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Matthew Hunt

HIS 245

02.05.15

PA #1

One possible topic for my final paper is researching the integration of African American athletes in athletic teams at Davidson College. I will take a look at documents regarding the athletic teams here on campus to determine when sports began to allowed African American athletes and compare that to data of integration of black college athletes across the Southern United States. I will take a look at all sports on campus to determine which sports integrated first, but a majority of my project will focus on the Davidson Football team. I plan to use the college archives in order to receive the necessary documents and photos for my project.

Another possible research point will be centered around the telegraph and the influence it had in society. While I will briefly discuss the major contributions I will focus on the effect it had in war. I will discuss the impact of the telegraph and the importance it held in determining war strategies and how it changed dynamics of real time adjustment on the battle. I will also take a look at espionage and how breaking codes or intercepting a telegram would give one side an advantage. I plan to use research guides such as EBSCO and JSTOR.

A third possible area of research will be to look at the influence the cotton gin and the effect Eli Whitney’s invention had on the production of cotton across the south. I plan to investigate on whether this more efficient method for cotton increased the amount of slaves that worked picking cotton in the field because the demand increased as the methods for producing became easier and cheaper. For this research I also plan to use the research guides provided by the school. I also plan to look at the college archives to see if there are any letters from this area discussing the cotton gin and its impact.