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The Quiet Bigotry Of Oregon's Compulsory Public Education Act, Nicole L. Mandel
The Quiet Bigotry Of Oregon's Compulsory Public Education Act, Nicole L. Mandel
Young Historians Conference
Oregon's Compulsory Education Act, passed in 1922 and rejected by the Supreme court in 1925, required that all school-aged children attend public school. It was a direct attack on Catholics and Catholics schools by the KKK (Ku Klux Klan) and the Oregon Masons. However, when selling this idea to the public, the KKK and Masons never mention Catholics or any anti-Catholic sentiment behind the bill, and sold it purely as a public-school protective measure - thus they kept their bigotry "quiet."
A Sequence Of Unfortunate Events: Why The Lost Colony Collapsed, Kate Jesse
A Sequence Of Unfortunate Events: Why The Lost Colony Collapsed, Kate Jesse
Young Historians Conference
The era of colonization of the Americas began in 1492 with Columbus. However, it is not until the Roanoke Colonies in 1584 and 1587, that England attempted to claim part of this new land for itself. However, both colonies failed. The first ended when the inhabitants returned to England after a year on Roanoke Island while the second, known as the Lost Colony, mysteriously disappeared. This paper examines the causes of the second Roanoke Colony's failure as the combined results of the inability of John White to resupply the colonists quickly and the unfortunate location of the colony near Algonquians …