The paper will include a separate title page, footnotes, and a bibliography according to the Chicago Manual of Style.
1. Use proper grammar and mechanics;
2. Develop strong introductory and concluding paragraphs that organize the structure of the essay and state a clear, consistent thesis;
3. Fully document all sources;
4. Focus primarily on primary sources for historical evidence and use the textbook as a secondary source providing historical background, context, and
relevance;
5. Perspective of the essay should emphasize what the primary sources tell the historian about not only the relation of religion to the development of
American culture but also the authors and the sources in historical context;
6. Students should use sources not only for content on the topic but also to comprehend how arguments were made and what biases existed in regard to
particular topics.
7. What factors pushed/pulled immigrants to the American West;
8. In what ways were European and Asian immigrants similar/dissimilar;
9. How did native-born Americans view immigrants? In what ways were Europeans and Asians viewed similarly/dissimilarly;
10. What challenges did the Rock Springs environment and community pose to ethno-racial relations;
11. How did the role of a corporation like the Union Pacific Coal Company contribute to ethno-racial tensions;
12. How did the Rock Springs experience compare with other western communities;
13. Do you find similarities/dissimilarities in the ethno-racial experiences of post-Civil War Asians, African Americans, Native Americans, and/or
Latinos? In what was the western experience similar/dissimilar to that of the Reconstruction South, and;
14. How does the Rock Springs experience reflect transnational themes in American history?
SOURCE REQUIREMENTS(I will provide source list later)
1. You must use chapter 18 from volume II of the textbook, although chapters 17 and 19 would offer good background context;
2. You must use at least eight of the online or archived primary sources from above;
3. You may use any of the book sources listed above, and;
4. You may not use any outside sources.
