NHD

Top Five Topics for NHD
 * holocaust
 * conflict between japan and u.s
 * slavery
 * american revolution
 * succession of the south

Top Three Choices from Class Topics
 * holocaust
 * great depression
 * 9/11

National History Day ** Brief Research on Topics **
 * topic: debate and diplomacy in history. this could mean anything from government controversies to issues among the society.
 * when doing the project, you must gather information from both sides (your side and the opposing side) in order to gain knowledge from the other side. this helps you defend you topic from all corners possible.

Sept.11
 * debate: America handed control of Palestine to the Jews, causing the Palestinians to be mistreated by them due to their superiority. they wanted to gain control of Palestine but since they didnt the Palestinians felt that America was siding with the Jews.
 * diplomatic conflict: Palestinians are infuriated by the Israelites gaining control of the land and so they threaten America with terrorism. this is where the 9/11 attacks come into play because Bin Laden led his people into getting revenge from the sufferings they were put through because the Israelites were in control. as a counterattack, America sent troops into Afghanistan and began to fight.

Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
 * debate: there were unorganized western lands and Stephen A. Douglas (democrat from illinois) proposed this act to create order in the west. the Missouri Compromise stated that lands north of 36-30 N latitude would be anti-slavery except for Missouri. but Douglas neglected this law and made it so that there would be popluar sovereignty about slavery in Nebraska and in Kansas.
 * since Nebraska and Kansas both contained residents with different viewpoints (some being pro- and anti-slavery), there were major conflicts within the states. one of the major conflicts took place in Kansas and was given the name "Bleeding Kansas". people from both viewpoints engaged in a physical altercation and left Lawerance, Kansas burned, looted, destroyed, and filled with injured and dead people.

**Darfur Genocide **

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