History Debate Topics for Students

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• ONLY because I accepted to the terms do I agree with you. Looking back I should not have because I kind already knew where it was headed but oh well. However. .. . If there was flag that just said southern pr, I grantee African Americans wouldn't fear it/ be opposed to it. But…
• Being that the flag is an inanimate object I wouldn't expect it to, I respect your answer and I see how I could have worded my debate differently, but saying the Confederate flag isn't an injustice is saying the Nazi flag isn't an injustice because it didn't kill the Jews. Does…

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• Gavrilo Princip represented what would have started the war had he not assassinated the Archduke. It has been long speculated that had Princip not assasinated the Archduke it would have been Slavs in Austria wanting to become part of Serbia. Princip was infact a Slav, and his…
• Gavrilo Princip is the spark that caused WW1, his action on June 28, 1914, which resulted in the deaths of both Franz Ferdinand, and Sophie von Chotek, caused the July Ultimatum which resulted in Germany declaring war on Russia.[July Crisis]World War One stands out as probably…

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• First piece of evidence that Stalin was not a communist is that his ideology went against the original idea of communism because he was totalitarian http://en.m.wikipedia.org... http://www.merriam-webster.com... So if the original idea of communism isn't totalitarian than…
• I'll be arguing the position that Stalin wasn't a communist. Round one: acceptance Round two: debate Round three: debate Round four: conclusion

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• thank youplease give me the win
• arguments extended.

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• Okay, so MassDebator255 made a comment in this debate http://www.debate.org..., saying "white inventions have been built from other white inventions. thus it is a contribution made by the WHITE RACE. Black inventions have been built off of White inventions. This is not a…
• My opponent's account was closed.

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• In the republic of Plato book 2,he refers to "God ", not any other Greek god. This hints that even Greek religions had a concept of monotheism. Odin also has characteristics of a monotheistic God in Norse mythology R4:What separates Christianity from polytheism is that Jesus,…
• Dr. Arthur C. Custance who is an Anthropologist, scientist, and specialist in Christianity and science wrote "the doorway papers." In paper 34, he writes about the evidence for monotheism coming first before polytheism: "... found themselves dealing with a tremendous number of…

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• Well then, let's examine what Reagan did with the Soviet Union. His foreign policy against it was based upon strengthening the U.S. military in order to place the U.S. in a better position to negotiate, thereby motivating the Soviets to concentrate more of their resources on…
• Reagan's foreign policy, though debatable in terms of how effective it was in the short run, ultimately caused harm to both the United State's position in the world, and the well being of the world as a whole. And though some of his policies resorted to the good old "speak…

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• Extend.
• 1. Population and Prosperity My opponent disagrees with me and points out several examples of nations who do not follow the "prosperity=population" idea that I presented. I may have explained this poorly in the previous round and I apologize, but it's not the raw population,…

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• You have failed to make a first argument. That will count against you. Please proceed to actually have an argument for the next round or be automatically disqualified. On another note, all World War One did was lead to the second World War which really didn't change much, in…
• You were only supposed to state acceptance. 1) Why or how was the war needed? If we didn't have it, Germany would have lived in ruins and then some new rule would have came in overtime and changed things. All WWI did was bring Germany under embargo and suppression, causing…

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• the problem i see with this, is that there ARE theories. whilst only theories... they prove manny things in the world. they make sense and are often held as fact. they're strongly held and given to students as fact. we build off them and understand more and more just using…
• i'll start right away with just this... where else is there? we've mapped the entire globe and into space. we've gone beneath the ocean and out of our own Galaxy. from north to south, east to west, we've seen it, or we've done it. we know why we do things, we know what makes…

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• SHE FORFITED!! That means i win this round... I'm kind of a big deal. -Ron Bergendy
• nahh not really.

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• Fair enough, if you read my past debates you'll understand that i seldom argue irrationally, but i digress that is besides the point. I must also acknowledge that i respect what Mandela has done as a person, he has certainly acheived what most men will never achieve.…
• People call Nelson Mandela a hero, but they don't really know the truth about him. The media makes him this hero, and people eat it up like sweet cakes. Mandela was a terrorist and also a huge racist. In 1961, Nelson Mandela, together with the South African Communist Party…

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• 1) I didn't say he was MORE racist than certain people, my point was that there's a line....one side are racist bigots, and the other side they aren't. My Point was that Lincoln was on the wrong side of the line. Keep in mind that i'm not judging him against society, or…
• 1) I agree with you, except i would say Lincoln is nto an exception and was in fact much worse than the norm. A) If they were fighting over slavery than why would he use it as a tactic, unless they were fighting over something else, and if you ARE correct, why did he not free…

