Advanced Placement United States History

 Semester “Event” Project---Part II

Time period guidelines:    Second Semester 1877-1992

Guidelines:

Choose your event.

·        Your topic needs to have had an impact (positive or negative) on American history.  There will be a sign-up sheet in the classroom.                                                       Sign-ups must be completed by _________________.

Sources and bibliography prep.

?        You are required to read a minimum of two books on the topic.

?         On _______________, I will require you to turn in a 3x5-note card, labeled with your topic and the five sources you intend to use on your project.  This will serve as the basis for your bibliography.  Proper MLA formats must be used.

Points/topics to be covered in your paper:

?      Literary analysis  Describe the literacy influences associated with your event and/or the time period.  These could include books, poetry, songs etc.

?      Describe the event itself.  Explain what happened and why.      

?      Explain the significance of this event in American history.  Why was it so important that we still remember it years later? 

?      What if?  Detail the chain of events you believe would have occurred.  This is your opportunity to predict how you believe history could have been changed. If this event had not turned out the way it had, how would it have changed history? 

?    Your summary should include why you chose this event and how your new, detailed knowledge has changed (or not) your previous beliefs on this subject.  (what if and summary due at final turn in)

        Book reviews. Critique each of your books.  The main purpose is to evaluate how effective the book was in your research.  Also include a recommendation for future APUSH’ers. 

Additionally:

?         You should have an attractive cover page with a visual representation of your event.

?         Visuals.  Pictures, maps, etc, always will enhance your paper.  However, do not let them overwhelm the real purpose:  writing that   represents depth of knowledge.

?         Bibliography and works cited pages.  These should reflect proper MLA format.

Final due date.

·        Papers will be due on ______________________. 

Total points:  200…….

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·        Assassination of Martin Luther King

·        America in the 20^th Century

·        Advertising and marketing of the 1950’s

·        Treatment of the Japanese during WWII

·        The Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk

·        Stock Market crash

·        Soviet spies in America

·        Child labor

·        Prohibition

·        Gangsters of the 20’s

·        Apollo Mission

·        Civil Right movements

·        Outlaws of the West

·        Korean War

·        Roe vs. Wade

·        Mafia

·        Dust Bowl

·        Yellow Journalism

·        Impact of Earl Warren Court

·        The progression of the education system up till today

·        Gambino crime family

·        Kent State Massacre

·        Boss Tweed

·        Assassination of JFK

·        FDR’s Project

·        AIR War in WWII

·        Drop of the A-Bombs

·        Midway

·        Tet Offensive

·        Watergate

·        Reasons for American involvement in WWII

·        Berlin Wall

·        Hull House

·        Triangle shirt waste fire

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·        Desegregation of schools

·        Rosa Parks

·        Evolution of Radio

·        Cuban Missile Crisis

·        Battle of the Bulge

·        Bay of Pigs

·        League of Nations

·        Removal of Native-Americans to reservations

·        McCarthyism

·        Space Race

·        Manhattan Project

·        U-2 Plane shot down

·        WWII propaganda

·        Zoot Suit Riots

·        Operation Market Garden

·        Submarine Warfare in the Pacific – WWII

·        Pearl Harbor

·        D-Day

·        Counter Culture of the 60’s

·        Iran Hostage Crisis

·        Iwo Jima

·        Weapons in WWII

·        Hollywood – WWII

·        U.S.S. Pueblo

·        The Gold rush

·        Rosie the Riveter (women’s contributions during WWII)

·        Roosevelt’s hundred days

·        Yalta Conference

·        Olympic Boycott of 1980

·        Kennedy family

·        Jazz movement

·        The Beat movement

·        Spy planes in the Cold War

·        Ghost towns

·        New York Slums

·        Integration of Central High

·        Charles Manson murders

·        Launch of MTV

·        Woodstock

·        Desert Storm

·        KKK

·        Bus Boycott

·        Rock and Roll in American Culture

·        Fast food

·        Korean War/Frozen Chosin Reservoir

·        Immigration

·        Birmingham Bombing

·        Amelia Earhart

·        Gulf War

·        War Powers Act

·        Paris Peace Treaty of 1973

·        Depression

·        Animated Cartoons

·        Impact of Broadway

·        Carter Administration

·        Breaking the Sound Barrier

·        The 2^nd Red Scare

·        Race Riots

·        Evolution of the Prison System

·        Jackie Robinson breaks baseball’s color barrier