Consult the Methods Center handout on How to Write a Thesis Statement Make sure to devise a thesis statement that can be effectively argued in a short paper.And don’t forget to consult the discussion topic pages on the course site syllabus as well –they also contain valuable insights and examples. Other relevant reading assignments for this essay include some online resources from the American Yawp textbook or the House Divided Project.Outside research is allowed but not required. Do not consult with other students in the class.Īll essays must use Eric Foner, Second Founding (2019), properly cited with Chicago-style footnotes. Pinsker is available to review drafts by email (before Tuesday) and you may utilize the Writing Center. Avoid first person pronouns, including “our”.Use past tense except when describing modern scholarship.Organize your essay in a way that respects chronology and historical context.Don’t just restate the question and consider using opening tactics such as thoughtful narrative vignettes or striking quotations or statistics to help focus the reader’s attention. Please open your paper with a descriptive title, byline (name), and a clear, engaging introductory paragraph with analytical thesis statement.Make sure to define terms and to focus your answer on specific examples and the views of historical decision-makers. “The Second Founding contained just as many tragic compromises as the 1787 founding, not over slavery any longer but rather in a series of disappointing concessions to American discrimination and prejudice.” Agree or disagree with this statement.“The Second Founding culminated a profound shift in American thinking about individual rights and their relationship to the national government.” Agree or disagree with this statement.Match the definition in Column B with the word in Column A.Ĭolumn A Column B obliterate a. dead and decaying organic material b. insert in text c. meat eater d. building e. erase without a trace f. embodied in human form g. cause to continue h. bloody slaughter i. ransack or rob j. kill or destroy large numbers egin\Ĭolumn A obliterate Column B a. dead and decaying organic material b. insert in text c. meat eater d. building e. erase without a trace f. embodied in human form g. cause to continue h. bloody slaughter i. ransack or rob j.

The second founding by eric foner