Please Help Me pick a topic for extra credit in my History Class..

[Clasby440]

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[acptulsa]

I'd probably do WWI. The Federal Reserve would be interesting. And don't underestimate the good things you can come up with surrounding the loss of innocence that the American public suffered when Nixon went down. That was actually pretty major--a paradigm shift. And if your prof is liberal and requires his or her ass be kissed (as so many of them do), the Nixon topic is also the safest.

[JoshLowry]

sound money!

[Bryan]

1953 Iranian coup.

[hugolp]

The guilded age, the age that made USA great: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wer4FiA79mo&feature=channel_page

Hugo

[NEPA_Revolution]

Why not talk about the effect Keynesian Economics had on prolonging the Great Depression and how, according to the Austrian Theory of Economics, we came out of the depression. There is lots of info on mises.org and fee.org that you can use.

[dirknb@hotmail.com]

Definitely the Fed.

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

It would be really early into the period you are covering but I would suggest doing something on the trial and execution of Henry Wirz.

[Feenix566]

You should really impress him by doing the inflation of the late 70's and early 80's, and how Volcker and Reagen got it under control. It's one of the biggest catastrophies this country has ever endured, and very few people today even know it happened.

It's also about to happen again. You could include a list of conditions that caused it to happen before, and show how those conditions are also present today.

Oh and post your paper here when you're done. We'd all love to read it :)

[Crowish]

Sherman Silver Purchase Act & the depression of the 1890's/ panic of 1893.

[dannno]

The history of banking and how it is related to US History.

Checkout The Money Masters.. it's 3 hours, but it will give you a good amount of US history during that period related to banking.

[Golding]

Difficult, because I don't know what interests you.

[nayjevin]

if you want the superintendent to call the pentagon, you could do it on the influence of henry kissinger in politics

if you want to inch your class toward liberty, I would choose a topic most can agree on - like, why our economy is fucked

[heavenlyboy34]

Andrew Jackson v. the Central Bankers. ;):D

[DirtMcGirt]

Project Ajax

[Live_Free_Or_Die]

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[John of Des Moines]

... if you want to inch your class toward liberty, I would choose a topic most can agree on - like, why our economy is fucked

That would make a great title for the paper Why Our Economy is Fucked


Andrew Jackson v. the Central Bankers. ;):D

Jackson died a couple of years (like 20 before the time period required: 1865