Instructions:There is one section to the exam. Answer for a total response of 500-words minimum response, which does not include title or bibliography pages, citing or bibliography. Submit as one document, with all parts combined! Format:Use the Chicago format provided on Learn or internal citations. Make sure you have a title page, bibliography page, internal citing, footnotes /endnotes or internal citation (as your citations) in addition to your responses when complete.  Citing:Use internal citation as [Farmer, 200] or Chicago style footnotes or endnotes for your citations, keep in mind anything you take from a source should be cited since it comes from another author. You can put the footnote or endnote at the end of the paragraph or after a quote or other statistic. Be sure to quote [use quotation marks] anything taken directly from the textbook. If you paraphrase you still need to cite the author and make sure you change more than a word here and there! Make sure your responses are not simply one quotation after another, but rather your arguments using the sources. Do NOT submit the FINAL without citations in the text, simply listing sources on the bibliography is not sufficient for college-level work! Make sure your quoting does not exceed 75 words or 15% of the response length. Quoting: you may use short quotes with proper citations to support your arguments, no more than a sentence long at a time. Total use of quotes in your exam should not exceed 15% of the total or 75 words. More quoting will result in loss of points, you should focus on your analysis instead of using long quotes or merely stringing long quotes together and calling that research. Quotes do NOT count as your words! Submitting:Submit your exam in doc, docx or rtf format. Do not submit as a pdf or odt format. Spelling:Do not use contractions in formal writing, spell-check before submitting for best results.  Sources:Be sure to use the textbook as the ONLY source. Special Note:Do NOT submit in 1st or 2d person (= I, we, our, etc.), instead use 3d person since this is formal writing! Do not use long quotes, keep quotes brief and always in quotation marks. Also, no use of bulleted lists in formal writing. Email if you have any questions, keep in mind this needs to be your original work!  Themes Instructions: Choose two of the questions below for a 250-word response each for a total of 500-word response (or you can just pick one for a 500-word response). Be sure to cite the textbook!
Keep in mind these are integrative, cumulative questions which are not meant to be drawn from one, but rather two (or more) chapters to demonstrate your overall knowledge of the course content. Be sure to cite the textbook!Special Note: Be specific, use examples to support your arguments!
1 – Consider the American economic experience from 1900 to 2021. Pick one decade [any 10 years] and explain why it was probably the most prosperous decade in this 100-year period, on an economic basis. Why? Explain using specific examples.2 – Trace the American minority experience from 1865 to 2021. How has their [pick a group to discuss, which can include women] experience changed over time: for the better? Worse? Why? Explain using specific examples.3 – Trace the American military experience from 1865 to 2021. Identify two conflicts, which represent the best [identify one] and worst [identify another] efforts of the US military. Why? Explain using specific examples.4 – Trace the American foreign policy experience from 1865 to 2021. Which president managed American foreign affairs the most effectively while in office? Why? Explain using specific examples. [Note: this question is NOT about domestic affairs, just foreign affairs]5 – Trace the American overall experience from 1865 to 2021. Is America a better country today than say: (pick one) 1865 / 1946 / 1962 / 1970 / 1985? Why/not? Establish how America is better or worse than those specific years USING EXAMPLES or criteria which support your argument.[NOTE: If you thought it would have been better to live in this country post-WW2, for example, than you might pick 1946 as better than 2020, but you would have to explain why and provide examples from the textbook to back your argument. If instead you thought 2020 was better than 1946, you would still examples to support you, etc.]

**In-text citations required from: Introduction to American History Volume 2 since 1865 9th edition by Farmer, Degler, DeSantis