International service to Peru. Included will be the operational aspects, the corporate relations of Braniff with Peru, the economic contribution of Braniff to Peru, and its corporate citizenship in that Latin American country.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Coldwell, Norma Abels
System: The UNT Digital Library
Locofocos, Van Buren Democrats and Progress (open access)

Locofocos, Van Buren Democrats and Progress

An investigation of the origins and history of the Locofoco party, with particular emphasis upon the divergent theories which made up its heterogeneous ideology, is the first object of this study. A comparison can be made between this ideology and the national administration by studying the developments that took place in 1837 and by evaluating the reasons for the ultimate defeat of the Van Buren Democrats three years later.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Levisay, David Allen
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Missionary Work of Samuel A. Worcester Among the Cheroke, 1825-1840 (open access)

The Missionary Work of Samuel A. Worcester Among the Cheroke, 1825-1840

Worcester made two major contributions to the Cherokee before his death at Park Hill in 1859. First was his faith and the propagation of Christianity among them. However, this was done by other missionaries both before and after him. But his truly unique accomplishment was his work with the Cherokee language.
Date: August 1970
Creator: White, Jerran Burris
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mobil Oil Corporation : Evolution of Its Corporate Identity (open access)

Mobil Oil Corporation : Evolution of Its Corporate Identity

The purpose of this thesis is to explain this evolution of Mobil's corporate identity, and to determine the effect of the 1911 dissolution decree on it.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Robnett, Fenton Wayne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Black-White Relations in Texas, 1874-1896 (open access)

Black-White Relations in Texas, 1874-1896

"This thesis proposes to investigate the theory posed by Comer Vann Howard in 'The Strange Career of Jim Crow.' Woodward claims that complete physical segregation of Negroes was not legally established in the Southern states until the turn of the century. He further contends the period from Reconstruction until the 1890s was an era when Negroes participated in many activities with whites. This work investigates Woodward's theory in its applicability to Texas between 1874 and 1898. The study begins with redemption, which came to Texas in 1874 with the election of the first Democratic governor since the Civil War. The concluding year of 1896 was chosen because the last Negro to serve in the Texas Legislature ended his term that year."-- leaf [i].
Date: December 1970
Creator: Irvin, Bobbye Hughes
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense of the Faith: Fundamentalist Controversy in Texas, 1920-1929 (open access)

Defense of the Faith: Fundamentalist Controversy in Texas, 1920-1929

"This work examines the fundamentalist controversy in Texas from 1920 until 1929. Stressing the role of J. Frank Norris as the state's fundamentalist leader, it studies the manifestations of the controversy in both the religious and the secular institutions of the state. Since the movement met little organized resistance in Texas, the fundamentalists won significant victories. The study is organized topically. The first part is a general introduction to the controversy on both the state and national level. The second part portrays Norris as the leader of fundamentalist forces. The third and fourth parts examine the conflict within the Protestant denominations especially among the Baptists and Methodists and its impact upon secular institutions. "-- leaf 1
Date: December 1970
Creator: Ledbetter, Patsy Ruth
System: The UNT Digital Library
The South and the Mexican War (open access)

The South and the Mexican War

This thesis examines newspapers and correspondence of public men in the era of the Mexican war to provide some answers to pertinent questions regarding the South's role in the Mexican War. It attempts to reveal to some degree whether Southerners uniformly supported the war, whether their support arose from an expansionist sentiment or a desire to extend the area of slavery, whether any strong opposition to the war existed in the South, and why they supported or opposed it.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Lowe, Billie Lynne Owens
System: The UNT Digital Library
William Livingston: Revolutionary War Governor of New Jersey (open access)

William Livingston: Revolutionary War Governor of New Jersey

This investigation is concerned with the importance of the role that William Livingston played in the struggle for American independence. Two methods were used to present this role. First, a narrative account describes his work as governor of the state of New Jersey. Second, subjective opinions of his contemporaries and others evaluate the effectiveness of his work.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Lusher, Jerry Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Women's Suffrage in Oklahoma (open access)

Women's Suffrage in Oklahoma

This study considers the nature of life and society in the Indian and Oklahoma Territories and the factors contributing to the narrow defeat of the women's suffrage proposal in the Constitutional Convention.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Brown, Nettie Terry
System: The UNT Digital Library