Your mission, should you choose to accept it (well, actually you have no choice unless you really want a zero on the assignment), is to write an 6 page research paper on a major topic of U.S. History. You must take an “angle” in your paper through a cogent thesis statement. You are trying to write an informative and insightful paper, which takes a position through the thesis statement. You are NOT merely furnishing a report about a topic. You are not bound by any time period on this project up through the Presidency of George H.W. Bush (1992).
You must use a variety of sources, meaning a good mix of books, magazine articles, scholarly journals, and legitimate Internet sources etc., with a minimum number of 7 sources.
Your paper must be researched and documented properly in Chicago style. Your paper must have: 1) title page, 2) the paper itself with Chicago style citations, and 3) a bibliography.
We will be focused solely on the paper from the beginning of the project until you turn in the final draft. You will then have the opportunity to produce a re-write of the final draft after it has been graded. All papers will be required to hand-in a re-write.
This paper is worth 300 Points. The re-write will factor in to adjust your final grade.
Good Luck!!
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