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Suggest a US History Topic: November (Patreon)

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2016-10-29 22:23:19
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Summary: 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

Joo-Hwan Jun

- The origins of American Football - History of Boxing in America - History of Basketball - History of Baseball

Max Hardcastle

Theodore 'Muthaf***in' Roosevelt. None more badass than the Bull Moose himself.

Andreas

The prohibition Five Points gangs Al Capone (gangs and how they shaped America) Sitting Bull (early Native American engament with Colonialism)

ExtraCredits
>>2893414

James would sure love that. Didn't he name Teddy the one time someone asked him for his favorite President?

ExtraCredits
>>2893437

Yessss 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.

barefoot James

The 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.

Joo-Hwan Jun
>>2893378

Plus sports season is coming up soon and sometimes I feel the fans sometimes take sports for granted!

Huy Le

Junipero Serra, the California Missions and the subjugation of the Native Americans in California.

RealCharacter

Either 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.

David Helmer

The annexation of Hawaii, an odd and unusual little colonial venture.

Charles Southerland

There 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)

Duster

The 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.

Matteo Cina

The 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

Thorne

War of 1812!

Matt Collins

American reaction to the Great Northern War?

Jorlem

How 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.

CGMFA

Harriet 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,

Robert Rath

Reconstruction: The First US Nation-Building Effort American Empire: The Philippines Nantucket Whalers: America's Imperial Fleet

Jim McGeehin

Benedict Arnold: Hero and Traitor The Era of Good Feelings Prohibition The Birth of Chicago

Cristobal Sapena

War of 1812 Texan Independence & Admission to the Union US-Mexico War

chamillitary

Jackson's Shenendoah Valley Campaign- easily the greatest of the civil war and one of the best of all time.

ExtraCredits

At 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. :)

Jason Shafer

I'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.

Ryan Butler

Andrew Carnegie and the Homestead Strikers

Nessf

So 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?"

Kit Fagg

As a Brit - the build up to the war of iindependence otherwise - the role of the US in the first world war

Chidumebi Njoku-Browne

The Underground Railroad, the Louisiana Purchase, Sitting Bull, Frederick Douglass, The abolitionist Movement, Andrew Jackson and the trail of tears

Gabriel Nichols

The 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)

FM Alchemist 1

-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)

Pavel Yakushevich

Annexation of Hawaii. or Period between 18th and 21st amendments.

nathan

Mexican American war or Spanish-American War

Stephen

Quick 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
>>2900652

Sorry - 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)

Andreas Schroeder

Teddy Roosevelt and American colonialism - From San Juan to Panama

Zachary Joyner

Just 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.

Roumenov

The 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.

Shane Carr

This 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.

Joo-Hwan Jun

Shoot! I knew I forgotten someone! The Story and Influence of George Washington Carver.

Fuminori & Saya

If 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

Joe Koslowski
>>2903292

A deeper look into the banana republics of late 1800's could be really interesting