2026 Madison Contest Results

Junior

Junior Group Documentary

Jazz: The Revolution, Reaction, and Reform That Changed Music- Jayovanni & Enzo

MK Ultra: Revolution, Reaction, and Reform in the Central Intelligence Agency- Carter, Lincoln, John & Zakhar

Junior Individual Documentary          

Chippewa Spearfishing and Treaty Rights: The Walleye Wars- Sahir

Born Here, But Not Belonging? – The Chinese Exclusion Act and the Fight Over American Citizenship- Fiona

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: His Impact on Indian Freedom- Araina

Alternate: Yom Kippur War: A Worldwide Revolution in Economics and Politics- Aidan

Junior Group Exhibit

The 1692 Witch Hunt in Salem, Massachusetts: Reaction leads to Reform in the Colonial Legal System- Paige & Lucia

Jamestown: The Revolution of the Starving Time and Reforms that Led to the Establishment of the Virginia Colony- Lilian & Alivia

Penicillin: A Revolution in Public Health- Adriana & Isabella

Alternate: The Rise and Fall of the Brazilian Military Dictatorship- Davie & Preston

Junior Individual Exhibit

Hitler Youth: The "Pride" of the Nazi Party- Ava

The Mysterious Disappearance of Flight 19: The Revolutionary Aviation Tragedy- Penny

Survival Problems: Black Panther Social Reforms Black Panther Party- Sophie

Alternate: Jesse Owens the Buckeye Bullet who Broke Barriers- Violet

Junior Papers

From Sweatshops to Strikes: an Uprising of 20,000 Workers that Had Lasting Impacts on Factory Workers’ Rights- Clara

A Sharp Turn in Medical History: The Revolution of the Disposable Hypodermic Needle- Hailey

Mathematician and Scientific Trailblazer Katherine Johnson Reformed the Space Industry Forever- Blithe

Alternate: When the Railroads Came to a Screeching Stop- Alexandra

Junior Group Performance

The Challenger Explosion: A Revolutionary Reaction leading to Reforms at NASA- Isabella, Aubree, Emmylou & Molly

Junior Group Website

The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857: India's Struggle for Freedom in its First War of Independence- Aariz & Arunava Saha

Sputnik 1: The United States Reacts to a Revolution in Space Technology- Tyler & Wyatt

The Urban Development of Chicago from 1960s-1990s- James & Enzo

Alternate: Doctors From Hell: The Reaction of Medical Experiments Durning the Holocaust- Deidre & Samantha

Junior Individual Website

Milwaukee vs Prohibition: How a National Law Hurt a Local Economy- Conrad

Senior

Senior Group Documentary

Riot at Stonewall: History Changed for Good- Alayna & Aleah

After the Smoke Cleared: Muslim American Communicators After 9/11- Prince, Stephen, Jackson & Jeremiah

Gandhi: Reforming India's Nonviolent Revolution- Eric, Anirban & Aarav

Alternate: How Haitian Independence Affected American Slavery- Braeden, Sawyer & Mathis

Senior Individual Documentary

Ceresco: A Revolution on Wisconsin's 1800s Societal Systems- Ruby

Che Guevara and Marxism- Meghan

Ballet Tours of the Cold War: How a Soft Power Revolution Prompted American Arts Reforms- Damaris

Senior Individual Exhibits

Corrie ten Boom: Hidden Holocaust Hero- Vanessa

Women: "Choose Laundry Over Labor"- Annabelle

"Dare to be Free": The Impact of the Haitian Revolution- Ava

Alternate: The Radium Girls- Ruby

Senior Papers

The History of Wisconsin: Canning and Preservation- Tanager

Mollie Katzen's Moosewood Cookbook: The Reaction to the Revolutionary Cookbook that Reformed the Way Americans Eat -Liza

The Transformation of Civil Rights in the United States: How Brown v. Board of Education Case Shaped Global Views on Segregation- Ranvir

Alternate: The Fast Food Revolution in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s Following Industrialization- Sidney

Senior Group Website

The Revolution of the Watergate Scandal- Kyliana & Libby

Senior Individual Website

The True Price of Silver: China in the Western Imperial World- Sofija

Susan B. Anthony the women's rights suffrage movement- Skyler

Pioneering Gay Rights for Wisconsin- Erin

Special Award

American Labor History Award (Sponsored by The Wisconsin Labor History Society)

Lewis Hine's "Breaker Boys": A Picture Worth a Thousand Words- Luca

Labor in Day, Rest at Night- Damaris