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African Americans In North Dakota 1800-1940, Stephanie Abbot Roper
African Americans In North Dakota 1800-1940, Stephanie Abbot Roper
Theses and Dissertations
African Americans were present throughout the duration of white settlement and have been involved in every stage of North Dakota's history from 1800 to 1940. However, historians generally have neglected the existence of black people in North Dakota's past. This study examined the participation by African Americans in North Dakota's social and economic history from 1800 to 1940. Further, the author explored the motivations for African Americans entering and settling in the state and the reasons why only slightly over two hundred black residents remained in 1940.
Chapter II centered on the movement of former slaves out of the "Black …
Populist Thought In North And South Dakota, 1890-1900, Brian J. Weed
Populist Thought In North And South Dakota, 1890-1900, Brian J. Weed
Theses and Dissertations
Despite the number of general and specific studies of Populism, there is no unanimity of opinion on the progressive or retrogressive nature of Populist thought, nor on its specific characteristics. By examining the specific attributes of Populism through newspapers, manuscripts, and public documents, this case study focuses on the progressive or retrogressive nature of North and South Dakota Populist thought.
On the whole, North Dakota Populism fails to reveal a progressive nature. First, the North Dakota Populists lacked a viable movement. Secondly, their thought and political endeavors suggest opportunism rather than progressivism. Thirdly, the common ground of their thought discloses …
A Chemist In The Senate: Edwin Fremont Ladd, 1921-1925, Alfred C. Melby
A Chemist In The Senate: Edwin Fremont Ladd, 1921-1925, Alfred C. Melby
Theses and Dissertations
Edwin Fremont Ladd, a native of :Maine, migrated to North Dakota in 1890 to join the chemistry faculty of the Agricultural College. In the following three decades, his work in the pure-food crusade and in the fight for fair grain grading and reasonable rail rates earned him a reputation for personal courage and devotion to agriculture. His reputation led the Nonpartisan League to endorse him for the United States Senate in 1920. Following his victory over Senator Asle J. Gronna in the Republican primary, Ladd defeated his Democratic opponent in the general election.
From his entry into the Senate in …
The 1944 Senatorial Election: The Defeat Of Gerald P. Nye, Daniel F. Rylance
The 1944 Senatorial Election: The Defeat Of Gerald P. Nye, Daniel F. Rylance
Theses and Dissertations
The problem involved in this thesis is to investigate the causes for Senator Nye's defeat in the 1944 Senatorial election. The particular problem involved here is that isolationism has been commonly interpreted as the decisive reason for his defeat. This, however, is a singular interpretation of history largely stemming from the national scene while ignoring developments on the local level.
The procedure then was to investigate the opinion of Senator Nye from the state level. This included research in personalities and public episodes concurrent with Nye's year in the Senate. It also included a careful analysis of the North Dakota …