Consider a historical event or figure from American history from the list provided below and write a 4-8 page research paper on the topic of your choosing discussing why you think that person or event is significant and relevant today.
Acceptable Paper Topics:
– Discuss the meaning that the end of slavery meant to African-Americans
– Examine the political struggle over Reconstruction
– Discuss the reasons or causes for the creation of an American empire between 1865 to 1898
-Analyze the meaning of the Myth of the Lost Cause
Discuss the meaning of the 13th Amendment
Consider the legacy of the 14th Amendment
Analyze the Rise of White supremacy in the Post-Civil War South
Discuss the legacy of Reconstruction
Examine the various political and/or social reforms of the Progressive era
Consider the evolution of “Jim Crow” segregation
Discuss the emergence and the significance of the “New South” after the Civil War
Analyze the causes for the American entry into the First World War
Examine the various responses to white settlement by the western Native
Americans between 1865-1890
Examine the various legacies of the Spanish-American War
Consider the “push” and “pull” factors of immigration in the late 19th Century
Discuss the building of the Transcontinental Railroads
Examine the social and political impulses that brought about Prohibition by 1919
Analyze the impact of the Influenza pandemic of 1918-19 on the American war effort
Evaluate the causes and preconditions which led to the Great Depression between 1924 and 1930
Discuss the reasons for American isolationism prior to the Second World War
Discuss and evaluate one of the following events or people:
– The Chinese Exclusion Act
– Plessy v. Ferguson
– Charles Sumner
– Thaddeus Stevens
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