Research Paper Topics: NHD 2019 Theme: Tragedy and Triumph in History Georgia Before Oglethorpe: Who was Here First? Mysteries of the Mound Builders Hernando de Soto: Man or Myth Digging for the Truth: Archaeological Evidence in Georgia The Spanish Mission System: Tragedy or Triumph? Consequences of European Contact with Native Americans The Role of James Oglethorpe in the Settlement of Georgia: Tragedy or Triumph? The Charter of 1732 and the Settlement of Georgia The Buffer Colony: Georgia s Role in Conflict and Peace Mercantilism: The Economic Value of Georgia Charity and Refuge: Finding Safety in Georgia The Role of Tomochichi in the Settlement of Georgia The Role of Mary Musgrove in the Settlement of Georgia An Evaluation of the Trustee Period The Impact of the Salzburgers on Colonial Georgia The Impact of the Malcontents on Colonial Georgia The Impact of the Highland Scots on Colonial Georgia William Bartram: The Flower Hunter in a World at War An Evaluation of the Royal Period: Winners and Losers in Georgia War Debt: Conflict as a Cause of the American Revolution Taxation without Representation in Georgia The Intolerable Acts: On the Brink of War Button Gwinnett: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells His Story?
Taking Sides: The Jones Family During the American Revolution Military Conflicts in Georgia 1776-1789: Tragedy and Triumph on the Frontier Elijah Clarke and the Trans-Oconee Republic An Unlikely Freedom Fighter: Austin Dabney Elizabeth Johnson: Loyalist Georgian Articles of Confederation: Good Enough For Georgia? Georgia and The Great Compromise Georgia s Reasons for Ratification Westward Expansion: Georgia s Shifting Capitals Fraud on the Frontier: The Yazoo Land Act Carving Up Georgia: The Headright System and Land Lotteries The Iron Horses: Railroads and the Growth of Georgia The Cotton Gin: A Revolution in Georgia s Economy Benjamin Hawkins: Indian Agent on the Frontier Living in Two Worlds: Alexander McGillivray and William McIntosh Ripples From Indian Springs: The Removal of the Creeks from Georgia The News From New Echota: Cherokees Argue their Case Executive Overreach: Andrew Jackson vs the Supreme Court Trail of Tears: Legacy of Tragedy and Triumph Lawrenceville Legacy: Worcester v. Georgia John Ross, Major Ridge and the Trail of Tears The Dahlonega Gold Rush Show Me the Money: Economic Causes for Secession Drawing a Line in Slavery: The Missouri Compromise The Georgia Platform: Supporting the Compromise of 1850
Bloody Kansas: The Kansas-Nebraska Act No Where to Run: The Dred Scott Case The Last Straw: The Election of 1860 Flip Flop? Alexander Stephens and the Debate over Secession in Georgia A Bridge Too Far: Georgians at The Battle of Antietam The Emancipation Proclamation: Empty Words or Reason for the War Turning Point: The Battle of Gettysburg through the Eyes of Georgia Soldiers The Battle of Chickamauga: Georgia s Last Stand Economic Desperation: The Union Blockade of Georgia s Coast Hot Lanta: Sherman s Atlanta Campaign Sherman s Big Mistake: The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Scorched Earth: Sherman s March to the Sea Andersonville: Intentional Harm or Collateral Damage Freedmen s Bureau: Lending a Helping Hand? Education in Georgia after the Civil War: The Power of Learning The 13 th, 14 th and 15 th Amendments: Building a Bridge to Civil Rights Standing at the Threshold: Henry McNeal Turner and the First African American Legislators Reconstruction Unraveled: Terrorism by the Ku Klux Klan in 19 th Century Georgia Semester B Topics The Bourbon Triumvirate Fight a New War Bishop Henry McNeal Turner: Voice of the Voters Longstreet s Long Life: Lee s Warhorse Returns to Georgia Progressives in Georgia: Farmers Alliance and the Populists Booker T. Washington at the Atlanta Exposition: Triumph or Tragedy?
Thomas Watson: The Farmer from Hickory Hill HBCUs in Georgia: Education and Uplift WEB Dubois at Atlanta University African American Churches Take the Lead Newspapers in Conflict: Hoke Smith and the Atlanta Journal The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot: Eyewitness and Memory Votes for Women: Tragedy and Triumph in Georgia Rebecca Latimer Felton: Suffragist and Senator Jump Jim Crow: Separate but Equal in Georgia John Wesley Dobbs and Sweet Auburn Avenue Lucy Craft Laney Leads the Way John and Lugenia Hope: Atlanta s First Power Couple Riches of the Rockefellers: Northern Philanthropists in Georgia The Knights of Mary Phagan: Mob Action and Anti-Semitism Governor Slaton Takes a Stand: Leo Frank and the Law Lewis Hine: Preserving the Past in Photographs Stepping into the Future: Henry Grady and the New South Going to the Fair: Expositions in Georgia The Real Thing: Coca-Cola and the Growth of Atlanta Alonzo Herndon: How to Make a Million Woodrow Wilson: Memories of a Georgia Childhood Pershing Point: Segregation Carved in Stone Juliette Gordon Low: Something for the Girls Walking the Walk: The Great Migration in Georgia Good Roads: Georgians Advocate for Highways
Ben Epps and Lucky Lindy: Georgians Look Higher Flames on Stone Mountain: The Rise and Fall of the Second Klan Welcome South Brother: Radio and all that Jazz in Georgia Richard Russell: Guns, Growth and School Lunch Leader Gene Talmadge: The Wild Man from Sugar Creek Gertrude Rainey: Springer Opera House Sensation Bobby Jones: Georgia s Grand Slam William B. Hartsfield: Runways and Civil Rights Franklin D. Roosevelt: Seeing the Light in Georgia CCC in Georgia: Politicians and Projects Trouble in the Textile Trade: The Great Strike ED Rivers: Education Champion Georgia Goes to War: Bases Bring the World Home Georgians Go to War: Voices from the Veterans History Project Carl Vinson s Navy: A Georgian Rules the Waves The Defense Industry in Georgia: Building a Better Bomber Holocaust Histories: The Work of the William Bremen Museum Arnall, Talmadge and Thompson Make Three: The Governors Can t Agree Celestine Sibley and Ralph McGill: Frontline News in Atlanta The Callaway Dynasty Lester Maddox: Mystery Man Hammering Hank: Big Leagues in Georgia Jimmy Carter: County, State, and National Leader
Civil Rights Topics: The Semester B Unit 4 Portfolio is a research project that focuses on a Civil Rights leader. If you choose a Civil Rights leader to research in Semester A, you will write about a different leader in Semester B. Martin Luther King: A Light on the Path Forward Thurgood Marshall s Impact on Atlanta Ernest No, Not One Vandiver: Desegregating Georgia Schools Holmes and Gault: Taking back the Arch from Arch-Segregationists The Life and Legacy of Dr. Benjamin Mays William B. Hartsfield: Standing at the Door of the Temple Atlanta Sit-ins: Lunch Counter Liberation Southern Christian Leadership Council: Based in Atlanta, Known around the World W.W. Law: Delivering Equal Rights in Savannah The Albany Movement: Failure or Foreshadowing? Donald Hollowell: Mr. Civil Rights HOPE: Georgia s Women Keep the Schools Open Andrew Young: Mayor of the World John Lewis: Across the Bridge and into History Julian Bond: Teaching the Movement Maynard Jackson: Heir to the Dobbs Dynasty Ivan Allen, Jr.: Business Not as Usual Bernice Johnson: Voice of the Movement Jackie Robinson: Life after 42