Semester II Topics
Research paper & Book Review
- Reconstruction-Wartime, Presidential, and Congressional (1863-1877)
- Conquest & Empire in the West-Indian Removal & the Reservation System
- Forced assimilation of Indians, Dawes Act, Indian Resistance
- Gold Fever and the Mining West
- Land Fever-Homesteaders, Speculators, Ranchers, Cowboys, Tenants, Sharecroppers, Migrants, Commercial Farming and Industrial Cowboys
- Gilded Age (1865-1900): Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, New Inventions, J.P. Morgan, Women’s Activism, Corruption in Politics (political machines etc), Economic Issues, Bimetallism, Rise of the City, Workers Organize (Unions)
- Populism
- Labor Wars-The Homestead Lockout, The Cripple Creek Miners’ Strike of 1894, Eugene V. Debs and the Pullman Strike
- American Imperialism-Spanish-American War, Open Door Policy, Hawaii
- Progressive Era
- World War I
- The Roaring Twenties
- The Great Depression
- The New Deal
- World War II
- The Cold War-Containment, Domino Theory
- The Fair Deal-Truman
- The Korean War
- Civil Rights
- Cold War-End of
- Space Race
- Post World War II American Society
- 1960-1974-Native American Protest, Latino Struggle for Justice Student Rebellion, Counterculture
- Feminism
- The Great Society
- The Vietnam War
- President Nixon-Watergate
- Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement
- Iran-Contra Scandal
- Iran Hostage Crisis
- Globalization (1990s)
- 9/11, War on Terror
- The Obama Presidency
- Affordable Care Act
- Election of 2016
These are not the only topics, but suggestions that cover the time period that 1302 covers. Any topic from 1863-2017 will work. Check with me to get your topic approved. Remember that your book for your book review must be on the same topic as your research paper.