History paper

Quizzes 3 and 4

Due date: Wednesday March 16 in class

Parameters: Write a 1-2 page paper on one of the following questions. Use your lecture notes, textbook, and academic secondary sources to help you write and back up your arguments. For the secondary sources, they MUST be academic books and/or scholarly articles (use JSTOR and Ebscohost to find the articles); do NOT use random websites (this includes History.com, Wikipedia, and PBS) or book reviews and encyclopedias.

Formatting: Please write in Times New Roman Font (black), Size 12, double spaced paragraphs with normal margins (and staple if necessary). Do not use excessive spacing. Also, cite all outside information properly- use either Chicago Manual of Style footnoting or MLA in-text citations.

Quiz 3: Choose from the following

1. Why did the Dreyfus Affair damage France?

2. Why were the ramifications of the Russo-Japanese War?

Quiz 4: Choose from the following

1. Who started the First World War?

2. What was the Schlieffen Plan?