Administration of the Atlantic Blockade 1861-1865 (open access)

Administration of the Atlantic Blockade 1861-1865

The purpose of this paper is to show in detail the role of only a portion of the Federal Navy, the Atlantic Blockading Squadrons, during the Civil War.
Date: January 1967
Creator: Delafield ,Charles Henry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alexander Kerensky and the Kornilov Affair (open access)

Alexander Kerensky and the Kornilov Affair

This thesis describes the Kornilov Affair and the people involved, especially Alexander Kerensky.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Tompkins, Rosemary Colborn
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Artillery in the Mexican War 1846-1847 (open access)

American Artillery in the Mexican War 1846-1847

This thesis presents a history of the United States' war with Mexico with a focus on the maturing of the United States artillery on the battlefields of Mexico.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Dillon, Lester R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Deism in the Eighteenth Century (open access)

American Deism in the Eighteenth Century

As was true of most intellectual trends in colonial America, deism originated in England and spread to the colonies. To understand deism as it developed in eighteenth century America, one must examine the roots and mature status of deism in England. Deism did not emerge as an entirely new system of thought in seventeenth century England. The disputes, schisms and wars of the Reformation laid a negative foundation for its appearance. The counter-accusations of the clergy of different sects provided ammunition for its anticlerical campaign. The Reformation itself, by its rejection of the ritualism and authority of the Roman Catholic Church, its teaching that in matters of religion each individual should use his own reason, and its putting greater stress on the ethical element in religion, was a movement in the same direction as deism. It did not, however, advance as far. To replace the authority of the Catholic Church, the Protestants substituted the Bible.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Mattson, Vernon E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Public Opinion During Crises in Japanese-American Relations in the Early Twentieth Century (open access)

American Public Opinion During Crises in Japanese-American Relations in the Early Twentieth Century

Throughout the period following Pearl Harbor, as one crisis in Japanese-American relations followed another, the American public opinion was divided. Some newspapers and personalities feared that there would be war over the San Francisco school board crisis, while others believed that talk of war was ridiculous. Partisan politics often affected the course of affairs on the Japanese question.
Date: August 1968
Creator: Nelson, Donald Fowler.
System: The UNT Digital Library
America's Search for a China Policy, 1943-1950 (open access)

America's Search for a China Policy, 1943-1950

Much controversy has surrounded recent American policy toward China. Books of various stripes--distortions, misrepresentations, emotional accounts, and purportedly scholarly studies--have dealt with the formulation of a China policy. Several of the objective studies have featured the role that politics played in reducing American freedom of action. The emphasis has been that, since American diplomatic strategy during the decade of the 1940's was a Democratic responsibility, Republican critics took political advantage of the China "tangle." As congressional criticism mounted, the framework within which the Truman Administration could evolve a policy was increasingly restricted. With the Communist victory in China and the subsequent Korean War, Democratic strategy had apparently backfired. The public became aroused, and policy makers have since had difficulty adjusting to realities.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Bartley, Numan V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Anglo-German Naval Agreement of 1935: A Study of the Nexus of British Naval Policy and Foreign Policy (open access)

The Anglo-German Naval Agreement of 1935: A Study of the Nexus of British Naval Policy and Foreign Policy

The Anglo-German Naval Agreement of June 18, 1935, came as a complete surprise and was contrary to established British policy; what were the circumstances that influenced the decision to reach the accord with Germany? Was it appeasement? If the compact was not political, then what was its primary purpose and who was responsible for the treaty?
Date: August 1969
Creator: Cozine, Walter Dean
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anson Jones and the Diplomacy of Texas Annexation (open access)

Anson Jones and the Diplomacy of Texas Annexation

Chapter I. Early political and diplomatic career -- Chapter II. Anson Jones, Secretary of State -- Chapter III. Independence or annexation -- Chapter IV. Annexation achieved -- Chapter V. Assessment -- Bibliography.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Swafford, Ralph R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anti-Catholicism in Contemporary America, 1920-1960 (open access)

Anti-Catholicism in Contemporary America, 1920-1960

This thesis explores several events in the 1920 that indicated that anti-Catholicism flourished in an atmosphere of resurgent nationalism and nativism.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Brown, D. Clayton (Deward Clayton), 1941-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Atlanta Campaign (open access)

The Atlanta Campaign

This thesis describes the events leading up to the capture of Atlanta by the Union army during the Civil War.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Swanson, Donald Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Attempts to Curb the Power of the Supreme Court during the Marshall Era, 1801-1835 (open access)

Attempts to Curb the Power of the Supreme Court during the Marshall Era, 1801-1835

This study intends to examine criticisms of the Court and efforts to curb its power during the formative period of American constitutional law.
Date: August 1968
Creator: Ellis, Steve E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The British-Loyalist Strategy to Recover the Southern Provinces During the American Revolution (open access)

The British-Loyalist Strategy to Recover the Southern Provinces During the American Revolution

This thesis examines the efforts of the British loyalists in Georgia and the Carolinas to assist the British army bring the southern provinces back under royal control. These efforts and a judgment of the reasonableness of the trust in the zeal and strength of the southern loyalists are the subjects of this study.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Griffin, Roger Allen
System: The UNT Digital Library
British Opponents of the Great War (open access)

