CHICAGO METRO HISTORY FAIR

2015 SUMMARY STATEMENT

Attach an annotated bibliography (AB) that is divided between primary and secondary sources.
Submit two copies of the SS and AB at the competition. Please type.

Student name(s) _______Henry Diaz_________________________________________________

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Title ______Eliot Ness______________________________________________________________
Check if applicable (and respond to Question 3):
This project uses the 2015 National History Day theme, Leadership & Legacy in [Chicago/Illinois] History
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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.

My project is about Eliot Ness who was well known in Chicago for taking down Al Capone.

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 focuses on what made Eliot Ness a good leader and the legacy he left behind.
Ness showed leadership by being the man who took down the most feared bootlegger of the
prohibition era. Ness used skills that he learned during his early years of the prohibition era. Ness
also showed leadership by gathering enough evidence to get Al Capone arrested for tax evasion. I
gathered primary sources to prove my points.

3. Required for projects using the National History Day theme only.

Explain how this project integrates the NHD theme Leadership & Legacy in [Chicago/Illinois] History into its argument.

My project integrates the theme of leadership and legacy by showing that Eliot Ness was a good leader and left a legacy.

4. PROCESS
A. What historical question did you start off withand how did it change once you began doing
your research?
How did Eliot Ness show leadership and legacy?

B. What kinds of sources did you use as evidence to develop your argument (for example,
letters, photographs, government documents, interviews, etc.)?
I used newspaper articles of the time that gave details of what Eliot Ness did and about his team.

C. Select one piece of evidence that you used and explain how it influenced your argument.

One piece was an article that showed that Eliot Ness was able to do a successful raid and also
uncovered that police were hiding beer for Al Capone.