The document provides instructions for a research paper that must analyze one of three topic choices: The Great Depression, the Civil Rights Movement, or the Holocaust. For the chosen topic, the paper must incorporate at least three of the listed leading ideas and can include additional ideas from research. Topic 1 on the Great Depression includes background on its impact and six potential leading ideas to analyze related to its causes, Hoover's response, crime levels, FDR's New Deal policies, impact on women, and differences across racial groups. Topic 2 focuses on the Civil Rights Movement and provides five potential leading ideas about barriers to voting, activism tactics, legal changes, media's role, and improvements still needed. Topic 3 centers on the Holocaust and lists eight potential leading

1. For the Research paper you have to choose (only) one of the 3
topics and incorporate at least 3 leading ideas from the topic
selected. Bringing new Leading ideas to your paper (in addition
those required by this assignment) is highly encouraged, it will
depend on your research.
Topic 1 The Great Depression
subject: What is the significance of the Great Depression In the
young, yet tumulus history of our great nation, U.S.A.
The Great Depression represents one of the longest and hardest
economic struggles in the country's history. Crime was at a
peak, and many different groups of people struggled for their
livelihoods. The New Deal that arose from the Great Depression
had profound implications for how the country was to handle
poverty for decades to come, and the experience of the Great
Depression influenced the U.S.'s role in World War II
Leading Ideas:
A. Describe two to three major causes of the Great Depression.
For each cause that you name, explain precisely how it
unfolded, who the major players were, and how it led to the
Great Depression. Weigh in with your view on whether the
Great Depression was ultimately multiclausal or had one major
cause.
B. Write an essay analyzing Herbert Hoover's role in leading to
the Great Depression. Use your essay to reflect on the extent to
which the president has power over and can be blamed for

2. problems with the economy.
C. Analyze the relationship between the Great Depression and
crime in the United States. What sorts of crime rose and
dropped most substantially during the Great Depression, and in
what geographic areas were they the most pronounced? Why do
you think crime was or was not substantial during the Great
Depression, and what does this relationship teach you about
crime overall?
D. Explain Franklin D. Roosevelt's approach to handling the
Great Depression and particularly his architecture of the New
Deal. How would you describe and account for Roosevelt's way
of handling the Depression? What were some of the political
obstacles he faced in putting his ideas into action, and how did
he handle these challenges?
E. What was the role of women during the Great Depression?
How did the Depression impact women differently from men,
and what, overall, was the relationship between economics and
gender during this time period?
F. Discuss the different ways the Great Depression Played out
in Different racial groups and communities. Postulate as to why
these differences might have occurred and what they mean
about the connection between race and economics overall
Topic 2 Civil Rights Movement
subject: How did the Civil Rights change the nature of the
fabric of the American Society? U.S.
You will take on the role of a historian for this project. It will
be your job to do some preliminary research (research done to
generate background knowledge) and select 3 events from the
Civil Rights Era that you think are the most significant to the
success of the movement
Leading ideas:

3. A. Why had black Americans been deprived of the right to vote?
Once they did have the right, what measures were taken to
discourage them from exercising it? How effective was the
Voting Rights Act?
B.
What did it take to change the system and the society? What
were some of the tactics used by civil rights activists to bring
about these changes?
C.
How have race relations improved since the period under study?
What were the main factors that led to these improvements?
What improvements do you think are still needed?
D.
Compare the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v.
Ferguson with Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
What are the similarities and differences?
E. What was the role of media in Ushering the Civil Right
Movement
Topic 3 The planned and meticulously assassination of human
beings and their culture(s), The Holocaust.
subject: Why the Holocaust could never be forgotten?
Leading Ideas:
A. Does humanity learn from history? Explain your point of
view through the example of the holocaust.
B. Can one person be responsible for the horrors of the
Holocaust?

4. C. Should the international community intervene actively if
something similar to the holocaust happens today?
D. Should US treat Israel as a country of victims or heroes? (for
your conclusion)
E. Did the Nazi soldiers approve the genocide?
F. The holocaust only occurred because of Hitler’s ideas about
race to what extent is this statement true?
G. Why should we remember the American Indian holocaust?
How can stereotypes be dangerous explain with examples of the
holocaust