Montana History Topics NHD 2017-2018

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National History Day 2018 Theme: Conflict and Compromise in History

Below are some ideas for Montana history topic themes related to the theme Conflict and Compromise in History.

Mining

Chinese Boycott

Gov Joseph Dixon and the Mining Tax

Environmental Issues and Actions

Fire Policy

Lee Metcalf

Sustained Yield Forestry

Women's History: In 2014, on the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in Montana, the Montana Historical Society created the Women's History Matters website. We recommend that you browse through the more than 100 essays on that page and the bibliographies that accompany them. You will find information about women and women's groups who faced conflict in their efforts to participate fully in their communities, the state, and the region--and responded with both strong actions and skilled compromise. You will be able to learn about the skills and strategies they employed as they took positions and defended them: using words, examples, research, politics and much more. The WHM website really is one of the richest sources of Montana topics and ideas that you'll find as you explore "Conflict and Compromise in History."

Elouise Cobell: The Blackfeet Banker Who Took on the Federal Government

Hazel Hunkins

Jeannette Rankin

Montana Women's Suffrage Movement

Ella Knowles: Fight to Become Montana's First Female Lawyer

Civil Rights/Social History

Immigrant Rights and the Chinese Experience

"Not In Our Town": Combating Hate Crimes in Billings

Prohibition

1909 Missoula Free Speech Fight

Economic/Labor History

Frank Little