PLEASE USE PROPER AMERICAN ENGLISH AND GRAMMAR! PLEASE DO NOT OVER USE LARGE WORDS JUST FOR FILLER!

R

ESEARCH

the concept of

American Exceptionalism

, originating in Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America.

WRITE

a 3-4 page essay that both analyzes the concept and how it relates to U.S. history between 1776 and 1848 and makes an argumentative claim about its relevance to the past, present, and future of the nation.

PROVIDE

Citations (using the citation form of your choice *here is a guide to help) for at least one scholarly source that you consulted during your research. “Scholarly” refers to the work of professional historians, not open-source web encyclopedias and other anonymous, and often unreliable, information floating about in the blogosphere. Your source should have an author’s name, be associated with an academic journal/institution, or come from a reputable academic search engine (ProQuest and EBSCO are available through the SPSCC Library website under “Databases”)