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EE Topics
1. Possible Extended Essay Topics
History
Research requires the use of sources. Ideally, primary sources will be included but an essay that
uses only secondary sources will not be disqualified. Many different approaches to the research
question can be appropriate, for instance:
using primary and secondary sources in order to establish and appraise varying interpretations
analysing sources in order to explain changing views over time of particular happenings or
developments
using source material for a case study or local history project, perhaps leading to a comparison
of local and national developments
collecting and analysing oral and written data from family and other contacts to help explain
past happenings, perhaps leading to a comparison of local and national developments
using all available sources to answer the question posed.
Some examples of titles, research questions and approaches chosen in the past include the
following.
Title Varying interpretations of the Salem witch trials
Research
question
Which theory best explains the Salem witch trials?
Approach Background reading is undertaken to enable identification and explanation of two dominant theories as to why
the trials took place. The merits of the two theories are appraised using data obtained about the accused and
the accusers.
Title The influence of National Socialist ideology on the German school system in the late 1930s: a case study
Research
question
To what extent were Hitler’s educational aims fulfilled in the Uhland Gymnasium, 1937–1939?
Approach Reading is undertaken to enable a summarization of National Socialist ideology and curriculum proposals.
Primary sources (teachers’ records) are used to establish how far the proposed changes were put into practice
in one school during 1937–1939.
Title Changing views of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis
Research
question
How and why have explanations of the Cuban missile crisis changed since 1962?
Approach General reading is undertaken for a historical introduction and note taking. The views of a number of historians are
summarized in order to understand, categorize and evaluate selected explanations of the 1962 missile crisis in the
1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
2. Possible History Research Topics/Questions
1. The death of Martin Luther King’s effect on the leadership of the SCLC
2. The Press and the American Revolution
3. How the American Revolution came to New York
4. The Individuals who played a role in Lexington and Concord
5. The Political Ideas that guided and sustained the American Revolution
6. The American Revolution as a Socialist Movement
7. How the common people shaped the American Revolution
8. American Conspiracy Theories
9. What do the Salem Witch Trials reflect about the social, political, and religious tensions
of the day?
10. In what ways might the American Revolution be characterized as a rebellious act of
ungrateful children against a caring and concerned parent?
11. The New Deal’s impact on the relationship between citizenry and the government
12. The French and Indian War as a cause of the American Revolution
13. The Jamestown Colony and its foreshadowing of English-Native American relations in
the coming decades
14. Quaker settlements in America and their impact on later institutions
15. The War of 1812 as a “Second American Revolution”
16. Manifest Destiny as a positive and negative force for America in the antebellum period
17. Cowboy attitudes and experiences and its impact on the unique culture of the American
West
18. Eli Whitney as a the main cause of the Civil War
19. How did slave revolts impact the United States in the early to mid-1800s?
20. Major American “Compromises” and their affect on the nation
21. John Brown: Hero or Terrorist?
22. African-American soldiers in war and post-war social movements
23. The evolution of Native American resistance efforts over time
24. How has nature preservation been pushed and ignored by the American government over
time?
25. How did the Oklahoma Land Rush of the 1890’s affect white settlers and Native
Americans?
26. What role did the Alamo play in the Texas Revolution?
27. What was the impact of the Silver Rush on the West?
28. The importance of the Lewis and Clark expedition
29. What significance did the development of roads and canals have on the growth of specific
regions of the United States?
30. How did living conditions, working conditions, and religion affect the lives of slaves in
the Antebellum South?
3. 31. What were the various forms of slave resistance and rebellion, and in what ways were
they effective?
32. What was Harriet Tubman’s role in the Underground Railroad?
33. How did African Americans help the Union cause in the Civil War?
34. What role did Frederick Douglass play in the struggle for African American rights?
35. How did Radical Reconstruction impact the lives of African Americans?
36. Economic Causes of The Civil War
37. Moral Causes of The Civil War
38. Political causes of The Civil War
39. How did women contribute to the war effort during the Civil War?
40. Compare the leadership of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee.
41. How successful were the Shawnee, Sioux and Apache at resisting the Westward
Expansion of the United States?
42. What impact did immigration have on cities of the United States at the turn of the
century?
