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2022 National History Day Paper Showcase

The 2022 National History Day theme was Debate & Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, and Consequences . This showcase features 15 memorable White House-related submissions to this year's essay contest, hosted by National History Day, a partner of the White House Historical Association.

"Dirty Diplomacy"

Julia Cerimele

"The Debate Seen and Heard ‘Round the World"

Omar Elbadawy

"Hamilton vs. Jefferson"

"The War on Veterans"

Sabina Hagen

"The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965"

Elsa Lindfors

"Crisis Calls for Diplomacy"

Katherine Liu

"'The Little Ball Moves the Big Ball'"

Cassandra Lofgren

"'Steel City' Diplomacy"

Aiden Mathai

"Diplomatic Inception"

Andrew Minagar

"Victory at Home, Victory Abroad"

Azaan Naqvi

"Yalta Conference"

Elexa O'Neill

"Herbert Hoover"

Ellie Parsons

"Brutal Beginnings"

Ariana Thornton

"Learning From the Past"

"A Little Ball Propels the Globe"

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Published: September 22, 2022

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Samples of Content on GovInfo Related to This Year's Theme

United States Congressional Serial Set The United States Congressional Serial Set, commonly referred to as the Serial Set, is a compilation of all numbered House and Senate reports and documents, including executive reports and treaty documents, issued for each session of Congress. Documenting events of the U.S. Congress over the years, the Serial Set is one of the Nation’s most treasured publications. The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO), in collaboration with the Law Library of Congress, has started a large multi-year effort to digitize and make accessible volumes of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set back to the first volume, which was published in 1817. Check out the U.S. Congressional Serial Set - Browse by Topic page for a wide selection of publications related to this year's theme.

• Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
• Presidential Inaugural Addresses
• S. Pub. 115-5 - Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States
• Congressional Directory
• Congressional Pictorial Directory
• United States Government Manual - As the official handbook of the Federal Government, the United States Government Manual provides information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches.
• United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions (Plum Book) - The Plum Book is used to identify presidentially appointed positions within the Federal Government.
• Congressional Record - The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress.
• Congressional Record (Bound Edition) - At the end of each session of Congress, all of the daily editions are collected, re-paginated, and re-indexed into a permanent, bound edition, referred to as the Congressional Record (Bound Edition).
• S. Pub. 116-5 - Pro Tem Presidents Pro Tempore of the United States Senate Since 1789 - The Constitution instructs the Senate to choose a president pro tempore to preside over the Senate in the absence of the vice president. Pro tempore is a Latin term meaning "for the time being,” signaling that the position was originally conceived as a temporary replacement. This publication provides an history of the U.S. Senate with portraits and brief biographies of the Senators who served as President Pro Tem between 1789 and 2020.

• S. Doc. 103-27 - Constantino Brumidi - Artist of the Capitol - Constantino Brumidi: Artist of the Capitol, was authorized by the 103rd Congress (S. Con. Res. 40) as part of the celebration of the bicentennial of the construction of the Capitol.
• H. Doc. 108-226 - Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress, 1900 – 2017
• H. Doc. 116-152 - Women in Congress 1917 – 2020 (An EPUB reader or browser extension is required to view this eBook).
• Native American and American Indian Related Publications
• H. Doc. 108-224 - Black Americans in Congress 1870 - 2007
• H. Doc. 108-225 - Hispanic Americans in Congress 1822-2012
• 45th Anniversary of Women Admitted to West Point
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg , A collection of documents and resources in memory of the U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Jeannette Rankin , 100th Anniversary of the First Woman to Serve in the United States Congress
• Susan B. Anthony , Icon of the Women's Suffrage Movement Susan B. Anthony was an anti-slavery activist and became a trailblazer in the women’s suffrage movement
• Helen Eugenie Anderson , Anniversary of the Appointment of the First Female U.S. Ambassador appointed by President Truman in 1949
• Sally Ride , Anniversary of the First American Woman to Fly in Space
• Amelia Earhart , Anniversary of the Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
• Panama Canal Related Publications
• Anniversary of the Opening of the Panama Canal

• Historical Publications about the Panama Canal
• Featured Legislative Branch Publications - Featured Legislative Branch Publications contains select documents published by agencies in the legislative branch
• Earth Day 2022: Invest in Our Planet
• National Park Week 2022
• National Park Service Centennial
• Anniversary of the New Madrid Earthquakes
• Launch America, Milestone in NASA's Commercial Crew Program
• Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Spaceflight and Man's First Moon Walk
• 50th Anniversary of the Man on the Moon
• 159th Anniversary of the Pony Express
• Centennial of Grand Canyon National Park
• Anniversary of the Homestead Act of 1862 - The Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land
• The National Museum of African American History and Culture - The National Museum of African American History and Culture opened to the public September 24, 2016
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Publications - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce. NIST's mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.

• H. Doc. 110-49 - How Our Laws are Made - Revised and Updated By John V. Sullivan, Parliamentarian, U.S. House of Representatives
• Congressional Bills - Congressional bills are legislative proposals from the House of Representatives and Senate within the United States Congress.
• Congressional Hearings - A hearing is a meeting or session of a Senate, House, joint, or special committee of Congress, usually open to the public, to obtain information and opinions on proposed legislation, conduct an investigation, or evaluate/oversee the activities of a government department or the implementation of a Federal law.
• Congressional Documents - The Congressional Documents collection consists of House Documents, Senate Documents, and Senate Treaty Documents.
• Congressional Committee Prints - Congressional Committee Prints are publications issued by Congressional Committees that include topics related to their legislative or research activities, as well as other matters such as memorial tributes.
• Budget of the United States Government - Issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Budget of the United States Government is a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year.
• Public and Private Laws - Public and private laws are also known as slip laws. A slip law is an official publication of the law and is competent evidence admissible in all state and Federal courts and tribunals of the United States. Public laws affect society as a whole, while private laws affect an individual, family, or small group.
• United States Statutes at Large - The United States Statutes at Large, typically referred to as the Statutes at Large, is the permanent collection of all laws and resolutions enacted during each session of Congress.
• Statute Compilations - The Office of the Legislative Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives maintains a corpus of Statute Compilations of public laws that either do not appear in the U.S. Code or that have been classified to a title of the U.S. Code that has not been enacted into positive law. Each Statute Compilation incorporates the amendments made to the underlying statute since it was originally enacted.
• United States Code - The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States.
• Federal Register - Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , the Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
• Code of Federal Regulations (Annual Edition) - The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) annual edition is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
• H. Doc. 112-129 - Constitution of the United States with Index and the Declaration of Independence, Pocket Edition
• Precedents of the U.S. House of Representatives - This collection contains four series of volumes of precedent: Precedents of the U.S. House of Representatives (2017 series), Deschler’s Precedents (1936-2013), Cannon’s Precedents (1907-1936), and Hinds’ Precedents (1789-1907).
• Riddick's Senate Procedure - Named after Senate Parliamentarian Emeritus Floyd M. Riddick, this Senate document contains the contemporary precedents and practices of the Senate.