working thesis

Your “Working Thesis” Section should look like this:

II. Working Thesis
a. [Your thesis statement—single-sentence—goes here]

i. Evidence from the Textbook
1. [Place your evidence from the textbook Chapters 10-16 here (this

evidence must also include quotation marks, if you’re quoting a direct passage from the textbook, and cited. Failure to do so is plagiarism and will result in a zero for the assignment).]

a. [Be sure to include a brief explanation, in your own words, why this piece of evidence from the textbook is relevant to your Final Paper: how does this help you analyze the primary sources and answer the prompt?]

2. [Repeat this process with further evidence from Chapters 10-15]

chapter reading 10-15

http://www.americanyawp.com/text/10-religion-and-r…

http://www.americanyawp.com/text/11-the-cotton-rev…

http://www.americanyawp.com/text/12-manifest-desti…

http://www.americanyawp.com/text/13-the-sectional-…

http://www.americanyawp.com/text/14-the-civil-war/

http://www.americanyawp.com/text/15-reconstruction…