Essay Two Assignment

American History 121-10PR
Fall 2008
Essay Two Assignment
Final Draft Due: Monday, December 1

Write an essay in which you answer one of the following questions:
1. What compromises went into the Constitution and Bill of Rights? Use the Constitution and the Bill of Rights to answer the question
2. By what rhetorical means did different groups support or protest Indian Removal. Use at least two different sources to answer the question.
3. What role did religion and religious ideas play in American movements for personal, social or political change and/or reform? Use at least two different sources to answer the question.
4. How did slaves attempt to modify or protest their enslavement? Use at least two different sources to answer the question

Your essay must:
• Be type-written, double-spaced in a legible font and format, and number between 1200 and 1750 words in length. (This will be 3-5 pages in most fonts). It must answer one of the questions given below.
• Use only readings assigned for the course. For long sources, use the translations provided and refer only to the sections assigned for the course. You may not use outside sources.
• Refer to primary sources at least five times total. You may either quote or paraphrase the source, but the reference must be cited. You may use either parenthetical itations or footnotes to give the author. Like this (author page #) or this.1 You must also cite uses of secondary sources, such as the textbook and lecture, but they do not count towards the five uses of primary sources.
• Do not need to include a cover page or a works cited page.
• Have a strong thesis in the first paragraph, answer the question correctly with reasoned argument, evidence an organized structure and be based on the primary source evidence. Egregious grammatical and spelling errors will adversely affect the final grade.


1 Author, page #.