British Opponents of the Great War

The intensely divided but vocal minority that denounced Great Britain's declaration of war in 1914 and decried Britain's continuance in the war illustrated both the strengths and weaknesses of their nation's politics and the impotence of dissent against a majority united in arms.
Date: January 1969
Creator: Odom, Sue Kirby
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Businessman in the Twenties: the Traditional View (open access)

The Businessman in the Twenties: the Traditional View

This thesis discusses the criticism of the businessman of the 1920s from the twenties through the 1960s.
Date: August 1969
Creator: James, Morris Dale
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carpetbagger Policies during Reconstruction in Arkansas (open access)

Carpetbagger Policies during Reconstruction in Arkansas

This investigation is an attempt to reevaluate the role of the carpetbagger in bringing about a reform program during Reconstruction.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Ellenburg, Martha Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cherokee Indians in the American Revolution (open access)

The Cherokee Indians in the American Revolution

It has been the purpose of this study to look closely at the history of Cherokee relations with the European powers and ascertain the reasons for the Indians' rarely severed loyalty to the British crown. The writer has attempted to determine the causes for ineffective Cherokee resistance to the westward movement of American settlers and absence of offensive action during the Revolution.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Starling, Susanne
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Church and the Segregation Crisis in the South (open access)

The Church and the Segregation Crisis in the South

Segregation, as in other realms of American life, is a great problem of the churches. Although the Supreme Court decision and call for action by the President have produced few revolutionary changes, the churches of the South have taken steps to cope with this problem. Slow and faltering though these moves may be, they represent a new awakening on the part of individual churches to a pressing social responsibility.
Date: August 1960
Creator: Swim, Sammie E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Confederate Command Problem in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1861-1862 (open access)

The Confederate Command Problem in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1861-1862

This thesis is a study of the Confederate command problem in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1861-1862.
Date: May 1960
Creator: Dickey, Raymond D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Confederate Naval Department and its Operation at New Orleans (open access)

The Confederate Naval Department and its Operation at New Orleans

Many books have been written on the battles of the Civil War. Most of these deal only with engagements between the armies; little has been written concerning the Confederate Navy. Yet the struggles of the Confederate Navy cannot be overlooked in determining why, after so many victorious battles in the field, the Confederacy still failed to defeat the Union.
Date: January 1960
Creator: O'Glee, John Clifford
System: The UNT Digital Library
Confederate Texas: A Political Study, 1861-1865 (open access)

Confederate Texas: A Political Study, 1861-1865

"No adequate history of the activities of the Texas state government during the Civil War has been written. Instead this phase of state history has been treated only in a limited manner in general state and Civil War histories. A history of the state government's functions and role during this period is essential to understanding Texas' development as a state and its place in the Confederacy. This work is an attempt to provide such a history. A study of the internal political affairs of Texas during the war years, this work begins with the movement toward secession and ends with the collapse of the state government and the establishment of military rule in Texas. Emphasis has been placed on revealing how the state government attempted to cope with the numerous problems which the war engendered and the futility of these attempts." -- p.iii
Date: August 1969
Creator: Ledbetter, Billy D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Constitutional Change in Texas During the Reconstruction, 1865-1876 (open access)

Constitutional Change in Texas During the Reconstruction, 1865-1876

In the decade following the Civil War the Texas political scene was dominated by revisionist activity with regard to the state's constitution. In that period the organic law of the state was altered three times, twice because of the exigencies of National Reconstruction and a third time to satisfy the retrenchment impulses partially stimulated by the Reconstruction experiment. None of the three constitutions written during this ten year period can be properly understood in isolation from the other two, nor can any of them be correctly interpreted separate from the serious post-war political, social, and economic issues faced by the entire nation. Hence, a uniform study of the three constitutions in their local context and their relations to national problems of the period provides a field of significant research and evaluation. It is the purpose of this study to analyze the constitutional changes of the Reconstruction era in Texas in their historical perspective, giving special attention to both the internal political structures and the socio-economic considerations dominant during that period.
Date: August 1967
Creator: Carrier, John Pressley
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development of Literature as Social History in the South (open access)

The Development of Literature as Social History in the South

Glasgow, Faulkner, Warren and Caldwell, while probing "the human heart in conflict with itself," portrayed the South in transition. Each of them made substantial contribution to a deeper understanding of the region, its people and problems, and their work was only a part of the vast literary heritage established by their generation.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Bartley, Glenda Hebert
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Disestablishment and Disendowment of the Church in Wales (open access)

The Disestablishment and Disendowment of the Church in Wales

The disestablishment and disendowment of the Church in Wales was a direct result of a renascent Welsh nationalism asserting itself in the daily life of Wales and in the English parliament. This thesis examines the historical, political, and social aspects of the disestablishment and disendowment of the Church.
Date: August 1967
Creator: Sargent, Arthur L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Early Career of Daniel Finch, Second Earl of Nottingham, 1679-1693 (open access)

The Early Career of Daniel Finch, Second Earl of Nottingham, 1679-1693

The purpose of this study is to present an account of the early career of Daniel Finch from 1679 to 1693. The investigation begins with an account of Finch's rise to prominence in parliament and at the Admiralty. It subsequently traces his role and involvement in the revolution settlement, and, after the accession of William III, Finch's responsibility as Secretary of State dealing principally with ecclesiastical affairs and naval affairs until his dismissal in 1693.
Date: August 1967
Creator: Kelley, James Nolan
System: The UNT Digital Library