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History 101 2 Report Draft

Font: Times New Roman, 12 point

Spacing: Double-spaced, with no additional spaces between lines or paragraphs

Margins: 1” on every side (top, bottom, left and right)

Page Numbers: Centered at the bottom of every page except the cover page

Chicago Manual of Style Format: You need to include a title page, rather than a heading on the first page. You also need to use endnotes and provide a proper bibliography.

To try and bring some different topics to American History to 1877 when you write your Assignment 2 paper, I am giving you a list of items that are unique or not really talked about in American History.

The list is here for you to pick from and write your short research paper on. For the most part, the events are in chronological order.

Events

  1. Alien and Sedition Acts
  2. Reasons for the Monroe Doctrine
  3. Barbary Wars
  4. Federalists’ vs Jeffersonians (Also known as Anti-Federalists) and their thoughts on the French Revolution and alignment with Britain.
  5. Jay Treaty and Pickney Treaty
  6. Washington’s Farewell address
  7. XYZ Affair and Quasi-War with France
  8. United States and the Haitian Revolution
  9. United States and the French Revolution
  10. Constitutional Convention of 1787
  11. Federalist Papers
  12. Anti-Federalist Papers
  13. Secret Committee of Correspondence also known as the Committee for Foreign Affairs 1775-1777
  14. Articles of Confederation
  15. Impeachment of Samuel Chase
  16. Henry Clay’s American System 1816
  17. Rush-Bagot Pact 1817 and Convention of 1818
  18. Benjamin Franklin as the First Diplomat
  19. Model Treaty of 1776
  20. Continental Congress
  21. Napoleonic Wars and the United States
  22. Treaty of Wangxia, 1839-1844
  23. Webster-Ashburton Treaty 1842
  24. Wilmot Proviso
  25. Founding of Liberia, 1847
  26. The United States and the opening of Japan 1853
  27. Panic of 1857
  28. Territorial Expansion and Filibustering 1849-1861
  29. US interests in Central America 1849-1861
  30. US interests in Cuba 1849-1861
  31. The Trent Affair 1861
  32. The Alabama Claims, 1862-1872
  33. Burlingame-Seward Treaty 1868
  34. Purchase of Alaska 1867
  35. Immigration – Page Act of 1875
  36. Election of 1824
  37. Martin Van Buren and the Panic of 1837
  38. Tippecanoe and Tyler Too – The 1840 Election
  39. Grantism – Presidency of Ulysses S Grant
  40. Treaty of Washington 1871
  41. Salary Grab Act 1873
  42. Panic of 1873
  43. Any of the Supreme Court Cases from 1790s to 1877
  44. Political Parties, including Other parties out of the mainstream from the beginning to 1877
  45. Submarines 1776-1877
  46. American Technology from Inventions to patents 1776-1877
  47. Buffalo Soldiers

People

  1. You can discuss anyone of the explorers that had a hand in the founding of the New World
  2. You can discuss anyone of the founding fathers.
  3. Francisco de Miranda’s Travel to the US between 1783-1784
  4. Anne Hennis Trotter Bailey
  5. Daniel Boone
  6. James Bowie
  7. John Brown
  8. Kit Carson
  9. Dred Scott
  10. Hiram Revels
  11. Thomas Paine
  12. Davy Crocket
  13. Alexander Hamilton
  14. Ralph Waldo Emerson
  15. Susan B Anthony
  16. Harriet Tubman
  17. Booker T Washington
  18. Chief Seattle
  19. Any of the gunfighters of the west

Research papers often start by first submitting a proposal

For this assignment, you are required to submit a proposal for the research paper due at the end of this course. Identify a topic of interest to you and relevant to the time period covered by this class, American History before 1877. If you are unsure of a topic, please contact your instructor.

After you have selected a topic, complete the following form.

  1. Select three related research questions and start your research.
  2. Formulate a thesis statement – a claim.
  3. Find three scholarly sources for your research. These should be primary and secondary sources. These should be formatted according to the style guidelines relevant to your discipline – APA, MLA, or Chicago Manual of Style.

Please use the following format for this assignment and submit the proposal as a Word document.

The Project is due on Sunday by 11:55 PM, ET.

Name:

Topic:

Research Questions:

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3.

Thesis Statement: This is usually one to two sentences that summarizes the point of the paper. It states the argument of the paper and includes your conclusions.

Sources:

1. Proper citation according to MLA, APA, or Chicago Manual of Style format:
One paragraph summary including one weakness and one strength

2. Proper citation according to MLA, APA, or Chicago Manual of Style format:
One paragraph summary including one weakness and one strength

3. Proper citation according to MLA, APA, or Chicago Manual of Style format:
One paragraph summary including one weakness and one strength.

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The short paper must include a cover page with your name, course number and course title, instructor’s name, and date. You must also include a bibliography at the end of your paper. While composing your paper, use proper English. Do not use abbreviations, contractions, informal language, passive voice, or first/ second person (I, you, we, our, etc). And finally, students are not allowed to use encyclopedias or Wikipedia.

Before submitting your paper, check your grammar and use spell check. Remember, the way you talk is not the way you write a paper. Please label your paper as follows: lastnamefirstnameHIST101Proposal.

Part 2

A Short Paper Assignment allows you to demonstrate your research skills to your instructor and to receive feedback that will benefit you when you write research papers for future courses. With this assignment, you will learn how to do proper research and write a short paper.

Your topic must be the the same topic approved by your instructor in Week 3.

This short paper is at least three double-spaced pages of text (Times New Roman, font size 12) and you must consult a minimum of two academically credible sources. Your bibliography and citations may be in APA, MLA, or Chicago Style format. Students majoring in history must use Chicago Style format.

The short paper needs to be turned in through the assignment section for grading. If you use any of the information from your sources word-for-word, you must cite the source by using endnotes, footnotes, or parenthetical citations. If you read the information and write it in your own words and it is not common knowledge, then you must cite the source because you are paraphrasing someone’s information.

The short paper must include a cover page with your name, course number and course title, instructor’s name, and date. You must also include a bibliography at the end of your paper. While composing your paper, use proper English. Do not use abbreviations, contractions, passive voice, or first/ second person (I, you, we, our, etc). And finally, students are not allowed to use encyclopedias or Wikipedia.

Before submitting your paper, check your grammar and use spell check. Remember, the way you talk is not the way you write a paper. Please label your paper as follows: lastnamefirstnameHIST101ShortPaper.