For this assignment, you need to visit the National Archives DOCSTeach site. Historians typically use two types of materials, secondary source, and primary source documents. Secondary sources are typically books and articles written on a particular historical event, well after the fact.
Primary source documents are usually generated by first-hand participants. Good historians rely heavily on original materials created at the time of the event.
For this reason, historians spend a good deal of time at the archives. There are many types of archives, but by far, the largest in the United States, is the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
The National Archives contains more than 10 billion documents, and they have collected thousands of those in the National Archives DOCSTeach site.
After you have opened the above link, click on "Menu" on the upper left, and then "Documents." In the "Keyword" box type in the subject you wish to research. THE CHOSEN TOPIC IS ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HIS IMPACT ON U.S HISTORY.
Paper must be double-spaced (Times New Roman, font size 12), and include a cover page with your name, course number and course title, instructor's name, and date. MINIMUM 950 WORDS. 2 REFERENCES.
Paper should include a thesis statement, and a narrative and conclusion that defends that argument.
ABSOLUTELY NO PLAGIARISM
APA FORMAT. THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE SOURCES ARE THOSE FROM THE LINK POSTED ABOVE FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES.