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What is a good American history topic that happened from 1870-1930?

I need to write a research paper for my history class and I'm having trouble coming with one! So any suggestions would be helpful! Thanks :)

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    7 years ago
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    Activism and Reform: The Progressive Era in America

    Connecting the Country: The Effect of Railroads on Economic Progress and Prosperity in America

    America and the Construction of the Panama Canal

    Isolation vs. Involvement: American and the First World War

    The Pros and Cons of Prohibition

    Yellow Journalism and the Spanish-American War

  • 7 years ago

    Great Railway Strike of 1877

    The China Relief Expedition of 1900 - the first time a President committed US forces to active combat operations overseas without seeking the approval of Congress,on the grounds that,as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces,the President could send troops wherever he wanted whenever he wanted on his own authority.

  • Rose D
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    There was the Great Depression and the Great Dustbowl. There were political scandals like the Teapot Dome scandal. There was the rise of unions, spurred by disasters like the Triangle fire.

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