US History Essay Topics: a List of 20 Promising Subjects

If you are looking for 20 promising subjects for US history essay topics, consider the list below:

• Write an essay on the history of Christmas
• Write about slavery in America
• Write about the ancient Greek system of democracy and how it relates to American democracy
• Write an essay on Samuel Adams
• Write about the original 13 colonies
• Write about Benjamin Franklin
• Write the battles of Lexington and Concord
• Write an essay on the Great Depression
• Write about Mary Chestnut
• Write about Civil War Culture
• Write an essay on the Louisiana Purchase
• Write about V-J Day
• Write about the history of WWII
• Write an essay on the Battle of the Bulge
• Write about Paul Revere
• Write about the Battle of Bunker Hill
• Write an essay on the Declaration of Independence
• Write about John Hancock
• Write about the Stamp Act
• Write an essay on Joseph McCarthy
• Write about Henry Kissinger
• Write about the Bay of Pigs Invasion
• Write an essay on the Eisenhower Doctrine
• Write about some of the most popular or least popular U.S. Presidents
• Write about legislation in a particular state
• Write an essay on Thanksgiving Day
• Write about the Proclamation of 1763
• Write about Wounded Knee
• Write an essay on Native American cultures
• Write about the American-Indian Wars
• Write an essay on Crazy Horse

When selecting a topic it is important that you have a handful of potential ideas which you evaluate one by one. This evaluation process should not take more than five or 10 minutes per topic. The purpose of this is to ensure that there's adequate published information available on your topic and to ensure that the published information which is available does not contradict your topic. You can spend a few minutes researching each topic before you decide on which one you will choose.

When your topic is assigned to you, you need to make sure that you answer every question listed in your assignment details. You should think about the topic, and write down the things you know about the topic and the things that you don't know. If you have a provisional thesis, write it down. But don't commit to it entirely. You should pursue that thesis, tested out, and see what evidence you can find. But if in your research process you find that the thesis is not good or that the supporting evidence does not support it but in fact supports the opposite argument, then you should be flexible and change your topic.