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    This document lists over 50 important topics from 20th and 21st century American history, including major events, people, social movements, wars, scandals, and technological innovations. Students are assigned to research one of the topics in more depth, answering questions about what happened, who was involved, when and where it took place, why it occurred, and the significance and outcomes. They are then asked to write a short essay summarizing the key details of their chosen topic.

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    This document lists over 50 important topics from 20th and 21st century American history, including major events, people, social movements, wars, scandals, and technological innovations. Students are assigned to research one of the topics in more depth, answering questions about what happened, who was involved, when and where it took place, why it occurred, and the significance and outcomes. They are then asked to write a short essay summarizing the key details of their chosen topic.

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    20th and 21st Century American History Topics

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    wvbygod
    This document lists over 50 important topics from 20th and 21st century American history, including major events, people, social movements, wars, scandals, and technological innovations. Students are assigned to research one of the topics in more depth, answering questions about what happened, who was involved, when and where it took place, why it occurred, and the significance and outcomes. They are then asked to write a short essay summarizing the key details of their chosen topic.

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    20th and 21st century American history topics:

    • The Boxer Rebellion • The assassination of Dr, Martin


    • The assassination of William Luther King, Jr.
    McKinley • The space race and the moon landing
    • The Panama Canal • The Kent State shootings
    • The San Francisco Earthquake • The Women's Liberation Movement
    • The Ford Model T • Richard Nixon's trip to China
    • Women's suffrage • Watergate
    • World War I • Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard
    • Woodrow Wilson and the signing of Nixon
    the Fourteen Points • The OPEC gas crisis of the 1970s
    • The Red Scare • The Iranian hostage crisis
    • Sacco and Vanzetti • The assassination attempt on Ronald
    • Prohibition Reagan's life
    • The Great Depression • Ronald Reagan's invasion of
    • FDR and the New Deal Grenada
    • The War of the Worlds broadcast • Ronald Reagan's "War on Drugs"
    • World War II • Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down this
    • The Japanese internment camps Wall" speech
    • The founding of the United Nations • The Challenger explosion
    • The nuclear attacks on Hiroshima • Oliver North and the Iran-Contra
    and Nagasaki scandal
    • The Cold War • Mikhail Gorbachev, glasnost, and
    • The Korean War peace treaties with the Soviet Union
    • Richard Nixon's Checkers speech • The invasion of Panama
    • McCarthyism • The 1991 Gulf War (Operation
    • The assassination of Julius and Ethel Desert Storm)
    Rosenberg • Rodney King and the Los Angeles
    • The quiz show scandal Riots
    • The Berlin Wall • The O.J. Simpson trial
    • The Kennedy-Nixon debate • The Oklahoma City bombing
    • The Cuban Missile Crisis • Bill Clinton and the Monica
    • The Montgomery bus boycott Lewinsky scandal
    • The Woolworth sit-ins • The controversy over the 2000
    • The Civil Rights Movement presidential election results
    • The assassination of JFK • The attacks of September 11th
    • Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty • The War on Terror
    • The Vietnam War • The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
    • Vietnam War protests and the • Hurricane Katrina
    student movements of the 1960s • The Virginia Tech massacre
    Assignment:
    1. Pick out a topic from the list that you
    would like to research.
    2. Research your topic on the internet…
    • If you have chosen a broad topic like
    WWII narrow your topic down to a
    specific event during the war and so
    on.
    • If you have a person, research that
    person and their contribution to history
    i.e. : what were they involved in, who
    did they work with, what was the
    outcome?
    • What is the importance of this event or
    person?
    • When did this event take place?
    • Why did this event take place?
    • Where did this event take place?
    • Who was involved in this event?
    • What was the outcome?
    3. Once you have gathered your information
    you may then type an essay about your
    topic.
    4. Essay needs to be in the standard
    Essay format.

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