Applied History – Topic and Research Question
Topic and Research Question
Topic: For my historical event analysis, I have chosen to focus on Congressman John F. Fitzgerald of Boston, the son of Irish immigrants, and his opposition to an 1897 immigration bill that would have barred illiterate foreigners from entering the United States.
Research Question: How did John Fitzgerald’s political ambitions, and the interests of the Democratic Party in Massachusetts, affect his position on the 1897 immigration reform bill?
Search Terms and Sources
Search terms that I have used in my research so far include FITZGERALD, John F.; LODGE, Henry Cabot; Emigration and immigration law; Massachusetts politics; 1897 immigration bill; and LODGE, Henry Cabot and CLEVELAND, Grover AND Immigration.
One secondary source is “Honey Fitz”: Three Steps to the White House: The Colorful Life & Times of John F. (“Honey Fitz”) Fitzgerald, by John Henry Cutler. Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1962. I found a review of this book in Shapiro Library and located a copy online at http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/honey-fitz/used/.
Another secondary source is The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. This book is in Shapiro Library.
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