Assignment
POS 2041- AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
Instructor: Prof Lightfoot
RESEARCH PAPER
The paper will be 8 typed pages with a minimum of 2,000 words double spaced. You will have to document your research with a minimum of 6 sources and the MLA style of documentation is preferred. The textbook cannot be used as a source. The paper is due on November 30, 2010. The topic must show some impact or relationship to some aspect of the American Governmental System. I want to know more than their life story. I want to see your viewpoint represented. You creativity will go a long way in determining your grade. Topics will be given on a first- come first served basis. There will be no duplications of topics. There will be no extensions or exceptions to the deadline.
The topic can be chosen from any of the following areas:
- The biography of a major figure that
had a major impact on the American government:
George Washington Abraham Lincoln Franklin D. Roosevelt Ronald Reagan Martin L. King, Jr W.E.B. DuBois Earl Warren John Marshall Nancy Pelosi Condoleezza Rice Sarah Palin Barack Obama
- An analysis of a major movement or event that impacted the American society:
| Civil Rights Movement |
Women’s Suffrage |
| “New Federalism” |
Immigration |
| September 11 |
2000 Presidential Election |
| Internet Rights |
Reconstruction |
| Jim Crow America |
Tea Party |
- Analysis of a major piece of legislation that impacted the American society:
| Brown v. Board of Education |
Civil Rights Act |
| Bakke v. California |
Voting Rights Act |
| Economic Stimulus Bill |
Patriot Act |
| Emancipation Proclamation |
Title IX |
| Miller v. California |
United States v. O’Brien |
- Comparison of the structure of the American National Government with that of a foreign country:
| U. S. v. China |
U. S. v. Canada | |
| U. S. v. South
Africa |
U. S. v. Russia |
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