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I have to write an American History research paper. Any topic ideas?

I have to write a research paper on ANY topic related to American history between 1877 and the present. My teacher has a VERY broad view as to what is considered history. She accepted the topic of Barbie dolls as American history, anything at all. But, I'm not sure what topic to pick. I really want to try to find something original and interesting. I originally selected the Prohibition of Alcohol but I don't think that's very exciting. It's a common boring history topic. Any ideas??

Hm, what if instead of doing an event you do the history on an old Newspaper? I know a newspaper that was written during World War I for the Soldiers. That's unique and different. It was called "The Stars and Stripes". It was created on November 8, 1861, but you can just skip over when it was created... it's still written today! It started during World War I and has covered all information on the wars in America since. Here's a few websites that talk about it... I wish you luck! ^_^

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_and_Stripes_(newspaper)#Creation

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sgphtml/sashtml/

http://estripes.osd.mil/ ( <--- this one's more of an electronic modern-day writen one, good info for how it's grown since the begining)

http://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/

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