Research Paper Topics 1800 - 1900 Early 1800s Tecumseh’s Confederation Hamilton – Burr Duel The Building Washington D.C. Aaron Burr Conspiracy Lewis and Clark Expedition War with the Barbary Pirates Marbury v. Madison Supreme Court Case Gibbons v. Ogden War of 1812 The Causes of the War of 1812 Battle of Fallen Timbers 1814 Burning of Washington D.C. Naval Battles of War of 1812 War of 1812 Battles that took place 1813 Battle for Baltimore – Fort McHenry History of the Star Spangled Banner Battle of New Orleans Early Economic/Social Changes in America: Lowell Factory Town/Life The Morris Canal Child Labor Abuses The Erie Canal Spain Ceding Florida to the U.S. The Spoils System The Temperance Movement in America The Shaker Movement/Legacy Health Reform in America Rise of Socialism in America - Late 1800s Christian Revivalist Movement in 1800s Canal Building Boom-Bust in America Early Industrial Revolution in America-1860 Steamship Transport – Impact on Trade Era of Good Feeling/Monroe Doctrine The Crises of the Andrew Jackson Presidency The Story of the Essex-Real Life Moby Dick Women’s Suffrage Movement in America up to 1900 the Building of the First Skyscrapers – 1800s Prison Reform Movement in America The Populist Movement in America Utopian Movement in America Going West: Donner Party Tragedy Expeditions Exploring the West Texas War for Independence The Battle of the Alamo History of the Lone Star Republic The Mexican War Bear Flag Republic of California The Pony Express Botiller v. Dominguez – Rights of Mexicans in California the Telegraph Origins/Early Growth of Railroads The Great Northern – Colossus of the Sea Gunfight at the OK Corral Life Along the Mississippi/River Boat Life Trails West! Oregon, Chisholm, Mormon The Mormon Story/Migration Settling the Great Plains-Sod-Busting! Seneca Falls Convention and Origins of Women’s Rights in America California Gold Rush Colorado Gold Rush Trailblazers/Mountain Men -Frontier Life Life on the Open Range – Cattle Drives Manifest Destiny The Grange Movement Slavery Impact of Cotton Gin The Plantation System Slavery – Capture in Africa-Middle Passage Escaping Slavery - Underground Railroad Anti-Slavery Movement/Abolitionism Slave Rebellions and Afterwards Back to Africa Movement – American Recolonization Society/Movement the Amistad Incident Uncle Toms Cabin Popular Sovereignty and Settling America Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas Dred Scott Case/Decision Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1858 John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s/Trial Election of 1860 Civil War Battles/Related Topics p. 7 Causes of the Civil War Battle of Antietam Chancellorsville Battle of Bloody Shiloh The Peninsular Campaign Failure 54th Massachusetts Regiment Prison Camps during Civil War Battle of Vicksburg Gettysburg (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3,) Pickets Charge Battle and Surrender of Fort Sumter Surrender at Appomattox Court House 1st Battle of Bull Run Fredericksburg The Ironclads of the North and South Monitor/Merrimac + Battle Hampton Roads Emancipation Proclamation and its Impact C.S.S. Hundley – Confederate Submarine C.S.S. Alabama – Innovative Blockade Runner Civil War Naval Battles {no Hampton Roads} Gettysburg Address Sherman’s March to the Sea – Total War Forgotten Civil War -West of the Mississippi The Confederate Navy Post-Civil War Topics: The Assassination of Lincoln Reconstruction of the South Origins of the KKK – Growth to 1900 Plessy v. Ferguson Case Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Ed. Building the Brooklyn Bridge Origins of Baseball – 1900 Impeachment of Andrew Johnson The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad Election of 1876 and the End of Reconstruction The Rise of Jim Crow South The Powell Expedition – Exploring / Grand Canyon The Statue of Liberty America in the Gilded Age Native American Related Topics: Johnson v. M’Intosh 1823 Worcester v. Georgia 1832 The Seminole Wars 1st, 2nd, 3rd Custer’s Last Stand/Battle of Little Bighorn Massacre at Wounded Knee Cherokee Trail of Tears The Indian Schools Cherokee Nation v. Georgia 1831 Indian Removal Act + Consequences Black Hawk’s War and Aftermath The Nez Perce Surrender Tragedy Navajo Trail of Tears – The Long Walk Life on the Reservations Defeat of the Apache Business/Industry Related Topics: Industrial Revolution in America 1865- 1900 Rise of Big Business / Captains of Industry Vanderbilt Shipping/Railroad Tycoon Building of Grand Central Station NYC Invention/Impact of Telephone The Electric Bulb Assembly Line – Impact on Production Rockefeller – Standard Oil Andrew Carnegie – Steel JP Morgan - Banking and Finance-U.S. Steel Fear of Big Business/Trust Busting U.S. v. Trans Missouri Freight Association Origins of U.S. Auto Industry Race for Powered Flight Immigration/Union/Worker Related Topics: Rise of Unions in America – 1900 Origins/Growth of Knights of Labor Pullman Railcar Strike Sweat Shops in America 1800s Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Old vs. New Immigrants Restricting Immigration to America America During the Gilded Age Origins of the Progressive Movement – 1900 Origins and Growth of the AFL-CIO Rise of Socialism Late 1800s Carnegie Steel/Homestead Strike Haymarket Square Riot Tenement/City Life of Late 1800s Ellis Island up to 1900 The Immigrant Experience in America 1870-1900 Muckrakers – Addressing Ills of Society History/Origins of America’s First National Parks Spanish American War Background and Causes The Sinking of the Battleship Maine Battle of San Juan Hill War and Victory in Philippines p. 8 Yellow Journalism War in Cuba Battle of Manila Bay Post Spanish American War – Defeat of Philippines Misc. Topics: Tragedy of the Johnstown Flood Alaska Gold Rush Blizzard of 1888 Colorado Gold Rush Great Chicago Fire Hawaii – U.S. Involvement-Annexation