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US History Research Paper Topic List

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7TH HOUR COMP  8TH HOUR COMP 
NAME: TOPIC  NAME: TOPIC 
Max W: 9/11 from a firefighter prospective  Grant W: John Dillinger-How was he allowed to escape over and over again?
Ashley G.: Jeffrey Dahmer-The Cannibal Serial Killer-Was his childhood the cause of his murdering and necrophilia?  Mallory B: Villisca Axe Murders. Who was the murderer? Why wasn't anyone convicted? 
Spencer Atkinson: Billy the Kid: How did he really die? Cayley H: The Donner Party. Why did these westward travelers take the suggestion of a "shortcut" from a man who had never actually been on a journey west? 
Dalton Sande: JFK assassination. Was there a government cover up on his death? Why has this event gripped the nation for so long? Amy D: The abuse of David Pelzer.  What was wrong with the mother?  Why didn't she abuse any of her other children? and why David rather than her other kids? 
David C. - Timothy McVeigh; why did he commit such a violent act of terrorism, and what was he trying to accomplish with this bombing? Bethany P: Why wasn't Casey Anthony convicted of murdering Caylee Anthony? 
Nick B.-The Ku Klux Klan-  Were all the things they did purely in spite of race or was there something more to their rage.   Logan D: Harley Davidson "Death Wobble"- Is it real? Is it machine or rider fault?  
Courtland Ellis- Brett Favre-Is Brett Favre the greatest quarterback of all time or is it someone else?  Nathan G: Modern Medicine - Where advances in medicine from 1945 caused from warfare? 
Joe Dinan- Harley Davidson and How they survived the depression in 1903 and many years later still making motorcycles but is now more industrialized. Sam C: Manhattan Project-Was it moral to use or even create a weapon of mass destruction? 
Blake Reierson-History of US military firearms Cody T: Auto Industry Bailout - Could the bailout have been avoided and what would have been the effects if it had not occurred?   
Koree Olson-Abraham Lincoln-Was he gay? If so, why wasn't he open about it?  Cody O: the Phoenix lights- are the lights a craft or just some flares?  Is the craft ours or theirs? 

Kathryn A- SS Edmund Fitzgerald~ How did the wreck change the Great Lake’s Shipping Industry?

 Kynzee O: Farming- Where do we stand? What will happen with the coming of the next generation?  
Maria C: Jack Kevorkian- Someday, will doctor-assisted suicide become legal?    James S: 9/11- Could it of been avoided?  
William I- Manhattan Project- Was it was ethical to create and use the atomic bomb on Japan? Sydney B: Does being Amish or Apostolic affect the quality or happiness of life? 
Kenzie E: Patriot Act- How is it not unconstitutional? Carly L: Clinton Impeachment Trial-Should it have happen and was it fair to the President?
Emily B.- Are entrepreneurs or heirs in the bakery business more likely to be successful?   Dawn T: What was Woodstock's purpose? What events led up to it happening at the time it did? 
Chandler L. Eleanor Roosevelt. How did Eleanor Roosevelt change the roll of the First Ladies in the White House?  Lexi M: Martin Luther King Jr. -- How did his passive approach to the Civil Rights Movement influence change in America?  
Shauna K: Roe v. Wade- How did Roe make the claim that the laws of Texas were unconstitutional?  Jenna H: Is Gettysburg really haunted?
Jacqueline F: Salem Witch Trials- Could something similar happen again? Alison M: Suicide among LGBT, Why are Americans so homophobic? 
Janice F: How did Snowman manage to escape the pens he was locked in, no matter how close the space was and how tall the fence was? How come professional riders were not allowed to ride in the Olympics? Why the decline in the military horses? Sam K: The period of Prohibition. Did it achieve its goal of morality and was it just a waste of time? 
Toni R. Kelly Michaels Case - What were the qualifications for kid testimonies? What has changed for the kids in the Kelly Michaels case that makes the testimonies reliable?  Geordan H: The Trans-Alaska Pipeline.  Was the Alaska pipeline built with wildlife and the environment in mind?
  Chris T: U.S. in space programs-Has America lost its taste for space?
  Carly M: Mistaken Identity- How could this have been prevented? 
  Mike B: Gardner Museum Art Heist- Who committed the crime and why? 
  Jodi S: 9/11- Has the airline industry been affected by 9/11?
   
   

 

 

 

 

 

7th Hour Comp  8th Hour Comp 
Name: Topic  Name: Topic 

Heather T: Salem Witch Trials-

Did they prove that they were witches? How did it start?

 Garrett B- Celebrity trials

How have celebrities been treated since the OJ Simpson trial? Do they get treated better? or Worse?

Sami L.: WWII Balloon Bombs in Bly, Oregon.

Why didn't the government tell people to be cautious? Why would they cover up the balloon bombs?

 Amber K: The Dust Bowl--Could it have been prevented? What caused it? 
Kevin D: history on prostitution in Nevada 
Morgan T: The Great Depression--Was everyone affected equally? How the depression affect children?
Whitney S: Wounded Knee Massacre- What was the cause of the massacre? Could it of been prevented?
 Aleesa G: Spanish Influenza--Could a pandemic like the spanish influenza happen again?
Lincoln M: Iwo Jima- why would the heros of Iwo Jima refuse to be called heros.  Jacob T.  Native American Treatment, Have Native Americans regained the rights they lost to racism and colonialism?
spencer s : How has sports supplements and steroids effect sport and America. Max M.- Prohibition- Did prohibition foster the growth of powerful crime organizations? 
Liz F: Why did they start classifying marijuana as illegal in the US?
Isabella S. - Columbine Massacre: Could it have been prevented? Was there more than Harris and Klebold as shooters? 
WilliamS: Why did Prohibition Fail.. :)
 James T.- Bay of Pigs,  Could the invasion have succeeded if America had committed some direct support?

Wyatt: Pearl Harbor

What is your question?

 Joe K.-Home Schools: Is home schooling an effective means of education throughout America for young americans.

Branden S: The Harlem Renaissance  

What is your question?

 Leah G.- Pearl Harbor--Was Japan bombing us our own fault? Should we have seen it coming?
Felicia G: Did the government get it right of who was responsible for September 11,2001?
Kandis G- Insane Asylum medical practices -Did these practices help at all or were they just cruel ways of execution?
Matt I: JFK Assassination theories. What person or people were behind the assassination of JFK? Carrie B.- The Trail of Tears: Why were they forced to leave?. Why was this unfair?. 
 Riley S:  Henry Ford:  How did Henry Ford revolutionize American industry?
 Cassie W. Hurricane Katrina. 

Could the Army Corps engineers have lessened the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina?
 Mariah M: AIDS: How and why did peoples perspective change?

Ben H - Salem Witch Trials 

What is the new topic/question?
Austin A: How is technology affecting students?
 Carmen C. - Columbine High School Massacre. Could it have been prevented?
Rebecca B: How Dorothea Puenta shows that women can be just as dangerous serial killers as men?

Shannon J. - Women during the westward movement. 

Did women see themselves in their traditional women roles or in a different role?
  Levi F.- Tiger Woods-- How has Tiger Woods influenced golf and the opportunities of minorities groups to excel in the sport? 
  Alex O. - How have sports played a role in the history of the U.S. since their start? really broad...
  Lexi F. - Lizzie Borden -- Why was she acquitted? Why wasn't anyone else charged? 
  Ben H. - Alexander Graham Bell -- Did Alexander Graham Bell really independently invent the telephone?
 
 

 Clay A. Beef it's what for dinner

Has Angus beef proved to be America’s highest quality for the food industry?

 
   

 

 

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