Browsing by Author "Estes, Todd"

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    The Blue States And The Red States: Scouting The Electoral Map At The Outset of The 2004 Presidential Campaign
    (Oakland University, 2004-10-01) Estes, Todd; Folland, Sherman T.
    How the electoral vote influences political campaigns in the United States
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    An Examination of the Militia Act of 1792 and its Impact on U.S. Performance in the War of 1812
    Compton, Hunter; Estes, Todd
    This essay will examine issues in the discipline of history through the use of secondary sources such as monographs and peer reviewed essays, along with primary sources which are contemporary with the period under investigation. The topic which this essay will address is the interaction between the concept of standing armies and citizen militias in the early history of the United States. This project will attempt to increase the net sum of human knowledge by bringing to light previously undiscussed concepts pertaining to the interaction between specific political concepts and the people involved in the formation of the United States. By discussing and exploring these concepts, a better understanding of what factors influenced the early formation of the United States and thus how we arrived at the present can be asserted.
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    The Unpopularity of Popular History in the Academy: An Academic’s Thoughts on David McCullough’s Visit to Campus
    (Oakland University, 2006-01-01) Estes, Todd; Folland, Sherman T.
    Popular history vs. academic history
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    What We Think About When We Think About Thomas Jefferson
    (Oakland University, 2011-01-01) Estes, Todd; Cole, Natalie B.
    Thomas Jefferson is America’s most protean historical figure. His meaning is ever-changing and ever-changeable. And in the years since his death in 1826, his symbolic legacy has varied greatly. Because he was literally present at the creation of the Declaration of Independence that is forever linked with him, so many elements of subsequent American life—good and bad—have always attached to Jefferson as well.