Assignment Instructions

A Short Paper Assignment allows you, early in the course, to demonstrate your research skills to your instructor and to receive feedback that will benefit you when you write your research paper. With this assignment, you will learn how to do proper and adequate research and write a short paper and prepare you for writing the research paper
This short paper is a title page, at least three double-spaced pages of text (Times New Roman, font size 12), and you must consult a minimum of two academically credible sources. Bibliographies and citations will be in the Chicago Manual of Style format.
Choose a specific topic we have not covered in the course of American History up to 1877. Do not write on a general subject such the American Revolution, the Louisina Puchase, the Civil War, Slavery, or Reconconstruction; areas we have already covered in the Forums. Find a new topic or an aspect of a topic that allows for research beow the surface and offers a new insight or argument you can develop in your essay.
The short paper needs to be turned in through the assignment section for grading. If you use any of the information from your sources word-for-word, you must cite the source by using endnotes or footnotes. If you read the information and write it in your own words and it is not common knowledge, then you must cite the source because you are paraphrasing someone’s information.
Use citations in the text of your document and footnotes for assertions, facts, dates, and other details not to show that you located the ideas but to advance your argument and give credibility for the ideas or events.
The short paper must include a cover or title page with your name, course number and course title, instructor’s name, and date. You must also include a bibliography at the end of your paper. While composing your paper, use proper English. Do not use abbreviations, contractions, passive voice, or first/ second person (I, you, we, our, etc). Before submitting your paper, check your grammar and use spell check. Remember, the way you talk is not the way you write a paper.
Please label your paper as follows: lastnamefirstnameHIST101ShortPaper

don’t mention all this topic below. We have covered all this topic during this semester.
1:Christopher Columbus
2The Puritans
How democratic was colonial American society
Salem Witch Trials
American Revolution
Louisiana Purchase
Could the War of 1812 be considered America’s second war for independence
Do you agree with Jefferson that the election of 1800 was a revolution
technological innovation
National Archives Assignment (
Choose one of the effects of the Second Great Awakening and discuss
Why did women take such a prominent role in the reform movement
When and why did the South move from seeing slavery as a necessary evil to seeing it as a good thing
How effective were the abolitionists in achieving their goals during this time?
Please choose one of the following questions to answer:

1. Choose one of the effects of the Second Great Awakening and discuss.

2. Why did women take such a prominent role in the reform movement?

3. When and why did the South move from seeing slavery as a necessary evil to seeing it as a good thing?

4. How effective were the abolitionists in achieving their goals during this time