History Students

Below you will find a list of 36 possible Internal Assessment topics. I will give instructions on this assignment next week, however, you should check out the topics and think about which topic you would like to research. 
THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR FIRST CHOICE. THE ORDER IN WHICH STUDENTS SELECT THEIR TOPICS WILL BE AWARDED BY A DRAWING HELD IN CLASS. 

Internal Assessment Topic List:

1.     What problems did the U.S. face under the Articles of Confederation and to what extent did the Constitution address them?

2.     To what extent did compromise play a role in the establishment of the U.S. Constitution?

3.     To what extent is it appropriate to call the War of 1812 the “Second War of American Independence”?

4.     Was Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Policy motivated by humanitarian concerns?

5.     To what extent did the Compromise of 1850 cause of the Civil War?

6.     Assess the impact of slavery in the economic and social life of the South up to 1861.

7.     To what extent did the abolitionist movement push the South to civil war?

8.     Assess the importance of African American soldiers during the Civil War.

9.     Assess the significance of medical advances in the Civil War.

10.  Assess the successes and failures of President Lincoln as commander-in-chief during the Civil War.

11.  Assess the successes and failures of Reconstruction in granting ex-slaves legal and political equality in the South.  

12.  To what extent did the completion of the transcontinental railroad transform the West?

13.  To what extent during the late nineteenth century did the Southern state governments place obstacles in the path of African American citizenship?

14.  To what extent did Booker T. Washington’s philosophy and actions betray the best interests of African Americans?

15.  To what extent did the philosophy of W.E.B Du Bois offer African Americans a realistic opportunity for political and social equality?

16.  To what extent did the Haymarket Square Riot, the Pullman Strike and the Homestead strike illustrate labor’s struggle to gain fair and equitable treatment during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

17.  To what extent did the outcome of the Spanish-American War transform the U.S. into a world power?

18.  In what ways did Theodore Roosevelt transform the role of the presidency and the national government? What specific programs resulted from his vigorous executive leadership?

19.  What were the major goals of the Progressive Movement and to what extent were they achieved by 1920?

20.  Why did the United States government implement Prohibition and to what extent was Prohibition a success?

21.  To what extent was the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s a reflection of societal change?

22.  To what extent did Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal solve the problems of the Great Depression?

23.  Assess the bombing of Pearl Harbor on the lives of Japanese-Americans.

24.  To what extent was the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan necessary to end WWII?

25.  Assess the validity of Joseph McCarthy’s claims of communist infiltration in the U.S. government during the 1950s.

26.  Assess the impact of Rock and Roll music on American culture in the 1950s.

27.  Examine the successes and failures of President Eisenhower’s attempts to contain communist expansion.

28.  How did Freedom Summer impact the civil rights movement in 1964?

29.  For what reasons, and in what ways, did the Civil Rights Movement in the United States become more radical between 1965 and 1968?

30.  What impact did the Black Panther Party have on the Civil Rights Movement?

31.  Assess the successes and failures of Martin Luther King Jr’s non-violent tactics during the Civil Rights Movement.

32.   To what extent did the fear of communist expansion influence U.S. involvement in Vietnam?

33.  To what extent did the anti-war movement within the U.S. affect the outcome of the Vietnam War?

34.  What were the major goals of the modern women’s rights movement (post-1960) and to what extent were they achieved by the end of the 1980s?

35.  How effective was President Jimmy Carter in applying the human rights principle to foreign policy?

36.  Assess the successes and failures of Ronald Reagan’s presidency.