Term paper resource guide to twentieth-century United States history / by Robert Muccigrosso, Ron Blazek, and Teri Maggio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muccigrosso, Robert.

Contributor:

Blazek, Ron.

Maggio, Teri.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Report writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Report writing.

United States--History--Study and teaching--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

[Westport, Conn.] : Greenwood Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Students will write more effective term papers with this guide to 500 term paper ideas-as well as a listing of appropriate print and nonprint sources- on twentieth-century U.S. history. This guide presents entries on 100 of the most important events and developments in twentieth-century U.S. history organized in chronological order. Each entry consists of a short description of the event, followed by five specific suggestions for term papers about the event, and a wide-ranging annotated bibliography of 15-35 books, articles, videos, and a web site appropriate for student research. In every case the emphasis is on recent and up-to-date material, as well as landmark works and primary sources. Every entry contains a video and concludes with a recommended web site, producing a multimedia approach designed to appeal to the current information-gathering habits and preferences of young people. From the Spanish-American War to the creation of NAFTA, the 100 events and developments cover political, social, economic, and cultural issues. The work has been designed to meet the needs of the U.S. history curriculum. Term paper topic ideas offer students thought-provoking suggestions that are challenging and develop critical thinking skills. The annotated bibliography is organized into reference sources, general sources, specialized sources, biographical sources, periodical articles, recommended videos and World Wide Web sites. All items are readily available in school, public, and academic library collections. This unique guide is valuable not only to students, but to teachers and librarians who guide students in research, and is an excellent purchasing guide for librarians who serve student needs.

Contents:

Contents; Historian's Preface; Bibliographer's Preface; Spanish-American War (1898); Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902); Boxer Rebellion (1900); Panama Canal; Assassination of President McKinley (1901); Wright Brothers Flight at Kitty Hawk (1903); Muckraking; Conservation Movement during the Progressive Era; Establishment of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1909); Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (1911); Presidential Election of 1912; Women's Suffrage; Progressive Reforms Enacted; Woodrow Wilson and the Mexican Crisis (1913- 1917); The Armory Show (1913)

Sinking of the Lusitania (1915)The United States and World War I (1917- 1918); Paris Peace Conference (1919); The Red Scare (1919-1920); Prohibition (1919-1933); Sacco-Vanzetti Trial (1921); Ford Model T; Revival of the Ku Klux Klan; First Radio Broadcasts; Silent Movies; Harlem Renaissance; Scopes Trial (1925); Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.'s Transatlantic Flight (1927); Opposition to Immigration in the 1920's; Jazz Age Culture; Stock Market Crash of 1929; The Great Depression; The Bonus Army (1932); The Presidential Election of 1932; Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) (1933)

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (1933)Growth of Organized Labor during the 1930's; The Dust Bowl; Establishment of Social Security (1935); Good Neighbor Policy; Pre-Pearl Harbor Debate between Isolationists and Interventionists; Pearl Harbor (1941); Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II (1942- 1944); The Manhattan Project (1942-1945); Women and World War II; Minorities and World War II; Invasion of Normandy (D-Day) (1944); Yalta Conference (1945); Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945); United Nations Established (1945); War Crime Trials (1945-1948)

Cold War Begins Jackie Robinson Integrates Major League Baseball (1947); Marshall Plan (1947); NATO Established (1949); Alger Hiss Trials (1949-1950); Trial of the Rosenbergs (1950-1951); McCarthyism (1950-1954); Korean War (1950-1953); Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954); Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956); Elvis Presley and Rock 'n' Roll Music; Polio Vaccine Discovered; Little Rock School Crisis (1957); Sputnik (1957); Golden Age of Television; U-2 Plane Shot Down (1959); Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961); Cuban Missile Crisis (1962); John F. Kennedy Assassinated (1963)

Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement The 1960's Counterculture; Black Power Movement; Vietnam War; Great Society Programs (1965-1968); Student Radicalism during the 1960's; National Organization for Women (NOW) Founded (1966); American Indian Movement (AIM) Founded (1968); Tet Offensive (1968); My Lai Massacre (1968); Apollo 11 and the Moon Landing (1969); Earth Day Observed (1970); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Created (1970); Kent State Killings (1970); Watergate Scandal (1972-1974); Strategic Arms Limitation Agreements (SALT I and SALT II) (1972, 1979)

President Nixon Visits China (1972)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9798216024361

9780313007651

0313007659

OCLC:

929144219