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Research Topic Selection United States Events 1900 - 1999

Research Topic Selection United States Events 1900 - 1999. Research Paper Background. This is a LANGUAGE ARTS assignment! Social Studies teachers are helping with topic selection and can help with research

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Research Topic Selection United States Events 1900 - 1999

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  1. Research Topic SelectionUnited States Events 1900 - 1999

  2. Research Paper Background • This is a LANGUAGE ARTS assignment! • Social Studies teachers are helping with topic selection and can help with research • You will be selecting a topic in history between 1900-1999 that relates to the United States • Must have a cause and effect relationship • Bad example: Abraham Lincoln was an awesome guy who did a lot of things for America • Good Example: Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation changed race relations in America

  3. Research Paper Background • When selecting a topic you will be looking to answer these three questions • What it did/was? (cause) • What was the overall effect? (effect) • Why it is important? (effect/conclusion)

  4. Timeline • January 21st – February 3rd • Topic Selection and Background Research • February 3rd– February 14th • Gathering/Assessing Sources • February 14th – February 21st • Research and Note taking • February 21st – February 28th • Graphic Organizer and Outline • February 28th – March 2nd • Writing Body Paragraphs • FINAL COPY DUE: March 20th

  5. 1900 – 1909: Expansionism/America Takes Flight • Science and Tech • Wright Brothers first flight, NY city subway, Model T created • Arts/Literature/Music • The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, First silent movie • Government/Politics • Assassination of Pres. McKinley, Chinese Exclusion Act, NAACP founded • Sports • Creation of MLB, 1st World Series, 1st Rose Bowl • Misc. • Galveston Hurricane, San Francisco Earthquake

  6. 1910 – 1919: The Great War/Progressivism • Science and Tech. • Halley’s Comet, First assembly line • Arts/Literature/Music • Charlie Chaplin • Government/Politics • Standard Oil broken up, Panama Canal opened, US Coast Guard established, 18th Amendment • Sports • 1st Indianapolis 500, Babe Ruth debut, Black Sox Scandal • Misc. • Boy Scouts founded, Girl Scouts formed, Oreo created, Daylight Savings, Ford Company, Flu epidemic

  7. 1920 – 1929: The Roaring 20’s/Jazz Age • Science and Tech • Penicillin discovered, bubble gum invented • Arts/Literature/Music • Harlem Renaissance begins, talking movies, Mickey Mouse, Time magazine founded • Government/Politics • 19thAmendment, Tea Pot Dome Scandal, Stock Market Crash, Scopes Monkey Trial • Sports • 1st pro football league, 1st Winter Olympics, Babe Ruth homerun record • Misc. • Miss America pageant, Lincoln Memorial created, Lindbergh flies the Atlantic, St. Valentines Massacre/Al Capone, Amelia Earhart

  8. 1930 – 1939: The Great Depression/The Turbulent 30’s • Science and Tech • Pluto discovered, Albert Einstein letter to FDR • Arts/Literature/Music • Gone with the Wind published, War of Worlds, Wizard of OZ premiers • Government/Politics • FDR/New Deal, 21st Amendment • Sports • 1st Masters Tournament, Jessie Owens wins gold in Berlin • Misc. • Scottsboro Boys trial, Empire State Building created, Amelia Earhart disappears, Lindbergh baby kidnapped, Dust Bowl, Hoover Dam completed, Golden Gate Bridge opened, Bonnie and Clyde killed, John Dillinger robberies

  9. 1940 – 1949: WWII • Science and Tech • First non-stop flight around world • Arts/Literature/Music • 1984 by George Orwell • Government/Politics • Military segregation ended, Alger Hiss trial • Sports • NBA founded, Jackie Robinson breaks the race barrier • Misc. • Mt. Rushmore completed, Pearl Harbor, Battle of Midway, Race Riots in Detroit/Harlem, Chuck Yeager sound barrier, D-Day, Hiroshima/Nagasaki

  10. 1950 – 1959: The Age of Consumerism/Baby Boom/ Cold War • Science and Tech • 1st credit card, 1st organ transplant, 1st trans-continental television broadcast, Polio vaccine, DNA discovered, NASA founded, Explorer I launched • Arts/Literature/Music • Elvis and Ed Sullivan, US quiz shows fixed • Government/Politics • Rosenberg's executed, McCarthyism, Brown v Board • Sports • Roger Bannister 4:00 mile, 1st Daytona 500 • Misc. • Disney Land opened, Emmitt Till murdered, Rosa Parks, McDonald’s founded, Little Rock 9

  11. 1960 – 1969: Civil Rights Era/Vietnam • Science and Tech • 1st man on moon • Arts/Literature/Music • The Beatles, Woodstock, British Invasion • Government/Politics • Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, JFK + RFK assassination, • Sports • Cassius Clay wins Word Heavyweight championship, 1stSuperbowl • Misc. • Famous escape from Alcatraz, Zodiac killer, Manson Family murders • Civil Rights • 1st Sit-ins, Freedom Riders, James Meredith Ole Miss, Medgar Evers murdered, “I have a dream”, MLK and Malcolm X assassination

  12. 1970 – 1979: The Counterculture • Science and Tech • Viking I lands on Mars, Three Mile Island meltdown, 1st test tube baby • Arts/Literature/Music • Roots, Star Wars • Government/Politics • Kent State killings, Watergate, Roe v Wade, Iran Hostage Crisis • Sports • Mark Spitz wins 7 gold medals, Arthur Ash Wimbledon, Secretariat • Misc. • 1st Earth Day, Patty Hearst and Paul Getty kidnapped, NY blackouts, Son of Sam, Sears Tower, Jones Town massacre

  13. 1980 – 1989: Conservatism • Science and Tech • Sally Ride, Challenger Explosion, Ozone, CNN • Arts/Literature/Music • John Lennon assassinated, E.T, Thriller released • Government/Politics • Reagan assassination attempt, Sandra Day O’Connor, Colin Powel • Sports • “Miracle on Ice”, Pete Rose most career hits • Misc. • Mt. St. Helens, AIDS breakout, Exxon spill, Stock Market crash of 1987

  14. 1990 – 1999: Fall of the Soviet Union/Growth of Terrorism • Science and Tech • Hubble Space Telescope, “Dolly” clowned • Arts/Literature/Music • The Simpsons premiers, The Grunge movement • Government/Politics • Clinton Impeached, Gulf War • Sports • World Series cancelled, Summer Olympic bombings • Misc. • LA Riots/Rodney King, Waco standoff, 1st World Trade Center bombing, Oklahoma City bombing, OJ Simpson case, Columbine shootings, Unabomber, JFK Jr killed

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