43. What were the causes and effects of the Great Chicago Fire?
44. Nellie Bly’s impact on journalism and the image of the American Woman
45. Immigration policy developments in the 1900s and the resulting trends
46. Systems that perpetuated a state of “slavery” in the post-Reconstruction United States
47. The role of women in labor movements over time
48. The role of media on the American public’s perceptions of different wars
49. The evolution of America’s fear of Communism in the 20th
century
50. Significant inventions in American history and their impact on society and culture
51. Music’s role in initiating or mirroring social changes in America
52. The impact of the television on American politics
53. American ‘exceptionalism’ leading to both isolation and intervention
54. Growth of the Military-Industrial Complex
55. Comparing the effectiveness of violent and non-violent protest in creating change
56. Art and Literature as a force for social change and activism
57. The development of power for American presidents over time
58. Religion in the United States: How has it shaped politics, economics, and society?
59. Natural disasters in history and resulting changes
60. The evolution of First Ladies and their impact on the nation
61. The impact of U.S. interventions on Latin American governments
62. The Causes of the Revolutionary War
63. The extent to which Americans were guilty of bystanderism during the holocaust
64. Stalin's Political Motives for Accepting the Nazi-Soviet pact
65. An Evaluation of Central Intelligence Agency Director
66. The Effect of Japanese Imperialism from 1870 through
67. World War II on the Western Expansion in China
68. The Nazi-Soviet Pact
4. 69. The Contradictory Nature of the Use of Terror in the French Revolution
70. John Marshall is considered one of our nation’s most influential Supreme Court Chief
Justices. What impact did three of his most important decisions have on the United
States?
71. Fifteenth Amendment: Although the Fifteenth Amendment was supposed to guarantee
African Americans the right to vote, what obstacles were put in the way to keep them
from voting for 100 years?
72. Thirteenth Amendment: Although the Thirteenth Amendment freed the slaves, how were
African American still denied their freedom?
73. Fourteenth Amendment: How did the Black Codes, Jim Crow laws, and Plessy v.
Ferguson take away the rights guaranteed to African Americans by the Fourteenth
Amendment?
74. Fifteenth Amendment: Although the Fifteenth Amendment was supposed to guarantee
African Americans the right to vote, what obstacles were put in the way to keep them
from voting for 100 years?
75. How did Roger Williams, Anne Hutchison, Peter Zenger, and Nathanial Bacon embody
the spirit of rebellion?
76. How did the French-Indian War create tensions that led to the Revolution? (Consider
fighting experience, the Proclamation of 1763, war debt.)
77. What three events were most important in building tensions between the Colonists and
the British leading to the American Revolutionary War?
78. How did George Washington’s leadership at Trenton, Valley Forge, and Yorktown bring
about the victory of the American Patriots over the British in the Revolutionary War?
79. In what ways can the War of 1812 be considered a coming of age story for the United
States?
