FINAL EXAM ESSAY

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FINAL EXAM ESSAY

HISTORY 1302

Write a complete, well documented essay giving your opinion on the following topic using standard English writing principles.  Proofread your paper, don’t just depend on spell check.  Remember, this is a full essay in which you must cover the following topics:

• state your opinion
• define what you mean by “significant”
• explain why your selections are the most significant
• explain why the changes that you select occurred
• explain the progression of these changes on the United States
• give historical facts to substantiate your opinion
• outline the progression of change in the areas from the 1870’s to today

1. Through Dr. Stowe’s magic time machine, you have been transported back to the 1870’s.  Now, as an expert on the future, you are asked to write an article on the following topic: “The Two Most Fundamental Areas that will change the United States in the next 150 Years and how they impacted/changed life in America.”  Write your article.

Major AREAS are:

• government and politics, 
• economics and business, 
• society and culture, 
• communications,
• transportation,
• technology  
• foreign affairs.

Explain why you think the two that you choose are the most important and document your speech or article with factual evidence.  (NOTE—You do not have to write on each area above, just think about the changes in each area in choosing your two most important.  All of the areas experienced revolutionary change, but you are stating your opinion and giving factual evidence to support your view as to which two had the greatest impact on changing how we live today from life in the 1870’s.)

Write on AREAS of change, not single events or time periods.  For example, the Civil Rights Movement is NOT an area, but is part of the area of Social and Cultural.  World War II is just part of Foreign Affairs.  The phone is just part of communications technology.

Research is not required because you should have this information in your class notes and from your reading.  If you use research sources, they must be cited in footnotes or end notes  and listed on a works cited page so that your sources can be checked.  Include Web Addresses for any sources from the Internet.