Suggest a US History Topic: November
Added 2016-10-29 22:23:19 +0000 UTCSummary: Next month we will only be accepting US History topics as suggestions for our next Extra History poll.
When the History of Paper Money series ends next week and we put up the survey asking for suggested topics, we're going to be asking you all for your suggestions about US History, exclusively.
This is a temporary measure: not all future surveys are going to be limited to one area or concept. But we do want to make sure that we are giving ourselves the opportunity to cover a wide variety of history, and while we're very proud that our patrons (both in suggesting and in voting) have embraced so many topics that are off-the-beaten path of Western history curricula, we also think it's important that Extra History provide material for students whose first introduction to history comes through a "standard" US history curriculum. Unfortunately, all of the US history topics we've included in our votes have come in last.
We've heard from so many people that never loved history before, or even actively hated it, that Extra History changed the way they see history. It made them more interested to go learn more on their own. That's exactly what we want to bring to sudents in US history courses. We certainly hope that if they love it enough, they'll stick around to learn about people like Admiral Yi and Suleiman the Magnificent. But we gotta start somewhere, and that 'somewhere' is most likely to be with their homework!
We also realize that many patrons currently at the $10 tier pledged to "Suggest a Topic" because you had a specific piece of history you want to see. US history may not interest you, and that's fair! Starting November 1, as I posted earlier today, the $10 tier will be merged into the $8 tier, so everyone at this level can participate in our monthly Q&A sessions while still retaining their ability to suggest topics for Extra History. If you aren't interested in the Q&A session and don't want to be restricted to US History topics, you can change your pledge anytime before November 1 so that you will NOT be charged for these rewards next month.
Until then, we're looking forward to seeing what topics you suggest in the wide field of US History!
Comments
A deeper look into the banana republics of late 1800's could be really interesting
Joe Koslowski
2016-11-06 00:51:47 +0000 UTCIf looking at people is likely what we're going to do how bout a few episode of some of the various Native American leaders during their conflicts with the US in the 1800's. Or even just an over veiw of Native Ammerican Conflicts leading up to modern day or said conflicts
Fuminori & Saya
2016-11-02 13:53:47 +0000 UTCShoot! I knew I forgotten someone! The Story and Influence of George Washington Carver.
Joo-Hwan Jun
2016-11-02 05:34:22 +0000 UTCThis might sound odd, but as someone looking at the US from afar, and mostly reading of US history in terms of tentpole events, one of the gaps I've grown curious about is the general development of the US Identity: How we got from the first Pilgrims almost starving to death on the coast of Plymouth, to 13 colonies who so despised the British they dressed up as Native Americans and tossed their own tea supply into Boston Bay. What the journey from religious outcasts to a british colony to an proto-nation seeking independence was like. I think Extra History has shown not only a lot of very interesting things by shining a light on what we westerners haven't heard about, but also by showing us the details in things we tend to brush over in much closer history, and showing how its just as important.
Shane Carr
2016-11-01 19:54:52 +0000 UTCThe movement of the frontier away from Georgia. Lots of interesting things happened when the frontier began pushing away from Georgia and it did a lot to shape the later interactions with native groups and handling the westward advance of the United States. The whole process of lead up to Indian Removal across the Mississippi did a lot to set up future expectations and context for later conflict. It sort of gets overlooked a lot in favor of all the banking and internal political stuff happening around Jackson's time(and the lead up to the Civil War). It's easy to forget that many of the Southern states everyone was fighting over weren't even part of the Union 60 years earlier. A lot of the local attitudes and perceptions of the North and Federal govt were birthed in the politics of the 1820s-1840s.
Roumenov
2016-10-31 22:56:28 +0000 UTCJust a though, but it may be a good idea not to cover anything in Crash Course's US history. Which is very good. To that end, I have two topics depending on if the the 'nothing after the 1920s' rule is in effect. If it is then, 'the history of the Monroe doctrine and not quite policy of isolation". This covers some of the background for why the USA got into both wars fairly late. If we can do more recent history, then 'W. Edwards Deming: Father of modern engineering'. W. Edwards Deming was an american statistician who created and popularized 'continuous improvement' which is the idea that you should always look for little iterative improvements to your engineering process.
Zachary Joyner
2016-10-31 22:30:32 +0000 UTCSmh... wrong Roosevelt. FDR for the win
chamillitary
2016-10-31 20:57:29 +0000 UTCThat absolutely counts!
