2-3 pages
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Your paper should also have two reasonably sized images (e.g. image of characters/events/maps).
MLA Citation Format

Research question: How did new technology affect the social, cultural, and political growth of the US between the years of 1760 and 1876?

Follow the below outline for the paper.

Part 1
Research Question/Thesis statement-Introduction-Approach
Why did you pick this topic?
What do you want to learn?  What are the questions you must ask?
What criteria will you use to evaluate what you find?

Part II
Summarize

What happened? (historical background)
Key Players/Key Moments/Turning Points
What were the Key Influences
What did it mean to that era?
Results-What was the final result of the events of that era?
Effects-How did it change the way…
we did things because of the changes in that era?
we interpreted what you studied?
What was the impact for the future

Part 3
Effect on us today in 2014 (THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT)
Does this have meaning for us today? Why or why not?
What is next for this topic; where will the future lead us
After studying this topic, if you were to study it further, what questions would you ask next; what new parts would you research.