Due: Friday, February 10 by 11:59pm
Prompt:
Please write four (double-spaced) pages on the following question:
In 1830, Andrew Jackson championed Native American removal in his Second Inaugural Address. During this same general period, advocates of African colonization associated with the American Colonization Society focused on convincing free African Americans to relocate to Liberia. Pick four primary sources below, compare and contrast these two movements. In what ways did they stem from the same basic impulse—the desire to create a white republic—and employ similar rationalizations? In what ways did they stem from fundamentally different fears, desires, and goals?
Sources provided: (choose 4 out of 6 to focus on)
1. Request to Congress to incorporate by representatives of the American Colonization Society, 1820
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h483t.html
2. Henry Clay speech to Congress, 1827
(see attachments)
3. Andrew Jackson’s Second Annual Message(delivered to Congress December 6, 1830)
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h3437t.html
4. Wilson Lumpkin to Congress, 1831
(see attachments)
5. An 1829 Andrew Jackson Speech
(see attachments)
6. An 1832 “Address of the managers of the American Colonization Society..
(see attachments)
You do not need a work cited page unless you choose to draw on material from outside the course. For citations, simply use MLA short style, such as (Lumpkin, page #). For the first source, you can cite it simply as (ACS, page #).
Paper #1 Checklist：
Carefully review the prompt above for Paper #1
– Write an essay in which you make a clear argument, answering all the questions in the prompt.
– Be sure to incorporate all four primary sources into your analysis
Use clear paragraph organization – introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion
– State your main argument in a clear thesis statement in your introduction
– Use topic sentences to state the sub-argument of each body paragraph
Include specific examples from the texts in your analysis
– In your conclusion, bring your main arguments together, state their larger historical significance, and connect them to the broader themes of the course—in short, answer the “so what” question
Descriptive title at the top of the first page which reflects your main argument：Not “Paper #1”
When citing from the primary sources, please use parenthetical citations with author name and page number — e.g. (Clay, 7) or (Lumpkin, 98)
– For the American Colonization Society source, you can cite it as (ACS, page #).
– No outside research is required for this assignment, but if you use outside sources you will need to cite them with footnotes in MLA format (https://style.mla.org/using-notes-in-mla-style/ Links to an external site. Links to an external site.).
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– NOTE: when you are paraphrasing (i.e., referring to someone else’s work in your paper but not directly quoting it) you must cite!
– Be sure to place quotation marks around any language that is not your own
Guidelines
4 pages, double-spaced
1” margins
Times New Roman, 12-point font
Check for spelling and grammar
– Use past tense when discussing historical events
– Try to use active voice (e.g., “Congress passed the bill”) rather than passive voice (e.g., “The bill was passed”)
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