Welcome! This research guide was created for students in Prof. Vecchio's 19th Century U.S. History class.
You have been assigned a research project that requires locating sources about a topic of your choice.
This guide is a customized resource for this particular course and assignment.
The resources on these pages will help you:
Your project requires you to select a topic from your textbook and write a 5-7 page paper using various sources, including books, journals, magazines, newspapers, online resources, film, and oral sources. You must use at least 15 sources.
Suggested topics:
These topics are broad, so narrow your topic by focusing on sub-topics. It may help to raise a debatable question on your chosen subject.
You must write a well-developed thesis statement about your topic that should be presented in no less than two paragraphs.
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