80. UN Intervention in Cyprus: A Study of the Conflict Between Greek and Turkish Cypriots
and How UN Intervention Impacted the Island
81. The Political, Social, and Intellectual Effects of the Emporer Nero's reign on Ancient
Rome
82. Roman Concrete: The Basics of Construction
83. An Exploration of the Code of Bushido within "The Last Samuri"
84. All for America: A look at Joshua Chamberlain and Andrew Jackson
85. Ararat: The Armenian Genocide (April 24th, 1915)
86. An Analysis of the Opium Wars and its Modern Parallels
87. Carlos II, His Illness, the Illness of the Court, and the Decline of Spain
88. Tutankhamun's passive ruling style and how it leads to his early death
89. Fear or Compassion: An analytical look into the persuasive styles of Adolf Hitler and
Franklin D. Roosevelt
90. The Heretic King: Akhenaton and his Era of Radical Change
91. Atomic Bombs in World War II (Justified?)
92. Why Did Zimbabwe Under The Rule of Robert Gabriel Mugabe Become A Dictatorship?
93. Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt's effect on American involvement in WWII
94. The Failure of Reform in the USSR Energy Sector Prior to 1991
95. An Investigation Into Causes of the American Great Depression
96. An Examination of the Justification of the Creation of Israel
97. Henry Ford's Effect on the Great Depression
5. 98. The influence of Greek mythology on Alexander's conquest for Expansion
99. One Man's Freedom Fighter: A Cross Analysis of the Backgrounds, Leadership, and
Tactics of Irish Republican Army and American Revolution Era Patriots
100. Roe vs. Wade: It's Effect on the Issue of Fetal Viability in the 1970's
101. British law and Royal Navy Regulations gave rise to piracy and to a form of
social contract that included democratic principles to maintain order on pirate ships in the
Golden Age of Piracy
102. The Effect of the Artistic Voice on the 1960's Counterculture Movement in
America
103. The Effects of French Colonization on the Identity Crises of Algeria
104. The Expulsion of the Jewish People from Spain in 1492 as a Precursor of
Nationalistic Movements in Spain
105. Women’s Struggle: Political and Social Equality to Men from 1900 to 1950
106. How the Creation and Improvements of the Navy SEALs Influenced the Outcome
of the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War
107. Mussolini’s Conflict with the Socialist Party and Why Fascism Rose to Power
108. The Cause of the Change of the Position of Women in Nineteenth and Twentieth
Century Europe
109. How the younger generations of women in the National Women’s Party
succeeded in influencing the political parties to support the women’s suffrage
110. The Industrial Revolution’s Affect of Child Labor and How to Justify Child Labor
Economically
111. The British Double Cross System and its Contributions to the Success of D-Day
and the Subsequent Allied Win
112. The Role of Military Campaigns in Transforming Octavian from Triumvir to
Emperor
113. How did Táhirih influence the emancipation of women in Iran during the mid
1800s?
114. The Influence of the Enigma Machine on the Outcome of World War II
115. How the launch of Sputnik I impacted the United States Culturally,
Technologically and Militaristically
116. The Media’s Response to the launch of Sputnik I and Sputnik II and its effect on
Domestic Reform in the United States
117. Gorbachev’s Economic and Political Policies Influence on German Reunification
118. The Weapon in the Civil War between the Communist Party of Burma and
Burmese Government: Opium.
119. The influence of Anne Boleyn
6. AMERICAN HISTORY RESEARCH TOPICS
Constitutional Issues
1. First Amendment: What have been the issues surrounding freedom of speech, press,
and/or religion?
2. Second Amendment: Why is there controversy surrounding gun control?
3. Fourth Amendment: How has the Supreme Court, through its interpretation of the
Fourth Amendment, balanced the right to privacy with the need for public safety?
4. Thirteenth Amendment: Although the Thirteenth Amendment freed the slaves, how
were African American still denied their freedom?
5. Fourteenth Amendment: How did the Black Codes, Jim Crow laws, and Plessy v.
Ferguson take away the rights guaranteed to African Americans by the Fourteenth
Amendment?
6. Fifteenth Amendment: Although the Fifteenth Amendment was supposed to
guarantee African Americans the right to vote, what obstacles were put in the way to
keep them from voting for 100 years?
7. Nineteenth Amendment: What struggles did women have to go through to get the
Nineteenth Amendment, women’s right to vote?
8. Eighteenth and Twenty-First Amendments: What were the reasons for the Eighteenth
Amendment—Prohibition—and why was it repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment?
9. John Marshall is considered one of our nation’s most influential Supreme Court Chief
Justices. What impact did three of his most important decisions have on the United
States?
The Origins of a Nation, 1300-1776
10. Some European settlers used the term “savage” to describe the indigenous peoples of
North America. Choose three different American Indian peoples and show how this label
is untrue and unjust.
11. How did the Quakers stand up for their convictions despite prevailing attitudes?
12. Despite the challenges, how did the Jamestown colony survive?
13. What do the Salem Witch Trials reflect abut the social, political, and religious
tensions of the day?
7. 14 .How did Roger Williams, Anne Hutchison, Peter Zenger, and Nathanial Bacon
embody the spirit of rebellion?
15. How did the French-Indian War create tensions that led to the Revolution? (Consider
fighting experience, the Proclamation of 1763, war debt.)
16. What three events were most important in building tensions between the Colonists
and the British leading to the American Revolutionary War?
17. How did George Washington’s leadership at Trenton, Valley Forge, and Yorktown
bring about the victory of the American Patriots over the British in the Revolutionary
War?
18. In what ways might the American Revolution be characterized as a rebellious act of
ungrateful children against a caring and concerned parent?
An Expanding Nation, 1790-1850
19. In what ways can the War of 1812 be considered a coming of age story for the
United States?
20. How did the United States justify and achieve Manifest Destiny?
21. What were the positive and negative effects of the Transcontinental Railroad?
22. How did the Gold Rush impact the miners, entrepreneurs, and Chinese who all came
to California to find gold, and which group was most successful?
23. How did the Oklahoma Land Rush of the 1890’s affect white settlers and Native
Americans?
