The essay should be between 4 and 7 pages. The paper should be in MLA format, and you will be graded based on Content, Organization, Mechanics, Expression, and Analysis.
Broad Possible Research Topics–
How the Master Narrative of Historian Frederick Jackson Turner influenced the Westward Expansion of the United States
The Indian Removal Act and its Consequences in the Lives of Native Americans
The Trail of Tears
Diversity and the Manifest Destiny
E Pluribus Unum and its Influence on America
President Andrew Jackson was a true American. Discuss.
The Bacon Rebellion or The Gabriel Prosser Conspiracy.
The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
The Potato Famine and its Influence in America
The Pogroms in Russia, Nazism, and Jews
Jewish Settlements in America
The Spanish-American War and its Effects on the American Market
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The September 11 Terrorist Attack in America and How it Affected American Nationalism
Irish and African American Conflicts in the United States
Non-Whites are not Americans.
The Expansion of the Railway Industry in America
The Civil War in America
Multiculturalism as American’s Epic Story
The Influence of Cotton in Multicultural America
How the Use of Guns Influenced the Expansion of America
Imperialism and Civilization in America
“For it please God to visit these Indians with a great sickness and such a mortality that of a thousand, above nice and a gad hundreds of them died, and many of them did rot above ground for what of burial,” wrote William Bradford. Discuss this among other interpretations of colonization.
The Hidden Origins of Slavery in America
President Thomas Jefferson and the Institution of Slavery.
The Haitian Revolution and Its Effect on America
The Life of Benjamin Banneker or Why Martin Delany is the Father of Black Nationalism.
Effects of the Railway in America
Blacks in the North vs Blacks in the South: The Role of the Mason-Dixon Line
The Sambo Caricature and American Blacks.
Factors that Forced the Chinese to Flee their Motherland to America and their survival in America.
How White Racial Purity was Threatened in America.
The Supreme Court Decision of People v. Hall (1854).
Civil Rights Act
“Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.” Review of Artful Treaties between Americans and Native Americans
Influence of other cultures in the American way of life or vice-versa.
Category: ethnic groups in us
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“America’s Multicultural Story: From Colonization to Modern Day”