History Research Paper Topics

Presidents (US history term paper topics)
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Woodrow Wilson

Bill of Rights as the beginning of the American Constitution;
Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemming;
Monroe Doctrine – causes and effects;
Confederacy – the peculiarities of its formation;
Suffragist movement and its effects;
League of Nations – a dream that failed;
Korean War – confrontation between two super nations.

• Education in the early republic
• New England federalism
• Historic preservation in the 20th century
• China trade in the early 19th century
• American lace making
• Tourism after the Civil War
• Holiday greeting cards
• New Englanders’ participation in the Grand Tour
• Early American legal theory
• The Progressive movement, 1880-1921
• Modern art and artists
• Austin Purves
• Political party development in the early 19th century
• 20th century ephemera
• Early legal education
• 18th and 19th century trades

ARTIFACT
• American art pottery
• 18th and early 19th century American costume
• Litchfield County furniture
• Ralph Earl
• 19th century school girl needlework
• 19th century miniatures
• Lace
• Adelaide Deming
• Austin Purves