Make sure you insert a footnote citation if you are quoting from another source. Each essay should be about 500 words in length. Please place both essays in one file to upload.
Your grade will be based on the following:
45% facts: This means that you are demonstrating that you understand the content within the documents. It also means that you are presenting accurate facts from history, i.e. the events surrounding the time in which the document was created. These facts should come from your textbook or from lectures.
45% analysis: This means that you have a thesis (argument). Click on thesis (Links to an external site.) to learn how to write this statement. It also means that in addition to presenting facts, you are explaining what is historically significant about the person, place, event. To figure out historical significance, ask yourself, “Is this fact an example of similar processes going on at the time?” or “What were the immediate consequences of this fact?” or “Are there any parallels to today or long-term consequences?”
10% organization: This means that each paragraph has a purpose to present evidence in support of your original argument. It also means that your essay has a logical flow. Finally, there should not be an overwhelming amount of grammatical errors that distract from being able to read your essay.
Andrew Jackson
This is a message Andrew Jackson kills the Bank of the United States (BUS). Things to consider:
1. What reasons does Jackson give for not re-chartering the Bank of the United States?
2. What are the national implications of this action?
3. Who benefited from the bank charter being renewed? Who did not benefit?
4. What led Jackson to dislike the Bank of the United States?
5. What happened, beyond the bank closing,
Use the attached link for additional info
Andrew Jackson’s Veto Message Against Re-chartering the Bank of the United States, 1832
