Curtis Senior High School

Junior Research Paper

Title

(all first letters of words capitalized-

except a, an, the, of to...)

Your name

Date paper is due

Period

Teacher’s last name

Curtis Senior High School

Junior Research Paper

1920s: Corruption and the American Dream

Marcus Johnson

12/19/06

Period 4

Elvrom

WORKS CITED PAGE CHECKLIST

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DUE ______IN PERFECT FORMAT!!

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Encyclopedia. New York: Standard Reference Works Publishing Company, Inc.,

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“Organized Crime.” Columbia Encyclopedia 2004. Electric Library. Web. 2 Dec. 2011

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Streissguth, Tom. The Roaring Twenties. New York: Facts on File Inc., 2001. 28. Print.

Telgen, Diane, ed. “Prohibition.” Novels for Students. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 74. Print.

Time-Life, Inc. Great Events of the 20th Century. New York: Time, Inc. 1997. 100. Print.

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