HISTORY PAPER

Paper 2- Due Tuesday April 28, by 11:59 pm (electronic submission in blackboard)

PROMPT: World War II marked a turning point in American foreign policy goals as the

United States entered an enduring Cold War with the Soviet Union. In your essay, please

compare major foreign policy initiatives in the interwar years (1920s and 1930s) with those that

arose in the postwar years (Late-1940s, 1950s, and 1960s). Please discuss at least two policy

details from each era, and defend their importance by providing and analyzing

thorough examples from lecture notes and the textbook (you MUST use both).

As always, if you have ideas about possible factors and want to run them by me, feel free

to reach out. However, if you reach out to me to say, “what are some factors I can use?” I will

simply ignore your email. Put in some effort before reaching out to me.

In developing your paper, you must have an argument that addresses the assignment

question and underline that argument. If you cannot clearly explain your position, and underline

that argument, how do you expect your TA to know your argument? Your paper will be

penalized if you do not underline your argument. Your thesis statement does not exist outside of

your introductory paragraph, ergo you should not be underlining anything outside of your

introductory paragraph.

You must also cite your evidence (material you are using from lecture or the textbook)

with footnotes1 (< ahem, ahem, here is an example). If you improperly use footnotes, i.e. put

your sources as a simple footer, you will be penalized. Any use of internet sources or texts not

assigned for this course will result in a 0 on the assignment and may be grounds for

Academic Misconduct.

1 For lecture: Professor, Lecture Name, August 28, 2019, Lecture; For textbook: Davidson, pg. #.

REQUIREMENTS: Your paper must be:

• 900-1200 words

• 11 or 12 pt font

• Times New Roman

• double-spaced

• and have 1” margins (be sure to check the default settings in your word program)

• please no title pages, they are wholly unnecessary