Research Paper Topics
John Adams
legal career
and Boston Massacre
and Sons of Liberty
and Declaration of Independence
and Constitution
presidency
post presidency
religious views
legacy
Susan B. Anthony
social activism
American Equal Rights Association
National suffrage associations
United States v Susan B. Anthony
Clara Barton
early professional life
American Civil War
American Red Cross
religious beliefs
Daniel Boone
hunter, husband, soldier
Kentucky
American Revolution
businessman in Ohio
Missouri
Omar Bradley
U.S. Army
World War II
post-war
retirement
recognition
Louis Braille
education
many aspects of the Braille system
later life
legacy
Edmund Campion
conversion to Catholicism
entry into Jesuits
life in England
persecution and martyrdom
Andrew Carnegie
railroads
Civil War
Keystone Bridge Company
Industrialist/ U.S. Steel
philosophy on wealth, religion, and world view
philanthropist
G. K. Chesterton
writing
views and contemporaries
literary legacy
J Winston Churchill
military service
political career prior to World War II
first term as Prime Minister
Churchill as artist, historian, and writer
Accomplishments
Jimmy Doolittle
Doolittle Raid
World War Ii
personal life
honors and awards
Amelia Earhart
education
early flying experiences
aviation career and marriage
1932 transatlantic solo flight
1937 world flight
Henry Ford
career
Ford Motor Company
Model T, Model A, labor philosophy
Ford Airplane Company
peace and war
racing
anti-semitism
Sam Houston
family heritage
War of 1812
Tennessee politics
marriage and family
Indian territory
Republic of Texas
U.S. Senator from Texas
Governor of Texas
later life
Julia Ward Howe
abolitionist
social activist
poetry
honors
Andrew Jackson
military career
legal and political career
Indian removal
presidency
opposition to National Bank
family and personal
Thomas Jefferson
political career – 1775-1800
presidency
-Barbary War
-Louisiana Purchase
-Lewis and Clark Expedition
-Embargoes
John Paul II
election to papacy
pastoral trips
work with youth
teachings
apologetics
assassination attempt
Helen Keller
education
American Federation for the Blind
political activities and role in socialist party
companions
honors
C.S. Lewis
World War I
conversion to Christianity
writing career
Christian apologist
Charles Lindbergh
early aviation
air mail pilot and pioneer
pursuing the Orteig prize
marriage and children (kidnapping of child)
thoughts on race and racism
World War II
environmental causes
tributes and honors
Louis IX of France
Crusading
patron of arts
veneration as a saint
Louis XVI of France
King of France
role in American Revolution
state of France and economy
and French Revolution
Douglas MacArthur
Junior officer
World War I
World War II
Korean War
later life
James Madison
early political career
and the constitution
Federalist Papers
presidency
later life
Marie Antoinette
Ancestry
Marriage to Louis XVI
Lifestyle
Motherhood
and French Revolution
George C. Marshall
World War I
between the wars
World War II
Secretary of Defense
and McCarthyism
Gregor Mendel
plant hybridization
work with astronomy and meteorology
life after pea experiments
life as an Augustinian monk
Thomas More
family life
early political career
…and Henry VIII
trial and execution
Mother Theresa
Missionaries of Charity
work in India
spiritual life
John Henry Newman
education
Anglican priest
conversion to Catholicism
writings
Alfred Nobel
inventions
chemist
engineer
armaments manufacturer
inventor of dynamite
prizes
Louis Pasteur
professional career
research contributions
Pasteur Institute
faith and spirituality
principal works
George S. Patton
early military service
World War I
World War II
criticisms and controversy
Pius V
election to papacy
Church discipline
Liturgy
Tridentine Pope
…and Elizabeth I
Pius X
election to papacy
Church reforms and theology
miracles during lifetime
Church policies toward secular governments
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
philanthropy
beliefs
business practices
Eleanor Roosevelt
marriage and family life
public life before the White House
First Lady of the United States
role during Great Depression
World War II
Civil Rights activist
United Nations
Awards
Fulton Sheen
education
priestly life
media career
later years
evangelization
Anne Sullivan
work with Helen Keller
education
personal life
work for the blind
Therese of Lisieux
Little Flower at Carmel
life as a Carmelite sister
writings: The Story of a Soul
J.R.R. Tolkien
courtship and marriage
World War I
academic and writing
views on religion
views on politics and race
Cornelius Vanderbilt
steamboat entrepreneur
American Civil War
railroad empire
rivalry with Jay Gould
benefactor
Manfred von Richtofen
piloting career
flying circus
flying career in World War I - number of victories
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
politics and Atlanta Compromise
wealthy friends and benefactors
up from slavery
invitation to White House
honors and memorials
Woodrow Wilson
academic career
writings
President of Princeton
governor of New Jersey
presidency
second term
and World War I
post war
Civil Rights
August 2014