Prohibition in the Twenties: From the Volstead Act to Repeal and the Illegal Party in between

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Ull want 2 narrow topic 2 something that can b discussed in some detail in a 7page paper. ur source material for this paper should come from books magazine & journal articles. I want u 2 go 2 personal professional websites on the internet AFTER u have exhausted book & journal sources available to u through the library & its databases. Some professional web sites are run by noted historians. If u find a source that seems likely send me the URL & Ill check it out. U may not use encyclopedias including Wikipedia. Once uve created a works cited entry for ur source ur ready 2 take notes. On a note card or a note saved on a file u want 2 list the authors name or title if no author is listed & the page number. Then u write ur note. If u summarize or paraphrase the authors material u will not put that material in quotation marks. If u do use the authors language put that material in quotation marks so that ull remember 2 do so when u write the paper On Friday May 10th I will need 8 bibliographic citations from the research project. I want 2 see material from books magazine & journal articles. Cited correctly 2 turn in I need a summary of the research project for. Also let me know some of the interesting facts uve found re ur subject whether they are things u include in the paper or not On Wednesday May 15th Provide a final brief discussion of ur important findings while researching ur topic.

I want to see 9 notes from ur research project. I want 2 see 1 quotation paraphrase and summary from each of 3 sources for a total of 9 notes. My purpose in making this assignment is 2 see how well u handle not only the mechanics of documentation but also the more abstract tasks of paraphrase & summary so that I can make suggestions if need b Format Example Quotation Original Waste of resources animate or inanimate Henry Ford couldnt tolerate & he spoke strongly if inarticulately of the futility of war & the const of armaments as a misdirection of mans ability & energy. Quote: As one author notes Waste of resources animate or inanimate Henry Ford couldnt tolerate & he spoke strongly if inarticulately of the futility of war & the const of armaments as a misdirection of mans ability & energy Kraft 33. Format Example Paraphrase Original: 2 Henry Ford all wars were caused by one group of men wanting what another group possessed. Paraphrase According 2 Kraft Ford believed covetousness was at the heart of all war 33 Format Example Summary Original: Waste of resources animate or inanimate Henry Ford couldnt tolerate & he spoke strongly if inarticulately of the futility of war & the cost of armaments as a misdirection of mans ability & energy. He had no understanding or knowledge whatever of the international politics that caused war. 2 Henry Ford all wars were caused by 1 group of men wanting what another group possessed. If men could b usefully which is 2 say  productively occupied the people having sufficient 2 their needs & desires would resist the warmongers cry that the greener grass was on the other side of the border. If the men who went 2 battle were given tractors instead of guns war & its causes would cease. Summary Fords political naiveté led him 2 the conclusion that by doing away w/ need 1 could do away with war (Kraft 33) Ur research paper will need 2 present a thesis a controlling statement about ur subject which u will support throughout the paper. That thesis should come at the end of the introduction. The body of the paper will present the researched material. I dont want body paragraphs 2 begin or end w/ cited material. The borrowed material should be presented in the middle of the body paragraph. Should b set up by a topic sentence & information is necessary 2 provide a context for the borrowed material. That borrowed material should then b followed by analysis explaining the significance of the borrowing. The paper should also have a conclusion paragraph summarizing the ideas of the essay U need a minimum of 8 sources 30 citations