24. What role did the Alamo play in the Texas Revolution?
25. How did the cowboy experience help define the culture of the West? (work, lifestyle,
experience of the cattle drive, conflict with farmers)
26. How did Mormons overcome the challenges they faced?
27. What was the impact of the Silver Rush on the West?
28. What was the importance of the Lewis and Clark expedition as defined by the
challenges they faced, the encounters they had with Native Americans, and the
knowledge gained about the newly acquired Louisiana Territory?
29. What significance did the development of roads and canals have on the growth of
specific regions of the United States?
8. 30. How did living conditions, working conditions, and religion affect the lives of slaves
in the Antebellum South?
31. How can Eli Whitney be blamed for the Civil War?
A Nation Breaks Apart, 1840-1877
32. How successful were Nat Turner, Gabriel Prosser, and Denmark Vesey’s attempts at
slave rebellion?
33. What were the various forms of slave resistance and rebellion, and in what ways
were they effective?
34. What was Harriet Tubman’s role in the Underground Railroad?
35. How did African Americans help the Union cause in the Civil War?
36. What role did Frederick Douglass play in the struggle for African American rights?
37. How did Radical Reconstruction impact the lives of African Americans?
38. Was John Brown a hero or a terrorist?
39. What were the economic, political, and moral issues that caused the Civil War?
40. How did compromises postpone conflict between North and South before the Civil
War?
41. What were the goals of Reconstruction, how were they implemented, and why was it
given up in 1877?
42. Why could Mexicans claim that the Mexican War was a “Yankee war of
aggression”, and what did the United States gain from this war?
43. How did women contribute to the war effort during the Civil War?
44. What was the typical soldier’s life like during the Civil War in terms of training,
weaponry, camp life, and access to medical treatment?
45. Compare the leadership of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. Which was the
superior military leader?
9. A Growing Nation, 1850-1900
46. How successful were the Shawnee, Sioux and Apache at resisting the Westward
Expansion of the United States?
47. Why have critics called Indian reservations “America’s concentration camps?”
48. What were John Muir’s contributions to the National Park Movement?
49. What pushed immigrants from their homelands and pulled them to the United States,
and what was their experience once they got here? Choose one of the following
immigrant groups to investigate: Irish, German, Mexican, Filipino, Italian, Chinese,
Korean, Indian, Jewish, Japanese, Eastern European, Scandinavian, Arab, Greek,
Vietnamese, other.
50. What impact did immigration have on cities of the United States at the turn of the
century?
51. What were the causes and effects of the Great Chicago Fire?
52. What impact did Nellie Bly have on journalism and the image of women?
53. Choose three “rebels in petticoats,” women who went against the conventions of
their times, and explain the impact of their actions. (Possible choices: Susan B.
Anthony, Prudence Crandall, Elizabeth Blackwell, Alice Paul, Cary Nation, Sojourner
Truth, Mary Church Terrell, Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
54. What were conditions like for the free laborers in the North?
An Evolving Nation, 1870-1920
55. How was the massacre at Wounded Knee a culmination of efforts by the U.S.
government to move Native Americans off their land?
56. During the 19th century, how effective were Native American attempts at
assimilation, revitalization, and resistance?
57. What role did specific Native American leaders play in the relations between the
United States government and the Indian nations? Were some more successful than
others? (Choose three on which to focus: Sequoyah, Tecumseh, Quanah Parker, John
Ross, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, or Cochise.)
58. Who was the most effective in resisting the taking of Indian land: Crazy Horse,
Sitting Bull or Geronimo?
10. 59. What were the effects of discriminatory laws, such as the Chinese Exclusion Act,
that specifically targeted Asian immigrants?
60. Was “yellow journalism” responsible for the Spanish American War?
61. Should John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Cornelius Vanderbilt best be
remembered as clever entrepreneurs or unethical “robber barons?”
62. How do John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Bill Gates embody the Gospel
of Wealth, the principle of corporate social responsibility?
63. How did inventions of the late nineteenth century (1800s) change American life?
64. How did the Haymarket Riot, the Pullman Strike and the Homestead strike illustrate
labor’s struggle to gain fair and equitable treatment during the late 1800s and early
1900s?
65. How did the 1911 Triangle Fire become the catalyst for social reform and the growth
of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union?
66. For what reasons and under what conditions did children work during the nineteenth
century, and what efforts were made to bring about reform?
