American History

[esupin]

OK, so here's what my teacher told us: write a 7 page thesis paper on any topic from the Revolutionary War up to 2001. I don't really want to cover any of the wars since those topics seem common(and thus less interesting to grade).

I was thinking along the lines of immigration in America(maybe Asian immigration in specific since general immigration might be tricky in 7 pages), the emergence of popular culture(movies, art, literature) or settling the west.

Any ideas? Just throw some stuff out.