From 1768 to 1771 in North Carolina, backcountry farmers in Orange, Rowan, and Anson Counties stood defiant against their local officials and the colonial government. Calling themselves Regulators for their desire to regulate the government’s auth...
Confirmation bias is the phenomenon where an individual seeks, navigates, and processes information in ways to reinforce previously held beliefs or attitudes. Contentious political climates exacerbate effects of confirmatory information seeking, w...
The Industrial Revolution witnessed an increase in wealthy entrepreneurs who were also philanthropists. During this era, James Buchanan (Buck) Duke and Richard Joshua (R.J.) Reynolds led the tobacco production industry in North Carolina. These ind...
Presidential campaign slogans have been a constant aspect of American presidential campaigning since 1800. However, despite slogans’ continual use, very few scholarly inquiries have been made regarding what actually makes for an effective presiden...