Undergraduate Research Journal at UCCS

First released in August 2008, the Undergraduate Research Journal at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (URJ-UCCS), publishes undergraduate research produced at UCCS.

Vol 2, No 1: Spring 2009: History Senior Thesis

Features a selection of papers written in History 499, Senior Thesis Seminar: Approaches to the Study of History, during the Spring 2009 semester. These papers represent a wide range of historical topics from early Christian history to desegregation issues in the 1960s. Many thanks go to Dr. Paul Harvey and Dr. Bernice Forrest, the UCCS professors who lead these classes.

Table of Contents

Articles

The First Four Ecumenical Councils as Ineffective Means to Control the Rise and Spread of Heterodox Christian Ideologies
Ryan Hasbrouck
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1-20
An Exercise in Deception: John M. Chivington at the Battle of Glorieta Pass
Mertis Smith
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21-45
The Battle of Sand Creek Strategic Scapegoats and Military Martyrs
Brian Peterson
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46-66
Never to be Forgotten: The Tale of Women Spies During the Civil War
Hannah Wall
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67-81
They Died With Their Boots On: Breaking the Myth of the Categorization of the Gunmen of the American West
Angela Dinolfo
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82-99
From Pulpits to Polls: How Female Preachers Birthed the Women's Rights Movement
Cindy J. Solomon
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100-118
Let Us Die Bravely: United States Chaplains in World War II
Jeremiah Snyder
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119-137
Eugenic Sterilization: The Final Solution for America
Jessie A. Carlson
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138-151
Virginia's "Massive Folly": Harry Byrd, Prince Edward County and the Front Line
Laura Grant
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152-168