For this assignment you only can reference the source “The American Yawp” I will provide the link and pdf file as well. https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/wp-content/uploads/The-American-Yawp-Reader-Vol-1-Fall-2020.pdf
The essay will have to answer only ONE of the six prompts below:
What had a greater impact on starting the Civil War, westward expansion or the debate over whether people should be enslaved?
What was more polarizing in the lead up to the Civil War, the Supreme Court decision on Dred Scott or the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
What had a greater impact on Native Americans OR women (choose), manifest destiny or the Declaration of Independence?
What had a greater impact on Native Americans, the desire to claim their land or to assimilate the people?
Was there any singular event or person that, of stopped, would have prevented the Civil War and why?
Were “the people” or “the elites” the bigger threat to democracy in the period of time covered by our class?
It will be graded on by the following:
Argument: Does your paper have a clear, singular, specific argument that answers the question, including a thesis statement?
Evidence: Do you use appropriate and relevant evidence from our materials to support your argument?
Organization: Does your paper have a logical structure that shows your argument with supporting evidence in an easy-to-follow way?
Clarity: Is your writing clear and easy to understand in presenting your argument and supporting evidence?
The basic structure should be:
Introduction.
-Thesis (Main parts/summarize & summary of approach)
Body/Arguments (Evidence that supports thesis & arguments)
Conclusion (Summarize paper, end with thesis. Intro just flipped)
FInal note, the minimum word count is 600 and the maximum is 900. Thank you!