For the topic of the American involvement in World War II, I found a really cool primary source of a speech about how the Americans weren't exactly sure how they felt about entering the war. There were also two good websites that I could use in my paper about the involvment. One article from EBSCO would also go well with it, as it discusses all of the world events going on at the time. There were a lot of books in the library about World War II, but for causes, they dealt mostly with Germany. I think I would change my question to "Why/How did the United States get involved in World War II? Since the United States didn't cause the war, the sources are all more focused on why the United States had to enter the war. My research will be geared more in that direction. The sources I have are solid and would be very helpful in writing a paper on this topic.
For the topic of Civil Rights, I also found some great sources. I found three books from the library that all went into great detail about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the challenges it faced in being passed. The books talked a lot about the influence of John F. Kennedy and the impact he had on Lyndon Johnson to pass civil rights. The primary source I got was a picture and the words of the Civil Rights Act from this website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/lbj-civilrights/
I also found another article from EBSCO regarding the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I think I would keep my question, "What pushed Congress to pass this law?" the same because the sources discuss this in good detail, talking a lot about moral and emotional issues with John F Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
"Civil Rights Act Of 1964." Civil Rights Act Of 1964 (2009): 1. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 28 Apr. 2013.
My interpretation of this topic has stayed about the same since the research, as many people still resisted the law, but those who fought for it did it for moral reasons.
The topic of 9/11 is the one that I am the most familiar with obviously, because I lived through it. The primary sources I found were numerous videos of the attack and also some recorded phone calls from the time of the attack. There were also speeches given by President at the time George W. Bush. I found a couple articles that discussed some of the implications from the attack, and they focused on the health effects, and also the economic effects. http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/wtc/html/know/know.shtml
Mustapha, Jennifer. "Threat Construction In The Bush Administration's Post-9/11 Foreign Policy: (Critical) Security Implications For Southeast Asia." Pacific Review 24.4 (2011): 487-504. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Apr. 2013.
The article above talked about safety implications for those from other countries and how the attacks contributed to prejudice feelings towards them.
The books I found in the library mostly had to deal with just a history of what happened and there wasn't a lot of analytical information. It is a fairly recent event, so there may not be as many books out on the subject. I think I would change my question for this topic to say " What were the implications for America after the 9-11 attacks?" This is more specific and intertwines with the book sources I found. My perspective of the 9-11 attacks is obviously that they were very bad, but I haven't really ever thought a lot about the aftermath, so I would be interested in learning about them in greater detail and how they affect me when I may not even realize it.
