Essay 2
Blacks eagerly signed up for service in the army and navy after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.
Describe the life of a black soldier.
Overall, how important were black servicemen in the outcome of the war? Finally, discuss what fighting in the war meant to these men.
Requirements:
pay close attention
500 words or more
MLA Style
Word doc
Double Space Arial or Times Roman font-12 point 1 inch margins
I encourage all to have another person review your work before submission. Often a second set of eyes will catch errors you may overlook. Use separate paragraphs. No papers with one long paragraph. Do not use subheadings. Use transitions and topic sentences to move to new points of interest or emphasis.
Do not overly rely on outside sources for this essay. Outside sources should complement, not dominate, your paper. Filling up essays with outside sources when course materials are sufficient and available, tends to indicate that a student is not fully reading and reviewing what has been covered in the course, but relying on the internet to quickly supply source material. That is not where you want to be.
If citing from the class text, a page number at the end (not middle) of the sentence is fine. If using an outside source, cite within the essay by placing a footnote number (1, 2…) at the end of a sentence, then footnote at the bottom of the page or list it on an End Notes/Citation page.
Attach/upload your Word document (Blackboard has problems converting other formats) to the Blackboard assignment page. Do not write in the “Write Submission” or Comments section.
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