Fall 2023

The Undergraduate Journal of History 

Vol. 3., No. 2. (Fall 2023)

Letter from The Editors

New York vs. The Canadas: The Saint Lawrence, The Erie Canal, and the Race to Control the American Interior

Henry Ceffalio

At War With Our National Tradition: The Politics of Emotion and Conservative Backlash to the Supreme Court, 1954-1983

Laurence Florio-Roberts

The Evolution of Water Law and the San Joaquin Valley

Pedro Murillo

Politics at Play: Civilians, Disloyal Speech, and the Military Commissions in the American Civil War

Benjamin Pollard

For A Territory United as One: Characteristics of Qin Empire in Modern Turn-Based Strategy Video Games

Vassili Zou

2023 Bancroft Prize Winner

Occurring in a Sliding Scale: Abolitionist Sentiments of Cherokee Slaveholding

Elayna Maquinales

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