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The Great Man criteria will be applied to both my 1920’s and my 1980’s topic by how its influence effected our society in its time period and also its long term effects. I chose the scopes trial which I thought impacted the most wide spread group of people, for the 1920’s. Again for the 1920’s I chose the National Negro Baseball League because it was new thing for our nation and it wasn’t typical or normal. I also chose the great flood of 1927 because it was a natural disaster event that affected the people. For the 1980’s I chose something that also affected a huge group of people by the assassination attempt to Ronald Reagan. Also I chose MTV, Madonna, Tom Petty, and Bruce Springsteen because of its media impact on the 1980’s. For my third topic I chose CNN, Ted Turner and the cable news network because it had a huge impact on all groups of people. The significance of the scopes trial was that it affected many groups of people and it changed education for all schools in the country because it was to determine if evolution should be taught in schools or not. The significance of the National Negro baseball league in the 1920’s because it was something that was not heard of and that blacks were usually not included in anything because they were discriminated against (Mitch Nini). Also the significance of the Great flood in 1927 was that it was a natural disaster that caused mass destruction to Mississippi (Ashley m). The endurance of the scopes trial continues today because it was the discussion on if evolution should be taught in schools or not. This legacy has continued on because it’s what children learn today in schools. The legacy of the National Negro baseball League has changed society completely because it integrated sports so that blacks could participate. This wasn’t the only thing that happened to integrate blacks but it was a start (Mitch Nini). The endurance of the Mississippi wasn’t technically as long as the other two because that was a very drastic thing that happened all suddenly but the reparations were taken care of right away. It affected them very drastically for only a few years because they just had to rebuild things (Ashley M). The scopes trial impacted the life of daily people because when kids went to school they were being told one thing and then being told another thing so they got very confused on what was right or wrong. Also this impacted daily life of people because the parents heard that evolution was being taught and parents went and protested and a lot of people freaked out. The National Negro baseball League affected the life of daily people because certain people didn’t approve of the blacks and whites intergrading or the blacks being able to participate in sports or any entertainment activities (Mitch Nini). The Mississippi flood impacted the life of daily people because it was a direct affect to the environment that the people live in. I would say that the town’s people had the most affect from it because they had the damage done directly to them and they had to fix the damage (Ashley M). The significance of the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan was huge because it was a president and it affects our national security because since it was easy to get to the presidents death it would be easy to get to the people’s lives. The significance of the MTV, Madonna, Tom Petty, and Bruce Springsteen was that is changed the media because of what type of music and shows came into play in societies (Becca J). Next the significance of CNN, Ted Turner, and cable news network was that it brought new to the television so that people didn’t always didn’t have to read it in the paper and that it was easier to access it whenever you wanted it (Lydia E.) The endurance of the Ronald Reagan assassination is long lived because it was a date in history that would change the security for future lives and the laws would be changed for the future. The endurance of MTV, Madonna, Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen changed everything in the media because it brought hip-hop and rap into our daily lives of younger kids and the celebrities changed the influence of what the younger kids wore and what they did which is still in effect in present day (Becca j). The endurance of the legacy of CNN, Ted Turner, and cable news network is still a long term affect in today’s life because those are current thing we have like cable news which is easy to access instead of reading it in the newspaper. Also CNN is still a television station in affect today and Ted Turner was the one who started it all (Lydia E). The impact on daily life for the Ronald Reagan assassination attempt was huge during the time because everyday people were getting scared that their lives were in danger and that something was going to happen to our country but since those things happened it changed for the good and our security is much stronger now than it used to be. The Impact on daily life for MTV, Madonna, Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen was huge but it mostly affected the younger generation of people because it was used for their entertainment (Becca J). The impact on daily lives for CNN, Ted Turner, and cables news network was tremendous because they still have those things today and it made things a lot easier for people to access and everyone of all age groups paid attention to CNN and the news (Lydia E). Overall I think great persons influenced more greatly because they are the ones that influenced the society so it was like a chain reaction. I think that the 1920’s and the 1980’s was about the same because even though their influences were different types of situations they both impacted the same effect and lead to the next chain of effects that would later happen in the future. So in my opinion I think that they both were very influential.

Work Cited Conrads, David.. "Sacrifice Play: The Negro Baseball Leagues Remembered." World & I. 01 Feb. 1996: 185 eLibrary. Web. 12 Feb. 2012.
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Blohm, E, Craig.. "They Just Wanted to Play." Cobblestone. 01 Apr. 2010: 13. eLibrary. Web. 12 Feb. 2012.

Tygiel, Jules. "Robinson, Jackie." Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. Ed. Colin A. Palmer. 2nd ed. Vol. 5. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2006. 1966-1968. Gale Power Search. Web. 12 Feb. 2012.

2012. Web. 25 Mar. 2012. < http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/madonna/ artist.jhtml#biographyEnd>. || //Guidance Recordings//. K.L. Hayes, 2008. Web. 25 Mar. 2012. < http://www.33rpm.com/ The-Musical-History-Of-Tom-Petty-&-The-Heartbreakers-2895-art.html>. || < http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mtv-launches >. || **__Lydia E__** Blankfeld, Keren. "THE LAST ROUNDUP." //Forbes//. EBSCOhost, n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2012.
 * __Becca j__**
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"Cable News Network." //Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas//. ABC-Clio, n.d. Web. 7 Mar. 2012.

"CNN newsroom." //Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas//. ABC-Clio, n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2012.

Ambrase, Stephen. "Great Flood." National Geographic News. N.p., 1 May 2001. Web. 7 Feb. 2012. < http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news >.
 * __Ashley M__**

Barry, John M. "Lessons from the Great Flood of 1927." World Socialist. International Committee of the Fourth International, 27 Jan. 2006. Web. 9 Feb. 2012. < http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/jan2006 > RUBRIC

A quality comparison essay will

•Use the __four__ criteria of Great Man Continuum to analyze the significance of three 1920’s topics and three 1980s topics. general discussion, little analysis of individual criteria

•Analyze of each of the 6 topics with evidence taken from the 1920s and 1980s wikis, Supporting evidence for 4 topics

•Develop a thoughtful and thorough conclusions on all 6 topics, only 4 topics thoughtfully considered

•Rank the three topics for each decade and explain why one topic is more influential than the other two, yes but little supporting evidence

•Answer the essay question with a clear, well reasoned argument, sweeping claims made--see Reagan

•Explain why the __second__ choice fell short compared to the __first__ choice but is more just than the __third__ choice, attempted

•Organize ideas in extended power paragraphs, inconsistently done--explaining sentence often omitted

•Identify the source and establish its credibility with an appositive phrase, not done

•Cite evidence with internal citations and in a Works Cited. Click links for exemplars. Minor IC error, sources are incorrectly cited in WC