Topics from the 2nd International Weeks (2010)

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  • To what extent was the development of air-craft engines accelerated by the “Supermarine S.6B”, victor in the Schneider-Cup?
  • Chrysler Building – The Art Deco Skyscraper
  • The Communist Party of Great Britain - Research question: Why was a communist party not formed before 1920?
  • The Empire State Building - To what extant is the ES Building an example of a new architectural style?
  • Prohibition - Why was the prohibition introduced in the USA?
  • Black Friday - causes of the stock market crash
  • To what extent did fashion express the changing role of women in the Roaring Twenties?
  • The abdication of Edward VIII - What were the causes of his abdication and the consequences of his marriage?
  • Organized crime during the Prohibition
  • William Randolph Hearst - A friend of Hitler?
  • Coca Cola’s Santa Claus
  • National Industrial Recovery Act
  • The Spanish Flu
  • The New Woman - for example Amelia Earhart
  • Art Deco in the USA – Which consequences did the international fair in Paris have on the USA?
  • Al Capone - How did the autorities put Al Capone into jail?
  • Aborigines Protection Amending Act 1915 - How did the APAA of 1915 change the life of the Aborigines
  • Napier - The Art Deco City
  • Rescue by integration: Ngata’s importance for Maori society
  • Clara Bow- The It-Girl Was Clara Bow really an It-Girl?
  • Vitamin D - Discovery and Development as the Cure for Rickets
  • Lucky Luciano – a brutal gangster or a visionary?
  • GANDHI AND THE BEGINNING OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
  • Gandhi´s Salt March – To what extent was Gandhi’s salt march succuessful?
  • Nationality & Civil Rights of the Native Americans