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• The things that president Lincoln and FDR and etc did are not agreed to as right by a lot of people. Your not going to find alot of people jumping to the fact that Lincoln put people in jail for no reason because he thought it was good for them. The people in jail didn't think…
• Nixon believed in the cause of the Vietnam War. The war to fight communism helping the democratic South Koreans to help maintain their government. But Nixon didn't start the Vietnam War he inherited it from his predecessors Kennedy and Johnson. The main point is at least Nixon…

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• While you give respectable examples of Imperialism at its best, opponent, let me give examples of a lack of Imperialism where it is needed the most. Hopefully, this will prove to you that Imperialism in the majority of cases has a dual mandate. I know, of course, that this will…
• Let's start off easy. I have two focal problems with Imperialism that in my opinion are the key factors to this debate. The first being economic injustice. When it comes to economics, Imperialism is absolutely inequitable. An Imperial power with use military or political means…

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• Many thanks to my opponent for beginning what I hope will be an interesting and thought-provoking debate. To begin, I'd like to shed some light on the official reasons that the United States government (namely the Bush Administration) gave for invading Iraq in 2003. Supposedly…
• I literally have 4 minutes to post, so unfortunately I cannot provide a detailed rebuttal to my opponent's last round (I explained in the comments section that I had both class and work two days in a row). My apologies.As a final conclusion, I'd like to point out that Con…

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• "you've cleverly ..inserting the word "army" before "strength"- I agree a countries "strength" is the economic plus the army plus the natural resources. But in world WAR 2 ( theirs that word coming back) since it is a war i think it is appropriate to say the main "strength" of…
• Ok a lot of this stuff is ether your opinion (Russia had worse tech than the Americans) or info that does not show how strong their army was and u instead that the US made a lot of oil. In World WAR 2 i don't know maybe the ARMY STRENGTH is more important than the economic or…

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• The axis was winning the war before Operation Barbarossa because that was their (the third Reich) first major defeat. Historians agree that this was the turning point (http://www.globalresearch.ca...). While the statement above concerning Pearl Harbor is to an extent true, it…
• (You realized you just agreed with me, right?) Operation Barbarossa was the turning point of WWII because it gave the allied forces the USSR as an ally. Before Operation Barbarossa, The USSR was allied with the axis. After Operation Barbarossa, The USSR joined the allies and…

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• Africa as an idea did not enter the thought process of black intellectuals in white dominated areas such as the USA or South Africa.

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• Yes it is in my rules, however it was fun debating you.
• My opponent has lost this debate.

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• I very sorry to my opponent and voters. It's because I had a debate tournament at Bellere High School. I won first place in Novice PF debate on this topic with my partner Samuel Tekie. :) I'm very sorry again and hope that you would just skip this round and I will move on.…
• I thank whoever that accepts my debate. Resolved, NATO presence improves the lives of Afghan citizens. I have to agree with this topic for the following reasons: 1.There has been substantial improvement 2.NATO Afghan has been much better than Taliban Afghan 3.Terrorism and…

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• Autocracy: "government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch." http://dictionary.reference.com... Dictatorship: "a country, government, or the form of government in which absolute power is…
• The crux of this argument and others rests on the notion of the dichotomy between two available military actions, and the definitive link between one action and resultant casualties. The way you have framed this issue would indicate that the U.S. Strategic Command could loose…

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• I thought I made it clear through my premise that the government had a clear motive and ran with it. It's not a stretch to point the finger to since he wanted Kennedy dead, has handled a weapon before, and also took care of Oswald before Oswald could talk. There was no need for…
• Thank you for accepting. When analyzing the Kennedy Assassination, we must break it into three categories to try and understand the full picture. 1. Motive- Why would anyone feel the need to murder President Kennedy? 2. Method- How was President Kennedy killed? 3. Who did it-…

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• "You never actually did come back to this. Considering that it was my foundation in refuting your initial assertion, I will consider this a concession. Your primary argument was based on the inner workings of the Japanese military and political decision makers, and I will…
• "However, I'd like to point out that that angle of argument is wholly irrelevant to the resolution: " It was a reasonable decision to drop the atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at that time in world history."The decision to drop the bomb was made by…

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• The First Crusade has been viewed in a number of different ways. These views range from the First Crusade was an attempt to colonize North Africa to, the First Crusade was simply bloodthirsty religious fanatical Christian Europeans invading Muslim lands and slaughtering as many…
• Since my opponent has not posted another argument I will simply reiterate my second round argument. Europe and its valuable trade partner, the Byzantine Empire, had been under attack from Islam since the 7th century. The most severe of these attacks conquered the Iberian…

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• I gladly accept the opponent's challenge. In my American History class, the South Carolina crisis is the topic we are on, so I am glad to be able to discuss it here. First off, allow me to state some background information on the topic. South Carolina had, as did the majority…
• Con has forfeited his final round. Best wishes in the voting stage.

