Basic Reference Sources
Questions

I. Answer 20 of the questions below. Record the page number and source in which you found the answer as well as the answer itself (when applicable).



1. Where are archival materials on Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Women's Movement. (Archival in this sense can be letters, correspondence, papers, etc.)




2. How many slaves were owned in the South, just prior to the Civil War?




3. Who was Henry V's (of England) wife?




4. What happened in the World and in the United States in 1776 (besides the Declaration of Independence)?




5. What was the population of England in 1930? of China in 1930?




6. What happened in the United States the year before you were born.




7. Where can I find references to the New York Times articles on Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. I'm not sure when they were imprisoned because of their communist activities.


8. Who was Jeremy Bentham, an Englishman.


9. Find a list of prominent U.S. chemists in the twentieth century. I also need some biographical information about them and a sketch or photo.




10. Find a book review for :
Eaton, Clement. Mind of the Old South (1964, 1967)






Fukuyama, Francis. The End of History and the Last Man (1992)over 1,000 words





11. Find a description of the state of scholarship and a long bibliography for Native Peoples of the Americas




12. Find a map of Auschwitz I in 1944.




13. Find a map of Yugoslavia as created after WWI.




14. Find a Map of ancient Palestine.





15. Why were the ‘casket girls," who were imported wives for settlers, different from those people normally recruited for this purpose?



16. Find a description of rural life in Italy during the 900’s.



17. How were letters folded and sealed in the 1600’s?



18. What was the Trail of Tears?



19. Who is Cleisthenes?



20 Find a list of U. S. cities having 20 or more Black merchants in 1899.



21. Find a list of significant inventions in Ohio.



22. Find a list of United States presidents.



23. What were the major governments of China?



24. What was the output of beer between 1750 and 1988 in the major countries of Europe?



25. What were the most popular films of 1928?



26. Where is the town Orlu (sometimes called Awlu) located?



27. What was Lvov called until 1914 and between 1919 and 1944?



28. What is the meaning of "rocked in the stone kitchen"?



29. What was the treaty of San Stefano?



30. Was the word "tittle tattle" used in England in the 17th century?



31. What is the meaning of the word "Anschluss."



32. What is the meaning of the word "groovy".



33. Find a book review of Winston Churchill’s Marlborough.



34. Locate data on ball games in ancient Greece.



35. Where is Augusta Treverorum, a classical site/city? Why is it important?



36. Find critical analysis, biographical information, and a bibliography of Daniel J. Boorstin, a historian and former Librarian of Congress.



37. Find a map detailing the Silk Road in Central Asia in 7th century BC. I want to be able to copy it and place some other details on the map.



38. Find brief information on the Underground Railroad in Ohio in the Civil War period.