SLO #1: Students will develop and persuasively argue a historical thesis in a written assignment that identifies and explains major social, economic, political and/or cultural themes or patterns in United States history to 1877.
SLO #2: Students will apply appropriate historical methods to analyze and use primary and/or secondary sources as evidence to support the thesis in an essay addressing issues in United States history to 1877.
Prompt:
Freedom has been a central theme of Colonial American history. Yet, the application of freedom has varied greatly throughout this period and among different groups of people. Using the two primary source document below, form an argument regarding the status of African Americans after the American Revolution up to 1877 and analyze the current status of African Americans today.
Requirements:
1. Form an argument addressing the prompt.
2. Write a formal 4 page paper, double space, in font 12 in Times New Roman or Arial, correctly using MLA, APA or Chicago Style citation.
3. Use both the primary source documents, Fredrick’s Douglass’, “What to the Slave is the Fourth and July?” and the Thirteen Amendment.
4. Use course text and modules for the analysis and provide historical context of African Americans after the American Revolution.
5. Conduct academic research to analyze the current status of African Americans today and cite sources appropriately.
Use these two primary sources:
1) Frederick Douglass, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” 1852
2)AMENDMENT XIII
Section 1.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.