Contents » National History Day Topics
Abolitionism

Alien and Sedition Acts

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
The American Civil Liberties Union, a national legal organization dedicated to the defense and preservation of civil liberties in the United States, has been organized in the Philadelphia region since 1951, when chapters formed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey as part of a move toward establishing branches throughout the nation. Both chapters played a role ⇒ Read More
Animal Protection

Appeal of Forty Thousand Citizens

Articles of Confederation

Artisans

Christiana Riot Trial

Civil Rights (LGBT)

Cold War

Columbia Avenue Riot

Common Sense

Community Development Corporations (CDCs)

Continental Congresses

Democratic-Republican Societies

Education and Opportunity
In the twentieth century, many urban school districts, which had been among the finest in the nation, became some of the most challenged. The Greater Philadelphia region reflected this trend. In 1900 the region’s school systems consisted of largely uncoordinated public, parochial, and private schools. Between 1900 and 1965 politicians, educational administrators, and civic leaders ⇒ Read More
Educational Reform

Fair Housing

Free African Society

Fries Rebellion

Knights of Labor

March of the Mill Children

Murder of Octavius Catto

Octavia Hill Association

Pennsylvania Hall

Pennsylvania Prison Society

Railroad Strike of 1877

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

Reminder Days

Revolutionary Crisis (American Revolution)

Vietnam War

Vigilance Committees

Whiskey Rebellion Trials

Woman Suffrage

Women’s Education
