Write two single-spaced paragraphs (typed), one in support and one against the following statement concerning Ernesto Chavez’s The U.S. War with Mexico: A Brief History with Documents.

Assignment Question

US Mexico War For and Against Assignment

Write two single-spaced paragraphs (typed), one in support and one against the following statement concerning Ernesto Chavez’s The U.S. War with Mexico: A Brief History with Documents.

Each paragraph is worth 25 points, 50 points overall.

Statement: Americans supported the U.S.-Mexico War and territorial expansion. Write a for/against paragraph (two overall) both supporting and then one challenging the statement above using the primary source documents from the U.S.-Mexico War document reader. Make sure each paragraph includes three pieces of evidence from the reader, each piece of evidence should be a primary source document (Ex: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Walt Whitman, Diary of Susan Magoffin, etc.). Although the introduction to the reader is useful background information that will help you write the paragraph, the pieces of evidence must come from the primary source documents (each document counts as a piece of evidence). The final sentence in each paragraph must be a thesis sentence and assert your main argument supported by the evidence/documents. Relisting your evidence points is not considered a strong argument, rather, make an all-encompassing argument that draws a larger conclusion based on the evidence. You will be graded for having a topic sentence, evidence point 1, evidence point 2, evidence point 3, and thesis sentence.