This essay requires you to use the information you have learned from after the mid-term up to this point in the class (1920s to 2020s). However, rather than regurgitate facts, I want you to write an essay about what you have learned. Using MINIMUM 500 words you will answer the following prompt: What is the most interesting and/or surprising thing you have learned about United States history from 1920-2020-ish?
guidelines. As mentioned above, you must write 2 full pages/500 words minimum. Anything less and you will get docked points. When typing out on word document, use 12-point sized New York, Calibri, or Arial font, double spaced, with 1-inch margins. You must cite from the readings and/or lecture, using footnotes or parenthetical, either is fine, but I want at least three references to the course material.
David E. Shi & Holly A. Mayer. For the Record: A Documentary History of America,
Volume 2, 7th Edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Company
For the Record, Chapters 23-31