67. How successful were the early labor unions such as the Knights of Columbus, the
American Federation of Labor, and the International Workers of the World?
68. Why was Eugene Debs the “most dangerous man in America?”
69. Investigate the growth of monopoly in the oil industry, the steel industry, and one
other industry, and consider whether or not this is fair business practice.
70. In what ways was the Gilded Age an era of opulence and extravagance yet also a
time of hardship and struggle?
71. How did the muckrakers impact business and politics?
72. How did the United States overcome obstacles in order to build the Panama Canal
and affect world trade?
73. What were the immediate and long-term effects for the San Francisco Earthquake of
1906?
74. What was the impact of advanced weapons technology in World War I?
75. What pushed the United States to enter World War I, and how did its entry affect the
outcome of the war?
11. 76. What caused the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, what was done to control it, and what
was its impact on the United States?
77. Compare the ideas and goals of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois and
determine whose ideas were the most successful in gaining advancement for African
Americans.
78. What have been the short and long-term effects of the United States involvement in
the Philippines?
79. As reformers, how did Dorothea Dix, Jane Addams, Francis Willard, Helen Hunt
Jackson, or Ida B. Wells (choose any three) strive to make the world a better place?
80. What roles did Emma Goldman, Mother Jones, and Frances Perkins play in the
Labor Movement? (You may choose toe substitute Bessie of Calumet for any one of the
above three women.)
81. Did the Children’s Aid Society accomplish what they hoped for with the orphan
trains?
82. What was the impact on the United States of the Populists’ economic, social and
political reform ideas?
83. How did the media bring down Boss Tweed?
84. In what ways can Theodore Roosevelt be considered one of the best leaders of his
time?
A Nation in Transition, 1920-1939
85. In what ways did the Scopes’ Trial fundamentally challenge the conventions of its
day?
86 .In what ways can the 1920s be considered both the best of times and worst of times?
87. In what ways were the fears of the 1920s reflected by the Sacco and Vanzetti case,
the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, and the Palmer Raids?
88. What changes did the 1920s bring about for women?
89. What impact did the Negro Leagues have on baseball and society?
90. What role did government-sponsored Indian schools play in the assimilation of
Native Americans?
12. 91. What was the impact on California of the migration of people from Oklahoma to
California during the Dust Bowl?
92. What was life like for the children of the Dust Bowl in terms of work, living
conditions, and education?
93. How did the Harlem Renaissance introduce African American culture and experience
to white America?
94. How did the New Deal bring America out of the Depression?
A Nation Faces Conflict, 1939-1960
95. Why were Japanese Americans interned during World War II, and what impact did
internment have on their lives?
96. How did the cases of Korematsu, Hirabayashi, and Sakai challenge the legality of
Japanese internment?
97. What effect did the 442nd Battalion have on the Allied success in World War II?
98. What does the short history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
reveal about the position of women in the United States in the mid-twentieth century?
99. How did women find opportunity, liberation, but ultimate betrayal in World War II
industry (Rosie the Riveter)?
100. What military roles did women play in World War II?
13. History 2005 Stalin's Political Motives for Accepting the Nazi-Soviet
Pact
History 2005 An Evaluation of Central Intelligence Agency Director
William J. Casey, 1981-1987
History 2005 The Effect of Japanese Imperialism from 1870 through
World War II on the Western Expansion in China
History 2005 The Nazi-Soviet Pact
History 2005 The Contradictory Nature of the Use of Terror in the
French Revolution
History 2005 UN Intervention in Cyprus: A Study of the Conflict
Between Greek and Turkish Cypriots and How UN
Intervention Impacted the Island
History 2005 Hitler's Abuse of Inherent Inhumanity to Man and The
Common German's Concession to Hitler
History 2006 The Political, Social, and Intellectual Effects of the
Emporer Nero's reign on Ancient Rome
History 2006 Roman Concrete: The Basics of Construction
History 2006 An Exploration of the Code of Bushido within "The Last
Samuri"
History 2006 Diverging Opinions: How does background knowledge
obtained as individuals and inherited knowledge from
families affect perceptions?
History 2006 All for America: A look at Joshua Chamberlain and
Andrew Jackson
History 2006 Ararat: The Armenian Genocide (April 24th, 1915)
History 2006 An Analysis of the Opium Wars and its Modern
Parallels
History 2009 Carlos II, His Illness, the Illness of the Court, and the
Decline of Spain
History 2009 Tutankhamun's passive ruling style and how it leads to
his early death
History 2009 Fear or Compassion: An analytical look into the
persuasive styles of Adolf Hitler and Franklin D.
