Federal+Bureau+of+Investigation,+J.+Edgar+Hoover

1920's Topics __1920’s Project Assignment__ Federal Bureau of Investigation- J. Edgar Hoover Jill W.

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__Task One---DESCRIBE YOUR TOPIC -Due Tuesday, February 7__ Each topic includes an association or movement and an individual. Please write __two__ extended power paragraphs that address the following prompt:**Explain the achievements associated with your topic. Who and what were altered? Describe why both were significant in the 1920s. Explain the relationship between the individua****l and the association or movement.** POST PARAGRAPHS HERE
 * Support the ideas in each paragraph with evidence from a minimum of three  credible sources.
 * Select only signed  sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited.
 * Insert the Works Cited after the Third Task.
 * Post the paragraphs to the wiki. Timely posting of completed tasks earn 10 points.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Edgar J. Hoover got a degree in law in 1916, and became a part of the department of justice one year later. In 1918, he became the leader of an intelligence group who were to keep track of a card file of 450,000 radicals, who were supposedly contributing to the Red Scare. Later, in 1924, Hoover was appointed to be the head leader of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the most unsuccessful agency in the Department of Justice. (eLibrary). Before 1924, The FBI wasn't even close to a respectable agency, but once Hoover took over, that all changed.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Under Hoover, he cleaned the FBI up into "one of the most efficient crime fighting agencies in the world" (eLibrary). He basically set new standards to working in the FBI. He was the first to introduce using scientific methods in police work, the centralized finger print file, and the use of a a national crime lab. He was the leader of the Bureau for 48 years and served under eight presidents. Thanks to Hoover, the agency went from inefficient to the leading intelligence agency in the US.

"J. Edgar Hoover: an American Legend (1972)." //World Book Year Books//. 2009. //eLibrary//. Web. 06 Feb. 2012.

"Hoover, J. Edgar." //The Great American History Fact-Finder//. 2004. //eLibrary//. Web. 06 Feb. 2012.

//"J. Edgar Hoover//. ABC-CLIO Interactive, 2001. //eLibrary//. Web. 06 Feb. 2012."

<span style="background-color: #9008b6; color: #7dff00; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">__Task Two-EVALUATE YOUR TOPICS INFLUENCE-Due Friday, February 10__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Please write two extended power paragraphs which each cite a minimum of three credible sources. Discuss the scope of influence of your topic on the 1920s. How extensive was the influence? Which part of society was influenced? Did the change endure or stimulate additional changes? What is the topic's legacy? What impact did the topic have in the Twenty-First century. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">POST PARAGRAPHS HERE J Edgar Hoover and the FBI gave the people living in the 1920's a much stronger sense of protection. Before Hoover, the FBI was barely anything- and once Hoover took hold, he created "the modern tradition of law enforcement" and "made the FBI one of the world's most effective law-enforcement agencies"(Encyclopedia Britannica). The everyday people in society were influenced, mostly in a good way. Hoover introduced the centralized fingerprint file, which made it more difficult to get away with crime, influencing people to think twice about doing illegal things. "Worry about crime, if not crime itself, became a more widespread aspect of daily life in the decades after World War 1"(Andrew Kersten). Thanks to the new and improved FBI, a little of this paranoia about crime, could be resolved.

Despite the fact that the FBI was one of the leading law enforcement agencies, there were rumours of corruption and some sources say that the information that Hoover had access to was highly personal and not legal- he had no right to have known as much as he did, but that's also part of how he kept power for so long. This impacted the people of the 1920s, and the people of today, to make them question the government a little bit- but Hoover also had some good influences. "The FBI began compiling national crime statistics in 1930 from local police reports of dubious reliability, raising consciousness and apprehension of criminal activity"(Andrew Kersten). This change in law-enforcement also stimulated society to become more aware of the crime going on around them. Hoover also "created the voluntary Crime Reporting Program (1930) so that the FBI could compile and publish annual crime statistics"(Gid Powers) making it so citizens could turn criminals in easier. The impact of the FBI and Hoover on the 21st century was that that he laid down the foundation for how we now practice law enforcement.

"Hoover, J. Edgar." //Compton's by Britannica, v 6.0//. 2009. //eLibrary//. Web. 09 Feb. 2012.

Salisbury, Joyce and Andrew Kersten. "Law and Crime in the United States, 1920-39." //Daily Life through History//.ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 9 Feb. 2012.

"J. Edgar Hoover." //American Government//.ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 9 Feb. 2012.

Task ThreeJUDGE THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL & ASSOCIATION---Due Feb. 15
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Now that you have a basic understanding of your topic, and you know the scope of its influence, explain the forces that produced or created the topic. Additionally, what were the driving forces behind the society's reaction to your topic? Use the criteria described in the the Great Man Continuum to determine your topics long-run influence on society. Place your topic on the continuum and justify the reasons for your placement. Please confine your analysis to two extended power paragraphs with each citing a minimum of three credible sources. <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">POST PARAGRAPHS HERE The main driving forces behind society's reaction to the advances in the FBI were fear, and the rise of crime. Because so many people were terrified due to the rise of crime, so when the FBI became extremely efficient under the control of Hoover, there was a little bit of relief. "Hoover transformed the FBI into one of the most efficient crime fighting agencies in the world"(Kersten). Thanks to Hoover the entire lay out of law enforcement was changed for the better. After researching J. Edgar Hoover, I think that he belongs more towards an Event Making Hero on the Great Man continuum than towards just Social Determinism. I say this because Hoover "did something that had never been done before" and came up with a whole new way to enforce the law, and also came up with new inventions to improve the FBI. His ideas and accomplishments endured, because we still use his ideas today, such as his finger print system and using science in police investigations.

Salisbury, Joyce and Andrew Kersten. "Law and Crime in the United States, 1920-39." //Daily Life through History//.ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 9 Feb. 2012.

"J. Edgar Hoover." //American Government//.ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 9 Feb. 2012.

Great Man Criteria, Sidor/Peyton Wiki Page.

<span style="background-color: #7dff00; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">POST WORKS CITED HERE <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">Rubric for all three tasks: <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">Outstanding paragraphs include the following elements: <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ Accurate power paragraph format with <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px;">each paragraph citing evidence from three different sources. <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ Correct research components such as credibility statement, internal citations,<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px;"> Works Cited entries <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ Thoughtful and thorough response to the each prompt <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ A variety of sentences with interesting, clear diction <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ Photos exemplifying the influence of the individual and association or movement <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ Place your topic on the Great Man Continuum;  <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;"> ✓ Complete the criteria table to justify the reasons for your placement.