US History

Equal Rights research

Assignment Sheet:

Mr. Huntingdale and Mr. Smith's Analytical Research Paper

below are resources to assist you with your research project

Some of our electronic library resources may need these Creek login credentials

Step One: Issues and Controversies Database Article

Pick one of these topics. Read the article carefully and cite it in NoodleTools. This is the starting point for your research and the bulk of your evidence for your paper will come from this article.

American Women in the Post–World War II Economy: Do Mothers Belong in the Work Force?
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter Act): National Origins System Maintained in Setting Immigration Quotas
Baseball's Color Line: Desegregating Professional Baseball
Brown v. Board of Education: Does Racial Segregation of Public Schools Violate the U.S. Constitution?
Little Rock Integration Crisis: Should the Federal Government Intervene?
Equal Pay Act of 1963: Should Employers Be Required to Pay Women and Men Equal Wages?
Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Measure to Ensure Equality or a Violation of States' Rights?
Great Society and the War on Poverty: Was President Johnson's Plan to End Poverty in the U.S. necessary?
Hippies: Positive Force for Social Change or Troubled Youth?
Malcolm X Assassination: Did the Nation of Islam Kill Malcolm X or Was Someone Else Responsible?
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965: Was Congress Justified In Ending The National Origins Immigration System?
Voting Rights Act of 1965: Was It Constitutional Or A Violation Of States Rights?
Black Power Movement: Militancy vs. Compromise in the Fight for Rights
Miranda v. Arizona: Supreme Court Establishes the Right to Remain Silent During Police Interrogation
Vietnam-Era Draft Necessary to Contain Communism or a Form of Servitude?
Kent State Shootings: Self-Defense by the National Guard or Massacre of Innocent Students?
Youth Suffrage: Should the Voting Age Be Lowered to 18?
School Busing: Necessary to Desegregate Public Schools or an Infringement on Personal Liberty?
Reproductive Rights and the Contraceptive Revolution: Should Contraception Be Legal and Easily Accessible?
Equal Rights Amendment: Should the U.S. Constitution Be Amended to Ban Discrimination Based on Sex?
Roe v. Wade: Is Abortion Murder, or Do Women Have a Fundamental Right to the Procedure?
The Bakke Case: Is Affirmative Action Necessary and Legal, or Does It Violate the U.S. Constitution?
Proposition 6: Should California Voters Pass the Antigay Ballot Measure Known as the Briggs Initiative?
Slave Reparations: Should African Americans Receive Reparations for Slavery?

Step Two: Primary Sources

Think about the people who left behind the primary source. Was what they knew different than what we know? How did they know it?

The Issues and Controversies Database has a list of primary sources linked to your main article
You can find additional primary sources on the Creek Library Primary Sources page

Step Three: Additional Library Resources
(print books, eBooks, databases)

CCHS Library Catalog - Search the library catalog for print resources on the library shelves.

Think of keywords related to your research topic when you are searching for books.

(Example: Women's Suffrage, Suffragists, Women's Right to Vote, 19th Amendment, National Woman Suffrage Association, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, etc.)

Browse:

- The History collection
- Find your topic in the Great Events from History and Great Lives from History series - (also available as physical print books in the reference area)
- Civil Rights Movement