Roosevelt
History 2009 The Heretic King: Akhenaton and his Era of Radical
Change
History 2009 Atomic Bombs in World War II (Were either of the
atomic bombs dropped on Japan justified?)
14. History 2009 Why Did Zimbabwe Under The Rule of Robert Gabriel
Mugabe Become A Dictatorship?
History 2009 Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt's effect on
American involvement in WWII
History 2009 The Failure of Reform in the USSR Energy Sector Prior
to 1991
History 2009 An Investigation Into Causes of the American Great
Depression
History 2009 An Examination of the Justification of the Creation of
Israel
History 2009 The Effect of Western Marketing Techniques of
Powdered Baby Milk in Developing Countries from
early 1960s to late 1970's
History 2009 Henry Ford's Effect on the Great Depression
History 2009 The influence of Greek mythology on Alexander's
conquest for expansion
History 2009 How did Fashion Function as Part of the Changes in
Female Perspectives in Early Twentieth Century
France?
History 2009 One Man's Freedom Fighter: A Cross Analysis of the
Backgrounds, Leadership, and Tactics of Irish
Republican Army and American Revolution Era Patriots
History 2009 Roe vs. Wade: It's Effect on the Issue of Fetal Viability
in the 1970's
History 2009 British law and Royal Navy Regulations gave rise to
piracy and to a form of social contract that included
democratic principles to maintain order on pirate ships
in the Golden Age of Piracy
History 2009 How Did Orators of the Civil War Era Use Oratory to
Manipulate Different Audiences Sectionalist Feelings?
History 2009 The Effect of the Artistic Voice on the 1960's
Counterculture Movement in America
History 2010 The Effects of French Colonization on the Identity
Crises of Algeria
History 2010 The Expulsion of the Jewish People from Spain in 1492
as a Precursor of Nationalistic Movements in Spain
History 2010 Women’s Struggle: Political and Social Equality to Men
from 1900 to 1950
15. History 2010 How the Creation and Improvements of the Navy
SEALs Influenced the Outcome of the Tet Offensive in
the Vietnam War
History 2010 The War that was considered the Black Hole in Modern
American History
History 2010 Mussolini’s Conflict with the Socialist Party and Why
Fascism Rose to Power
History 2010 The Cause of the Change of the Position of Women in
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Europe
History 2010 How the younger generations of women in the National
Women’s Party succeeded in influencing the political
parties to support the women’s suffrage
History 2010 The Industrial Revolution’s Affect of Child Labor and
How to Justify Child Labor Economically
History 2010 The British Double Cross System and its Contributions
to the Success of D-Day and the Subsequent Allied
Win
History 2010 The Role of Military Campaigns in Transforming
Octavian from Triumvir to Emperor
History 2010 How did Táhirih influence the emancipation of women
in Iran during the mid 1800s?
History 2010 The Influence of the Enigma Machine on the Outcome
of World War II
History 2010 How the launch of Sputnik I impacted the United States
Culturally, Technologically and Militaristically
History 2010 The Media’s Response to the launch of Sputnik I and
Sputnik II and its effect on Domestic Reform in the
United States
History 2010 The Causes of the Revolutionary War and the Effect of
the Revolutionary Writers
History 2010 Gorbachev’s Economic and Political Policies Influence
on German Reunification
History 2010 The Weapon in the Civil War between the Communist
Party of Burma and Burmese Government: Opium
History 2010 The Effect of Premarital Sex Standards in the 1960s on
the Institution of Marriage in America
History/World Religion 2009 The Influence of Anne Boleyn on the English
Reformation
16. EXPLORATION, ENCOUNTER, EXCHANGE IN HISTORY 7
• New Spain and the Comanche: Encounters, Missions,
and Conquests
• The Spark that Ignited a Flame: China’s Explosion
into Gunpowder
• Roger Williams: The Exploration to Establish Rhode Island
and Provide Religious Tolerance
• Mansa Musa: Exploring Africa
• Encounter and Exchange of Religious Ideas between
Puritans and Native Americans in New England
• Jesuit Missionary Matteo Ricci: Italy and China Exchange
Philosophy and Astronomy
• Catherine the Great’s Encounters with Voltaire and