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• Kurt Cobain was said to have committed suicide, but the evidence of the scene tells a different story. He had too much heroine in his system to kill himself. He would have been unconscious almost instantaneously. There was no time for him to pick up the shotgun and pull the…

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• bro sebria are good. Ha got eyyyy, they started the war im with u my man. Mporgan doesnt even folow sebria he is only woth tem bc he likes alexander,.…
• yoyoyo serbia

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• I wish to thank Janet for replying with an interesting historic fact: that the legend of Solomon's ring existed in Islamic culture and became a magical practice in the West. In fact, the legend of Solomon's signet (ie. with a "sign") ring goes back at least to the story of the…
• In this essay, I set out to prove two things: First, that King Solomon had a ring with a seal on it, and Second, that he resisted evil spirits.However, the issue we really run up against before going further is whether King Solomon existed in the first place. Presumably, he…

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• "There is nothing capitalistic about it. In soviet Russia, the state did not have a monopoly over all goods and services; it OWNED IT." Which is what a monopoly is! My opponent clearly has no idea what he is talking about as he doesn't know the definition of English terms. I…
• " In the absence of the price mechanism to allocate resources in an economy, an elite group of decision makers must allocate those resources." This is not "communism" this is "state capitalism" aka Monopoly . Everything a capitalist loves. I am not switching terms. You are…

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• Makes history more useful, more human, and more interesting
• Prohibition of a subject damages discourse and free enquiry

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• This debate will largely consist of his New Deal policies, but if you need to bring in additional evidence from other terms that is allowed as well.* Opening Statement: FDR is possibly one of the worst presidents we have ever had. My reasoning behind it is because of his poor…
• This topic is based on FDR's New Deal It is a rather broad debate that you can talk about anything during his terms. Rule 1: Challenger will go first Rule 2: Do your Best (Any other rules that may need to be created during the course of this debate may be considered) Round 1:…

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• I will finish addressing con's points from Round 1. Con states that "people who just barely made it out heard explosions from the towers before they started to fall down". Lets not forget that "explosions" does not always equal "explosives". There was after all a massive fire…
• Sadly I could not address every point con makes as I only have 10000 characters. I'll try next round though. Links at bottom. Con states that the towers were brought down "in the same style as a controlled demolition". While at quick glance this might seem true, if you ever…

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• "Nor did the Crusaders. Their goal was simple: take back the holy land in the name of Christendom. They cared nothing for evangelical preaching of the Gospels. When the Crusader states were formed, most non-Christian locals were either killed, exiled, or sold into slavery." My…
• "'Romans indeed were expansive. However, unlike Muslims, the Roman expansionism was not motivated by religion.' I fail to see how that makes a difference. The Romans were conquerors bent on world domination, it doesn't matter what their motivation was." The religious motivation…

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• "In dealing with vulgar minded bullies, and so much unfourtunately the people of the United States are."-Lord Palmerston. "We also are on the verge of the disolution of the United States."-Lord Palmerston in a letter to Queen Victoria. My source for these quotes is a documetary…
• InfraRedEd keeps on complaining this is a stupid topic he couldn't even win, so why did he pick it in the first place. Note that he has backed away from his burden, that he took on by accepting my challenge to debate. And another thing - I'm not arguing Palmerston was a…

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• Round One.https://docs.google.com...

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• If you think colonialism was not beneficial and you want to restore 'African Pride' and beauty then get rid of everything western and make it pure AFRICAN by wearing animal skin,do not use computers or internet because it keeps us in touch with the west or you be like Chinese…
• I believe you are fully African or partly and so i want your opinion. Colonialism was not only 'exploration' but an opportunity to solidify black identity,understand the African economy and production. Africans were more beneficial with colonialism than the europeans themselves…

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• 'The lend-lease program , signed by president Roosevelt authorized large amounts of various goods to be shipped to the USSR.' You fail to say the date this was singed was AFTER the usa had entered the war. Pear harbor led directly to : The elimination of fascism Europe Freedom…
• "" the united states was supplying the Russians with supplies, arms, tanks, and planes "" No they were not. The Russian tanks were the T 26 and T 34 of which 90,000 were built in total. All were manufactured in Russia You say "" The great depression was not ended by the second…

