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American History 104

Writing Assignment 2

Topic: Describe the development of the cold war from the end of WWII up to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.  (Do not include anything about the Cuban Missile Crisis or any cold war events after that time.)

Here are the requirements:

Cover page with title and name

A minimum of 800 words of text (not including cover page, or reference page) 

In-text citations or footnotes 

1 primary source used and cited in text

Reference page

ALSO FOLLOW WRITING GUIDELINES IN SYLLABUS!!

· Use 1″ margins on all sides.

· Use only 12pt type in a standard font.

· Always double-space (except in block quotations of 4 or more lines).

· Do not leave blank spaces between paragraphs.

· Indent every paragraph.

· Avoid very long (1 page) and very short (1-2 sentence) paragraphs.

· Avoid slang expressions (e.g., ‘back in the day’).

· Introduce all direct quotations:  (ex. Thomas Jefferson, when third president of the United States, said:)  or (John Smith, in his book World at War, wrote:)

· All book titles must be underlined or italicized (not both – be consistent).

· Correct all common spelling and typographical

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· You must use one primary source as a reference for each writing assignment.  Indicate which is your primary resource on the reference page.  There are no requirements regarding secondary sources.  (If you look to the left you will see a tab explaining the differences between primary and secondary sources.)

· Formatting is required to follow the Chicago Manual of Style and Usage, which is online.  Look it up and use it!

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American

H

istory

104

Writing

Assignment

2

Topic:

Describe

the

development

of

the

cold

war

from

the

end

of

WWII

up

to

the

Cuban

Missile

Crisis

in

1962.

(Do

not

include

anything

about

the

Cuban

Missile

Crisis

or

any

cold

war

events

after

that

time.)

Here

are

the

requirements:

Cover

page

with

title

and

na

me

A

minimum

of

800

words

of

text

(not

including

cover

page,

or

reference

page)

In

-

text

citations

or

footnotes

1

primary

source

used

and

cited

in

text

Reference

page

ALSO

FOLLOW

WRITING

GUIDELINES

IN

SYLLABUS!!

·

Use

1

"

margins

on

all

sides.

·

Use

only

12pt

type

in

a

standard

font.

·

Always

double

-

space

(except

in

block

quotations

of

4

or

more

lines).

·

Do

not

leave

blank

spaces

between

paragraphs.

·

Indent

every

paragraph.

·

Avoid

very

long

(1

page)

and

very

short

(1

-

2

sentence)

paragraphs.

·

Avoid

slang

expressions

(e.g.,

‘back

in

the

day’).

·

Introduce

all

direct

quotations:

(ex.

Thomas

Jefferson,

when

third

president

of

the

United

States,

said:)

or

(John

Smith,

in

his

book

Wo

rld

at

War,

wrote:)

American History 104

Writing Assignment 2

Topic: Describe the development of the cold war from the end of WWII

up to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. (Do not include anything

about the Cuban Missile Crisis or any cold war events after that time.)

Here are the requirements:

Cover page with title and name

A minimum of 800 words of text (not including cover page, or

reference page)

In-text citations or footnotes

1 primary source used and cited in text

Reference page

ALSO FOLLOW WRITING GUIDELINES IN SYLLABUS!!

 Use 1" margins on all sides.

 Use only 12pt type in a standard font.

 Always double-space (except in block quotations of 4 or more

lines).

 Do not leave blank spaces between paragraphs.

 Indent every paragraph.

 Avoid very long (1 page) and very short (1-2 sentence) paragraphs.

 Avoid slang expressions (e.g., ‘back in the day’).

 Introduce all direct quotations: (ex. Thomas Jefferson, when third

president of the United States, said:) or (John Smith, in his book

World at War, wrote:)