Amh directions

Students must write a research paper--using both primary and secondary sources--that

answers the following question:

In American historiography, Marxist historians consider the Cold War an attempt by the

U.S. to establish economic hegemony, while Revisionist historians blame individual

personalities, namely Stalin and Truman. Might there be some other explanation

for explaining the Cold War? Do you think the Cold War was inevitable? If so, what were

the factors that made the Cold War conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

unavoidable?

Criteria

AMH 2020 Rubric for Second Writing Assignment.docx

Make sure you have a thesis (a general argument) and provide examples and details from

your sources to support your answer (please refer to the rubric).

• You must have a completed the writing assignment (not just an outline or a page or two) with

citations and a bibliography.

• The length of the paper should be 5-6 pages (approximately 1500-1700 words not including

citations).

• The paper must be typed in Times New Roman 12-point font and double-spaced.

• You must provide at least 4 outside sources (besides using the appropriate chapters in The American Promise and Reading the American Past), two of which must be primary sources.

• All sources must be correctly cited using the Chicago Manual of Style. You must also provide

a separate Bibliographyat the end of your paper.

(Just add the book as a source wherever, you don’t actually have to use it)