Emancipation Proclamation
Minimum length 5 Pages not including your bibliography. Font size should be a maximum of 12 point and double spaced.
The formatting for the paper should be MLA style. For more information for this format go to the HCC library page; https://library.hccs.edu/mla-guide it includes instructions and a template for citing your sources.
You will be required to use Turn It In when submitting your paper. You will not be required to go to log in to the Turn It In site, there will be an automatic link that submits your paper. DO NOT use any other method to access Turn It In please. I will post a video showing you how to submit, check, and resubmit your paper if necessary. This software checks for plagiarism. It searches the Internet and other students’ papers throughout the country to ensure you have not copied from the Internet or other students’ papers. Remember that plagiarism can result in a 0 on the paper and a failing grade in the class.
Leave enough time to allow for you to submit and review your paper using the Turn It In website. I would like for you to come in with no more than 10% similarity. If you go over that number reword terms or make sure you have correctly quoted your sources.
The term paper should your own wording, please no big block quotes. All sources should be in quotation marks.
Example:
CORRECT
“The national debate over Reconstruction began during the Civil War. In December 1863, less than a year after he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, Pres. Abraham Lincoln announced the first comprehensive program for Reconstruction”. – cite source number from bibliography.
INCORRECT – Too much quoted material.
“Reconstruction, in U.S. history, the period (1865–77) that followed the American Civil War and during which attempts were made to redress the inequities of slavery and its political, social, and economic legacy and to solve the problems arising from the readmission to the Union of the 11 states that had seceded at or before the outbreak of war. Long portrayed by many
historians as a time when vindictive Radical Republicans fastened black supremacy upon the defeated Confederacy, Reconstruction has since the late 20th century been viewed more sympathetically as a laudable experiment in interracial democracy. Reconstruction witnessed far-reaching changes in America’s political life. At the national level, new laws and constitutional amendments permanently altered the federal system and the definition of American citizenship. In the South, a politically mobilized black community joined with white allies to bring the Republican Party to power, and with it a redefinition of the responsibilities of government.”
Use good sources – no Wikipedia. Here is a site that may help with sources. https://www.academia-research.com/freelance-writing/crediblenon-credible-sources/
Grading Rubric
Introduction paragraph - 10 points (Overall summary of your paper.)
Personal evaluation – 70 points (Your own writing explaining your opinion of your chosen topic – listed below. Small quotes to prove your point.)
Conclusion paragraph – 10 points (Summarize you’re the point of the paper.)
Bibliography – 10 points (Correctly cited sources that are used in your paper. This should be a list of the quotes used in your paper.)
Topics for History 1301
What was the role of “Common Sense” in passage of The Declaration of Independence?
Did the Constitution help solve the weaknesses of The Articles of Confederation?
What was the impact of the invention of the cotton gin?
Why was the Indian Removal Act passed and what was the impact on Native Americans?
What were the causes of the Mexican War? Did the United States start the war?
What were the strengths and weaknesses of the North and the South during the Civil War?
What was the impact the Emancipation Proclamation within the United States and within Europe?
Was Reconstruction a success or failure?
