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    Chicago Metro History Fair 2013 Summary Statement Form: Please TYPE On Sheet or Use Word Processing All Projects

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    This document is a summary statement form for a student's history fair project on the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago. [1] The student's project argues that the creation of the Kennedy Expressway in the 1950s-1960s was a major turning point in Chicago's history that improved transportation but required demolishing thousands of homes. [2] The construction of the expressway transformed the city and impacted how future infrastructure projects considered citizens' concerns. [3]

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    This document is a summary statement form for a student's history fair project on the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago. [1] The student's project argues that the creation of the Kennedy Expressway in the 1950s-1960s was a major turning point in Chicago's history that improved transportation but required demolishing thousands of homes. [2] The construction of the expressway transformed the city and impacted how future infrastructure projects considered citizens' concerns. [3]

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    This document is a summary statement form for a student's history fair project on the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago. [1] The student's project argues that the creation of the Kennedy Expressway in the 1950s-1960s was a major turning point in Chicago's history that improved transportation but required demolishing thousands of homes. [2] The construction of the expressway transformed the city and impacted how future infrastructure projects considered citizens' concerns. [3]

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    Chicago Metro History Fair 2013 Summary Statement Form: Please TYPE On Sheet or Use Word Processing All Projects

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    Jaime Marie Skubski
    This document is a summary statement form for a student's history fair project on the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago. [1] The student's project argues that the creation of the Kennedy Expressway in the 1950s-1960s was a major turning point in Chicago's history that improved transportation but required demolishing thousands of homes. [2] The construction of the expressway transformed the city and impacted how future infrastructure projects considered citizens' concerns. [3]

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    CHICAGO METRO HISTORY FAIR 2013 SUMMARY STATEMENT FORM

    Please TYPE on sheet or use word processing ALL PROJECTS: Attach an annotated bibliography. Please divide primary and secondary sources from each other. Two copies of SSF & Annotated Bibliography are required for competitions. .

    Title ___Kennedy Expressway_________________________________________________________ Student name(s) ____Jaime Skubski_________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Project Category: Group Individual Exhibit
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    Check if applicable (and respond to the 3 question): This project uses the 2013 National History Day theme, Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events

    1. THESIS STATEMENT
    Present the projects argument or interpretation in two sentences. If you are using the NHD theme, you might want to make it evident in your thesis statement.

    The creation of the Kennedy Expressway in the 1950s leading up into the 60s was a turning point in Chicago and helped improve transportation.

    2. SUMMARY OF PROJECT
    Briefly explain your project and its conclusion. Include: How and why did change happen and what was the impact? Why is it historically significant? What historical meaning or importance can we learn from your findings?

    My project is about how the creation of the Kennedy Expressway in the 1950s leading up into the 60s changed Chicago. The Kennedy was built due to the increase in travel to the city after World War I ended. Chicago and the United States Government set up the Kennedy Expressway that travels straight through the city and into the suburbs. During the construction homes had to be destroyed in order to place this 400 foot wide pathway. The city knocked down thousands of homes, destroying peoples lives. Because of this, the citizens of Chicago became angry with the city, so when it came time to think about a crosstown expressway, they spoke up and refused to have the Kennedy happen again with the Crosstown. The construction of this historic highway affected the city in many ways, such as cutting travel time.

    3. Required for projects using the National History Day theme only.
    Explain how this project integrates the NHD theme Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events into its argument.

    This fits into the NHD topic of turning points because the Kennedy transformed the city changing lives, both good and day, and because of the Kennedy people changed the way the city handled things that would affect it citizens when the Crosstown never happened because of the Chicagoans.
    4. PROCESS A. What historical question did you start off withand how did it change once you began doing your research?

    I started my project off with just the broad idea of Expressways in Chicago and as I researched I went back and forth between specific expressways and finally stuck with the Kennedy and how it changed Chicago.
    B. What kinds of sources did you use as evidence to develop your argument (for example, letters, photographs, government documents, interviews, etc.)?

    The Evidence I used to develop my argument is newspaper clippings, photographs, interviews with a construction worker and a professor and government documents.
    C. Select one piece of evidence that you used and explain how it influenced your argument.

    One piece of evidence that influenced my argument is an article from the Chicago Tribune discussing the Kennedy Expressway turning 50 years old and talking about how the people felt about the construction of it. This helped because it showed me two different points of view for how the citizens saw and felt about the Kennedy and it showed me how people had conflicting thoughts about it. In addition to the impact it has had on the city of Chicago.
    D. List libraries (other than school), museums, and other institutions that you visited to do your research.

    Neighborhood Libraries Harold Washington Library UIC University Library Chicago History Museum Research Room DePaul University

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