You are required to develop and submit a position paper in this course.
Completing this assignment requires accomplishing the following six tasks:
1. Selecting one of the Historical Questions in your textbook.
2. Explaining your selection.
3. Clearly defining the issue(s) addressed in your Historical Question.
4. Clearly stating your position (opinion) on the issue.
5. Defending your position.
6. Concluding concisely.
Getting Started – Selecting a Question
Your first task is to select one of the below Historical Questions . As you investigate this
Question and develop your own position on the topic, you will be required to first
Produce an outline of the issue(s) involved together with your initial opinion. Later you
will be required to produce a developed position paper based on your outline.
Historical Questions
What did the Ku Klux Klan really want?
Social Darwinism: Did wealthy industrialists practice what they preached?
Did terrorists sink the Maine?
Progressives and Conservation: Should Hetchy be dammed or saved?
What did the Doughboys find in France?
Was there a sexual revolution in the 1920’s?
Why did the Allies win World War II?
Why couldn’t the United States bomb its way to victory in Vietnam?
Why did the ERA fail?
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