Extra History
2016-10-31 19:08:00 +0000 UTCSecond this
Andreas Schroeder
2016-10-31 11:49:19 +0000 UTCTeddy Roosevelt and American colonialism - From San Juan to Panama
Andreas Schroeder
2016-10-31 11:44:18 +0000 UTCSorry - The Navajo/Diné people, but the question applies to the history of the various indigenous peoples of the US generally, I think. (Otherwise it's picking between whatever the US equivalent of the Suffragette movement was, and the abolition movement focusing on the underground railroad)
Stephen
2016-10-31 02:10:05 +0000 UTCRemind me what you've been suggesting recently?
Extra History
2016-10-31 02:06:05 +0000 UTCQuick query, as a non-American: Is the topic I've been suggesting recently applicable to this, or will I need to think of a new one for this month?
Stephen
2016-10-31 00:44:04 +0000 UTCMexican American war or Spanish-American War
nathan
2016-10-30 23:33:28 +0000 UTCAnnexation of Hawaii. or Period between 18th and 21st amendments.
Pavel Yakushevich
2016-10-30 23:01:27 +0000 UTC-the assassination of William McKinley (and its importance to societal and political change), the history of Benedict Arnold, the history of John Adams (time in France and the Netherlands as an ambassador), the history of John Marshall, the Court rulings and American Indian adaptation of Western culture leading up to the trail of tears, the history of Jazz, the social and political impacts of the California gold rush, a brief history of baseball (how it came into being and how it became a beloved past time)
FM Alchemist 1
2016-10-30 16:55:56 +0000 UTC-The Progressive Movement
FM Alchemist 1
2016-10-30 16:45:42 +0000 UTCThe Utopian Community movements in the first half of the 19th century, if you've ever used Oneida silverware you've used something that came out of those (or had Shaker style furniture, the Shakers were one of the earliest)
Gabriel Nichols
2016-10-30 16:35:26 +0000 UTCThe Underground Railroad, the Louisiana Purchase, Sitting Bull, Frederick Douglass, The abolitionist Movement, Andrew Jackson and the trail of tears
Chidumebi Njoku-Browne
2016-10-30 14:27:27 +0000 UTCAs a Brit - the build up to the war of iindependence otherwise - the role of the US in the first world war
Kit Fagg
2016-10-30 08:21:13 +0000 UTCSo long as you don't do this very often, I don't think anyone will complain. It's reasonable to go "Hey. Like. Can we do something on this continent for a change?"
Nessf
2016-10-30 05:55:00 +0000 UTCAndrew Carnegie and the Homestead Strikers
Ryan Butler
2016-10-30 05:45:18 +0000 UTCI'd like to see the French and Indian War covered. The American Civil War also seems popular, so my suggestion for that period would be John Brown's raid on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry.
Jason Shafer
2016-10-30 02:37:43 +0000 UTCAt this point I can't even keep up with you all, but I'm very happy to see so many great suggestions from US History! As a reminder, this is just a notice about the upcoming topic survey. The ACTUAL survey won't be posted until November. :)
Extra History
2016-10-30 02:30:30 +0000 UTCJackson's Shenendoah Valley Campaign- easily the greatest of the civil war and one of the best of all time.
chamillitary
2016-10-30 02:26:53 +0000 UTCWar of 1812 Texan Independence & Admission to the Union US-Mexico War
Cristobal Sapena
2016-10-30 01:34:06 +0000 UTCBenedict Arnold: Hero and Traitor The Era of Good Feelings Prohibition The Birth of Chicago
Jim McGeehin
2016-10-30 01:11:51 +0000 UTCReconstruction: The First US Nation-Building Effort American Empire: The Philippines Nantucket Whalers: America's Imperial Fleet
Robert Rath
2016-10-30 01:07:57 +0000 UTCHarriet Tubman, New York Draft Riots, Burr Conspiracy, Story Of Tecumseh, Pontiac's War, King Philips (Metacom) War, Stono Rebellion, Gullah (Seminole Wars), Henry Berry Lowery,
CGMFA
2016-10-30 01:04:10 +0000 UTCHow about the run-up to the Revolutionary War? Clear up the misconceptions surrounding Paul Revere's ride, get a chance to use Thomas Gage's great Ten Thousand Men quote. I'd also be interested in seeing where you stand on the argument between Lexington and Concord over where the war actually started.
Jorlem
2016-10-30 01:01:33 +0000 UTCQuasi-War 1798-1800
David Malinsky
2016-10-30 00:50:25 +0000 UTCAmerican reaction to the Great Northern War?
