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

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

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)

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

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

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

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 20th Amendment, 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

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

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

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

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, 1st Superbowl 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

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

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

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