If you are considering the research paper but are undsure about a topic, here are some ideans that would be perfectly suitable --- and maybe enjoyable! --- for you to research.
Roe v. Wade
Gloria Steinem
ERA
Creation of NOW
Betty Friedan
Birth control pill
Politics:
Any President
Any First Lady
Alaska becomes a state
Hawai'i becomes a state
Democratic National Convention, 1968, Chicago
Military:
Spanish-American War
Vietnam
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
Iranian Hostage Crisis
desegregation in the military
Fidel Castro
Media:
Joseph Pulitzer
William Randolph Hearst
Penny Press
sensational journalism
Walter Cronkite
William Shirer
Edward R. Murrow
Great Depression
NAFTA
New Deal
FDIC
Creation of the interstate highway system
Cultural:
Harlem Renaissance
Stonewall Riots
Elvis Presley
Birth of Rock -n- Roll
History of Tennis
History of Photography
Marilyn Monroe
Philosophers, Artists & other intellectuals:
Michel Foucault
Noam Chomsky
Andy Warhol
Truman Capote
Immigration & Race:
Brown v. BOE
Martin Luther King
Malcolm X
Cesar Chavez
History of Ku Klux Klan or any hate group