Your paper must be 1800-2200 words (approx. 7-9 pages)
Your paper must have a clear and distinctive argument/perspective
It must provide concrete answers to the following questions:
How and why is this issue significant in US history?
What events, people, and trends have been most important in this issue?
How have historians interpreted this issue? Do they disagree, and if so, why?
What is your perspective on this issue?
Use the evidence you gathered in your scholarly sources to support your perspective
You must use at least 4 scholarly sources
Scholarly sources: books, academic journal articles, academic book reviews, primary source documents, .edu websites
Non-scholarly sources: textbooks, encyclopedias, Wikipedia, dictionaries, websites, magazines (including online magazines)
You may use non-scholarly sources (encyclopedias, etc.) to gather background information, but these will not count toward your 4 scholarly sources
Your paper should include at least 4 quotations from these sources
quotes should not be more than a sentence in length
Your paper must be properly formatted
Times New Roman, 12-pt font
1-inch margins
Double-spaced
Citations should be in Chicago Style
(Links to an external site.)
Your paper must be polished
You have plenty of time to fix spelling and grammar errors before turning in the final draft
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