History 498
Devine
FIRST
PAPER ASSIGNMENT (OPTION #2)
This essay is due Monday, November 22nd
by 11:59 pm. You may email your
paper to me as an attachment, turn it in to the History Department office
(Sierra Tower 610), or hand it to me in person. I recommend against slipping it
under my office door. If you have
already submitted a paper, you do not have to do this paper. If you do both
papers, I will take the higher grade of the two.
Essays must be at least FOUR FULL PAGES and no
more than six full pages. They should be typed in 12-point font
and double-spaced with one-inch margins all around. If you are quoting directly
from a source, cite the author and page number in parentheses within the body
of the text, i.e. (Morris, 47). All direct quotes MUST be in quotation
marks and must be cited. Paraphrases of ideas drawn from the reading MUST
also be cited. Please number your pages (if your word processor is
Microsoft Word, use the “Insert” menu and choose “Page Numbers”) and give your
essay an appropriate title (clever titles involving puns are always
welcome). If you have any questions or
are in any way unsure about what the questions are asking, be sure to speak
with me via email or in person.
Choose ONE (1) of the following five essay questions:
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Can a “stolen” election be a vindication of the soundness of the American political system?
To what extent do
you agree or disagree with this statement?
[Hint: The primary
sources in the Brett Flehinger book will be helpful regardless of what side of
this question you decide to argue.]
To what extent do you
agree or disagree with this statement?
[Hint: While you may
agree or disagree with the statement, you may also make the case that its
premise is incorrect: the international situation did not have a
significant impact in these elections.]