Research Topic Options:
● Did the US become an imperialist nation with the United States’ intervention in Cuban affairs in 1898?
● As with any political movement, different factions developed among Progressives. What did it mean to be “Progressive.”
● Which was the most significant Progressive reform?
● To what extent do women’s lives in the early 1900s resonate with women today?
● What was the most important result of involvement in WWI for the US?
● Did giddy stock market highs on Wall Street and credit-driven purchases on Main Street in the 1920s make the Great Depression psychologically harder for Americans to deal with?
● To what extent were New Deal laws successful or unsuccessful in blunting the Depression?
● What was the most important benefit that the US derived from victory in WWII?
● The morality involved in targeting civilians became an issue almost immediately following WWII. How controversial was the United States’ decision to drop two atomic bombs on Japan? Examine both the decision-making process leading up to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the aftermath.
● In what ways was the Civil Rights Movement a success? In what ways was it also unsuccessful?
● The 1960s were a decade of significant change for the United States. How did the nation change during this period?
● What lasting effects did the Watergate scandal have on American politics and on the interactions between the government, the media and the public?
● How did the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 affect national security and American civil liberties?
● In what ways did the Great Recession of 2008 affect politics and society in the United States? In what ways were the causes of housing market crash either resolved or left unresolved?
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