American+History+Research+Paper

=American History Research Paper=


 * Rubric and suggested topics **: [[file:Research Paper possible topics.doc]]


 * NOTE: ** Be sure to save your web addresses, or you will not be able to complete your Works Cited page! It is best to copy and paste them onto a Word doc for accuracy. Use [|EasyBib] or [|Citation Machine] to complete the citations.
 * REMEMBER: ** Wikipedia articles give you the full citation (under Toolbox) and so do any articles from the databases on your internet home page. Look for them at the end of the article. Use MLA format.

**ALWAYS use a selection of "keywords" when searching. Don't put questions into Google, because your results will be from Wiki Answers, Answers.com and Yahoo Answers, which are NOT reliable sources - they can be written by anyone.**

**Effects of inventions:** This is actually a textbook chapter but it covers the effects of inventions on transportation, communication and the growth of industry. More here: **[|The Growth of Industry]** Scroll down to **Effects of the Cotton Gin** in this article: [] Surprising fact: "Whitney (who died in 1825) could not have foreseen the ways in which his invention would change society for the worse." [|**How the Steam Engine Changed the World**]
 * [|Chapter 19: The //Growth of Industry//, 1865-1914]**
 * [|King Cotton]** This link takes you to our Britannica Online Encyclopedia (also accessed from your internet home page). Home access requires a user name and password from Mrs. March.

Role of Spies
Plenty more resources if you Google: **role of spies american wars**
 * [|Spies and Spying]**from Gale Student Resources (also accessible from your home page). Citation is at the end of the article.Home access requires a user name and password from Mrs. March.

**Effects of Weapons** Consider weapons development through the centuries - technological improvements to guns, development of tanks, mines, bombs, chemical, biological and nuclear weapons and how these have been used in American wars and conflicts. Both the following are short articles but they will give you some ideas for further research. More:
 * [|Do Better Weapons Win Wars? The Role of Technology in Warfare]**
 * [|Weapons of the American Civil War]**
 * [|Weapons that changed modern warfare]**
 * [|Weapons that changed warfare]**
 * [|Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]**
 * [|Modern Warfare]**See the section on Guerrilla Warfare. During the last 50 years, our wars have been against enemies who could mingle with the local population and used guerrilla tactics. Does this affect the choice of weapons?

Slavery

 * [|U.S. Constitution Online: Slavery]**
 * [|The Final Century of Slavery in the United States]**. from Gale Student Resources (also accessible from your home page). Citation is at the end of the article. Home access requires a user name and password from Mrs. March.
 * [|Slavery and the Making of America]** Informative timeline from the PBS TV series.

Separation of Powers

 * [|Checks and Balances]** from Gale Student Resources (also accessible from your home page). Citation is at the end of the article. Home access requires a user name and password from Mrs. March.

**Effects of the War of 1812**

 * [|Effects of War of 1812 on postwar North America: Who Won?]**

**Effects of the Civil War**
See ** [|Civil War, American] ** from World Book Online (also accessed from your internet home page). Scroll down through the list of contents (left side) to ** Results of the War. **Home access requires a user name and password from Mrs. March.

**[|Reconstruction]**
Helpful page of links to resources on this subject, from Social Studies for Kids.

Monroe Doctrine

 * [|Consequences of the Monroe Doctrine]**