Matt Collins
2016-10-30 00:31:16 +0000 UTCWar of 1812!
Thorne
2016-10-30 00:28:01 +0000 UTCThe Bear Flag Revolt. It's obscure enough to not be repetitive common knowledge yet intertwines into so many critical aspects of American history such as the Mexican American war, republic of Texas, and the build-up to the civil war
Matteo Cina
2016-10-30 00:22:38 +0000 UTCThe history of Texas, the history of New Orleans, the history of the Cherokee or Tecumseh, the life and times of Thomas Jefferson, the Mexican war, I could go on and on.
Duster
2016-10-30 00:04:34 +0000 UTCThere are so many great choices: - The Seminole Wars - Oregon Country - Reconstruction - Republic of Texas - Kingdom of Hawaii - Early US (I was thinking Articles of Confederation, Shay Rebellion, and Constitutional Convention, but there's plenty of choices between Declaration and War of 1812) - Cinco de Mayo (much more to do with US than I originally thought) - Andrew Jackson (an effective President, to be sure, but talk about your quintessential villain) - The Sioux Wars - The Spanish American War (gotta love Roosevelt)
Charles Southerland
2016-10-29 23:51:36 +0000 UTCThe annexation of Hawaii, an odd and unusual little colonial venture.
David Helmer
2016-10-29 23:37:18 +0000 UTCEither Thaddeus Stevens or Reconstruction. Stevens is a very underappreciated figure in America during the Civil War. Reconstruction is what I'd consider one of the worst periods after post civil war, especially when Johnson was president.
RealCharacter
2016-10-29 23:34:51 +0000 UTCJunipero Serra, the California Missions and the subjugation of the Native Americans in California.
Huy Le
2016-10-29 23:21:31 +0000 UTCPlus sports season is coming up soon and sometimes I feel the fans sometimes take sports for granted!
Joo-Hwan Jun
2016-10-29 22:53:18 +0000 UTCBingo~~~
Joo-Hwan Jun
2016-10-29 22:52:35 +0000 UTCThe Missouri Mormon War of 1838. During the war Governor Boggs issued Executive Order 44 which gave citizens of the state the legal right to murder Mormons. This order was not rescinded until 1976. Following the death of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young introduced an oath in the endowment ceremony which required members to swear vengeance "upon this nation." The wording was as follows: "You and each of you do covenant and promise that you will pray and never cease to pray to Almighty God to avenge the blood of the prophets upon this nation, and that you will teach the same to your children and to your children's children unto the third and fourth generation." The oath remained a part of the temple rituals until February 15, 1927.
barefoot James
2016-10-29 22:47:23 +0000 UTCAs Timon would say: "It Starts."
Extra History
2016-10-29 22:46:48 +0000 UTCYessss new money! Funny (and absolutely not true) story: my alma mater has a Rockefeller sponsored library called, of course, the John D. Rockefeller Library. But students just call it the Rock. This part is true. The not-true (but still fun) story is that John Rockefeller objected to having his name cut short, and the university ordered students to use the library's full name. So they started calling it the John. Shortly after, Rockefeller and the university agreed that calling it "the Rock" would be fine.
Extra History
2016-10-29 22:44:51 +0000 UTCAwww yis
Max Hardcastle
2016-10-29 22:42:59 +0000 UTCI would love all of these!
Extra History
2016-10-29 22:41:26 +0000 UTCJames would sure love that. Didn't he name Teddy the one time someone asked him for his favorite President?
Extra History
2016-10-29 22:41:14 +0000 UTCI sense a theme... ;D
Extra History
2016-10-29 22:41:00 +0000 UTCNullification Crisis
Ryan Frederick
2016-10-29 22:40:32 +0000 UTC-Rise of the Rockefeller Monopoly(or Cartel depending on your views)
Michael William Hamilton II
2016-10-29 22:37:12 +0000 UTCThe prohibition Five Points gangs Al Capone (gangs and how they shaped America) Sitting Bull (early Native American engament with Colonialism)
Andreas
2016-10-29 22:34:52 +0000 UTCTheodore 'Muthaf***in' Roosevelt. None more badass than the Bull Moose himself.
Max Hardcastle
2016-10-29 22:32:25 +0000 UTC- The origins of American Football - History of Boxing in America - History of Basketball - History of Baseball
Joo-Hwan Jun
2016-10-29 22:25:29 +0000 UTC
