Assignment

References

History. (2010). Manifest Destiny. Retrieved from

https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/manifest-destiny

Lumen Boundless US History. (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ushistory/chapter/american-imperialism/

Prompt

For this assignment, you will continue to ponder the immigration and expansion ideas and mindset of the individuals in the early 20th century.

Assignment Instructions:

In a paper of at least 600 words using two sources (an outside source and one of your readings or videos in class are fine):

-Discuss how U.S. Imperialism and the Manifest Destiny impact U.S. workplaces today

-How has U.S. Imperialism changed the demographics in your workplace?

-Give an example of how at least one group has been impact by U.S. immigration and expansion.

-Sources must be cited in the text AND in the reference list.

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[Delete this text and insert your introduction paragraph here. Introduction paragraphs should include two or three sentences that briefly outline the main points you will cover in the paper.]

How Imperialism and Manifest Destiny Affect American Workplaces Today

[Delete this text and insert your first body paragraph here. Your first body paragraph should be focused on explaining how Manifest Destiny and American imperialism affect American workplaces today. Body paragraphs should be approximately four or five sentences long.]

How American Imperialism has Changed Demographics in My Career Field

[Delete this text and insert your second body paragraph here. Your second body paragraph should be focused on describing some effects that American imperialism has had on your own career field. This could be either your current job or your future career. Body paragraphs should be approximately four or five sentences long.]

One Group Affected by United States Immigration and Expansion

[Delete this text and insert your third body paragraph here. Your third body paragraph should be focused on showing the ways in which one particular group of people has been affected by immigration and expansion in the United States. Body paragraphs should be approximately four or five sentences long.]

Conclusion

[Delete this text and insert your conclusion paragraph here. Conclusion paragraphs should be brief summaries of important information in the paper: approximately two or three sentences long.]

[Read the following tips and, then, delete the text on this page.]

Margins should be 1 inch at the top, bottom, left, and right of every page.

Do not justify the right margin, instead leave it ragged by using left justify.

Your entire paper should be double-spaced. Use Times New Roman font size 12.

Make sure you use in-text citations for all paraphrasing (summaries of information you have read/researched) as well as all direct quotations. ANY and ALL borrowed information must be cited.

Examples of in-text citations:

In your writing, it is important to paraphrase sources that are reliable (Jones, 2009).

OR

Jones (2009) argues that students should cite reliable sources.

OR

“Quote from reliable sources” (Jones, 2009, p. 45).

The period should always come after the parenthetical citation.

References

[Delete this text and insert your full reference citations here.]

Basic format for articles in periodicals (such as academic journals):

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.

Example:

Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(30), 5-13.

Basic format for Books:

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for proper nouns and the first letter in the first word after any colon. Location City and State/Country: Publisher.

Example:

Calfee, R. C. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Basic format for an article from a website:

Author, A. A. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number. Retrieved from

http://www.journalhomepage.com/full/url/

Example:

Kenneth, I. A. (2000). A Buddhist response to the nature of human rights. Journal of Buddhist Ethics,8. Retrieved from

http://www.cac.psu.edu/jbe/twocont.html

(Note: The examples above show how your references should look. The examples were obtained from the OWL at Purdue APA Formatting and Style Guide. References should be alphabetized, have ½ inch hanging indents, and should be properly formatted based on the reference type.)