the Enlightenment
• Commodore Matthew Perry and Exchange with Japan
• The Exchange of Disease: Encounters between Europeans
and Native Americans in the Colonial Era
• Catherine of Siena and Gregory XI: The Exchange that
Returned the Church to Rome
• James Cook and the European Encounter with Oceania
• How the Encounter of the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair Led
to the War of 1812
• Venice 1348: A Global Encounter, a Deadly Exchange
• Exploration and Ice: Encountering the North Pole
• The Silk Road and Cultural Exchange
• Encountering New Spain: Manifest Destiny and the Treaty
of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Exploring the Galapagos: Charles Darwin and the Theory
of Evolution
• American Missionaries, China, and Religious Encounters
• Brigham Young, Mormonism, and Westward Expansion
• Ada Lovelace: Exploring Computer Programming in
1840s England
• Galileo: Exploring the Universe, Encountering Resistance
• Athens and Sparta: Military Encounter and Exchange
• Exploring the Nation: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
• Rudolf Roessler: The Allies’ Exchange with an Undercover
German Decoder
• An Encounter with Fanaticism: John Doyle Lee and the
Arkansas Mountain Meadows Massacre
• Exploring Disease: Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine
• The New York Stock Exchange: Money as Power
• Margaret Mead: Exploring Human Development
• Diplomatic Encounter: The SALT Talks
• Exchange between France and the United States:
The Louisiana Purchase
• Exploring African-American Culture: The Harlem
Renaissance
• Intimate Exchange: Abigail and John Adams
• Expanding the Boundaries of Dance: Martha Graham
• Rosalind Franklin: Exploring the Human Genome,
Encountering Prejudice
• Exploring New Technologies: Andrew Carnegie’s
Steel Empire
• Exploring America: Immigration
• Nelson Mandela’s Encounters with Apartheid
• Exploring an Empire: Hammurabi’s Expansion of
Mesopotamia
• Patterns of Exploration and Encounter: French Jesuits
in Canada
• Turkey and the Armenian Genocide: a Violent Encounter
of Religious Difference on Close Borders
• The Artistic Exploration: Bierstadt and Moran’s Journey
and the Creation of Yellowstone National Park
• The Zimmermann Telegram: The Exchange that Broke
Down American Isolationism
• Reynolds v. United States: The Encounter between
Polygamy and Law
• Encounter in Little Rock: Desegregating Central
High School
• Encountering Communism: The Creation of NATO
• Minersville School District v. Gobitis: When Idolatry
Encounters Patriotism
• Exchanging Musical Performance for Morale: Captain
Glenn Miller’s Contribution to World War II
• The Exchange between Congress and the Executive:
Who Decides to Fight a War?
• The Iran-Contra Affair and the Controversial Exchange
of Hostages for Arms
• Waco: The Deadly Encounter between the Branch-
Dravidians and the FBI
• Apollo 13: Exploration in Space
• Pop Art: The Exchange of Consumerism and Culture
• Impressment: The Unwanted Exchange between Great
Britain and the United States
Sample Topics List
17. NATIONAL HISTORY DAY 20168
• Encountering a New Religion: Spanish Catholic
Missionaries in the Americas
• World War II War Brides: The Exchange of Cultures
• Peace of Westphalia: The Exchange that Ended the
Thirty Years War
• Roanoke: When Exploration, Encounter, and Exchange
Went Terribly Wrong
• Encountering a New Society: The Idea of Republican
Motherhood
• The Sinn Féin Party and their Exploration of Irish
Independence
• The Monroe Doctrine: How Isolationism Impacted the
Exploration, Encounters, and Exchanges of a New Nation
• Gibbons v. Ogden: Steamboat Encounters and Exploration
of the Commerce Clause
• Dorothea Dix: Exploring the Injustices for Herself to
Promote Institutional Reform
• The Marshall Plan: Rebuilding Europe’s Economy
through Exchange
• Exploring their Rights and Encountering Change: Women
of the 1920s
• Disproportionate Exchange: Slaves and the Triangle Trade
• Political Exchange: Jimmy Carter and the Camp
David Accords
• The Berlin Conference: Colonization and Exploration
of Africa
• Encountering Two Worlds at the Berlin Wall
• Zheng He: How China’s Brief Period of Exploration Led
to Centuries of Isolationism
• 19th Amendment Suffragettes: Exploring New Methods
of Protest
Sample Topics List Continued