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• To answer Con's arguments: In that same video of the rover, there also was found evidence of the Apollo mission being fake. And that relates to the speed of the video, which will be the best argument against Con's statement. Since I am not a scientist, I can not answer it in a…
• Your answers to my statements are not valid. For example, the actual reason the flag "waving" is due to a inserted wire in the flag. When the astronauts put the flag up, they bent the wire, causing the flag to "wave". My "statement" pr not truly my opinion, therefore I also…

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• To my disappointment, Mestari has again forfeited.My arguments stand unrefuted. I urge a pro vote for arguments and conduct. -----NON DEBATE MATTERS:1. For those interested in this topic as a debate, please contact me ASAP. I have only a little time to do a debate before…
• Con's forfeit disappoints me. I, however, shall not pile on more arguments this round. Let the debate resume next round.

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• "This argument, of course, is false. Even if we retain the Iraqi soldiers within the military, it will not guarantee that he will not join the insurgency, for the simple reason that for an Iraqi, loyalty to their religious group (Sunni, in this instance) is greater than…
• You are arguing that Iraq has age-long cultural and religious problems that go beyond the invasion of 2003. I agree; I'm not saying that L. Paul Bremer is responsible for all the problems that ever happened or will happen in iraq. I'm saying that if it weren't for his mistakes…

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• I will now address the issues my opponent brought up last roundThe League of nations was a much weaker version of the UN today, and the UN doesnt exactly impact US policy or lifestyle to an extraordinary degree. True the UN is a good analogy to the league of Nations and it too…
• My opponent claims that Harding's interventionist stance and refusal to join the League of Nations actually made WWII worse than it could have been. The reason he didn't join the league was that first of all, a majority of the American people were opposed to it, and he knew…

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• The Romans and Mayans, Aztecs and Incans, for the sake of time we will call them South Americans, both had dazzling architecture. However, I would argue that the Romans applied better science, culture and technique to their buildings. I will be comparing the Inca city machu…

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• Well, Yesterday the debate came to an official end, But now it's saying that I need to post an argument for round 3. I'm not sure how the rounds got mixed up, But I'm fairly confident in what I've presented because I used documented facts.
• I'm new here, And I'm not familiar with the layout, But that was just a monologue, Not an argument. My initial debate, Which made the other guy forfeit, More so pertained to the country's history within the 50 states. The additional information was just an expansion after…

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• Pardoning Richard Nixon was the correct thing to do because it ended a long and tedious scandal and that would have made people lose even more faith within their federal government and with their leadership within the nation. It would cause a stronger divide amongst our…
• I will be arguing the fact that Gerald Ford made the proper choice in the pardoning of Richard Nixon in the wake of the water gate scandal. My opponent will oppose this idea and explain their reasoning why.

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• I was hoping on having one last back and forth for the third round, but it looks as though Con has nothing left to say. I would like to take this round instead to thank Con for giving me a chance to have a debate with some one. Hopefully Con can do better in their next debate.
• Tesla did distrust people, but he died penniless by being stabbed in the back by JP Morgan. Tesla was being funded by Morgan to create world wide wireless energy that could be used in every home around the globe. The reason that funding was cut was because Morgan found out that…

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• The opponent has stated in his opening argument that he would ike to consider Ireland aswel in this debate. If the opponent wishes, I will leave the burden of evidense for 'Ireland' up to him, providing he is happy about it. It would also be suitable since I am from Northern…
• Format: 1st Round: Challenge and Introduction 2nd Round: Argument 3rd Round: Argument and rebuttal. I will bear the burden of evidense in this debate. I believe that what once was a proud, civilized nation, has become a servile, sycophantic minority pleaser. Our politician's…

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• I am very sorry, but you are not answering my points. You contradict in your last statement when you say " Looking at it from a human point of view I still disagree. War claims such horrible deaths of civilians. Japan brought this horrific event upon itself by pearl harbor,…
• Alright I am glad we agree on that the bomb was to boost our military might, but we disagree on if that was the only major reason. And before I hit that point, I want to discuss the horrors we caused. You say to protect 1.5 American military lives, we had to kill Japanese…

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• Should students be taught about the failures of famous American leaders in school?

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• Now for the final round. The Spartan culture is not a big part of this debate. Leonidas did not put this into effect, it had been around for centuries before him and lasted well afterwards. Now looking back to round two, we chose to define leader as military or political; I…
• I'll concede that Alexander fought in the battles, my mistake. When we talk about Alexander's success, we need to remember he was set up for it. He was the son of a king, and tutored by the greatest philosophers and strategists of the time. Leonidas worked his way up the ranks,…