M04 Readings and Writing Prompts for Essay No. 2

For your Essay 2 submission, please select one (1) of the Reading Options below. Then select the corresponding Writing Prompt to formulate your essay on. At the beginning of your essay, be sure to identify the reading upon which your essay is based. Your Essay should be between 2-3 pages; please keep the essay to no more than 3 pages. Format: MLA, Chicago, APA (Instructor: please retain the Writing format style you prefer and remove the other two options listed - also remove this sentence as well), Doubled-spaced, typed, font in Times New Roman or Arial, size 12. 1-inch margins all around. Written work for this course is to be submitted only in either Microsoft Word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf). Be very detailed and specific in writing your essay and be sure to follow all writing guidelines and conventions established in this course.

Reading is a significant part of any historical project. Students selecting an essay topic are also encouraged to use an additional source or two to enhance the experience. Please do not cite the textbook and online reference sources Wikipedia and Britannica, Infoplease, Sparknotes, Answers.com, Ask.com, et cetera. Make use of the online readings posted on the Calendar, supplemental materials posted in the session folders, or journal articles, government documents, newspapers, magazines, and books available through Ivy Tech Library’s Discover! Links to an external site.or print sources at your local library.

Essay No. 2 - Reading Option 1:

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Writing Prompt - This is a challenging and thought-provoking article by Jeffrey A, Engel from Diplomacy & Statecraft. How does the author explain “Theodore Roosevelt’s conception of order and progress within the international system”?  By offering a close analysis of Roosevelt’s language – in letters, speeches, and statements to Congress – the author reinforces the image of Roosevelt’s energetic diplomacy. Do you agree or disagree with the author that Roosevelt played an activist role in laying “the foundation for more profound changes in America’s foreign policy to come.” zombies

 

Essay No. 2 - Reading Option 2:

1-Reading(s) -

Writing Prompt - What was the conflict in solving America's social problems and was it possible to address the myriad of social ills in America at the turn of the 19th and 20th century without addressing the heart, or root cause, of those social ills? Who were the people who attempted to address the social ills of the American working class? What means did they use?  What were they and their movement called? zombies

 

Essay No. 2 - Reading Option 3:

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Writing Prompt - Describe the political/geographic situation in Europe at the beginning of World War I. How did the Great Powers of Europe come to war after the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand? zombies

 

Essay No. 2 - Reading Option 4:

3-Reading(s) - When Bigotry Paraded Through the Streets,  Download When Bigotry Paraded Through the Streets, Rank-and-File Radicalism within the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s Links to an external site. and The Ku Klux Klan in Indiana. Download The Ku Klux Klan in Indiana.

 Writing Prompt - Read the three articles and discuss the different views of the Ku Klux Klan presented by them. After reading the material, how accurate is the picture of the Ku Klux Klan presented by the article Rank and File Radicalism within the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s?  Why did many Americans "turn a blind eye" to the KKK? (Note: The Northern Indiana Center for History originally published the Klan in Indiana article). zombies