How did Mexican Americans (Californios) experience the California Gold Rush era?

July 18, 2023July 18, 2023 Discipline: American History
Please write a 2000 word essay answering to the topic question. When writing your analysis, please incorporate 6 (six) or more primary source documents from the book as evidence in your paper. Cite these documents in your essay by the author of the document, the title of the document, and its page number (Bryant, What I Saw in California, pg. 34). When drawing upon the author’s interpretation of the Gold Rush as part of your 2000 word essay, cite the author’s last name (Isenberg, pg. 10).
  • Use quotes and other important data from the book to “prove” your thesis statement. 
  • Include an introduction, multiple “body” paragraphs, and a conclusion to frame your analysis.

The source that is going to be used is: 

Andrew C. Isenberg’s, The California Gold Rush: A Brief History with Documents (MacMillan Learning/Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, 1st ed., 2018). THIS SOURCE WILL BE PROVIDED ONCE THE ORDER IS ACCEPTED. 

Additional instructions: 

Inclusion of a Title: Is there a title for the essay? Does the title reflect the subject matter of the essay? Is the title creative? Is the title centered at the top of page one? Is the first letter in each word of the title capitalized?

Effective Introduction: Is there an introduction for the essay? Is the introduction no more than half of a page in length? Does the introduction briefly establish the background to understand the subject matter?  Does the thesis appear at the end of the introduction? 

Inclusion of a Thesis statement: Does the essay have a well-formulated thesis? Does the thesis appear at the end of the introduction? Is the thesis one sentence to three sentences in length? Is the thesis specific in terms of the explanation of the subject matter to be proven by the writer?

Use of Evidence: Does the essay utilize quotes and other specific and detailed information from the source? Does the essay use parenthetical documentation to cite the information with page numbers from the book 

(Isenberg, pg. 10).? Does the essay also use a sufficient number of examples and detail in the form of people, places, events, key dates, and concepts?

Try to use many quotes in your essay to illustrate key ideas. QUOTES SHOULD BE NO LONGER THAN 4 LINES OF
SINGLE-SPACED TYPE. Avoid using quotes in the introduction and conclusion. 

Effective Conclusion: Is the conclusion no more than a third of a page in length? Does the conclusion restate the thesis? Does the conclusion give the reader a take home message connected to a larger and more modern idea?


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