{"id":14369,"date":"2023-04-15T03:33:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T03:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/analyzing-a-historical-debate-over-an-issue-from-the-second-half-of-u-s-history-find-at-least-two-opposing-perspectives-on-that-issue-in-the-shame-of-cities-by-lincoln-steffens-and-i-seen-my-op\/"},"modified":"2023-04-15T03:33:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T03:33:52","slug":"analyzing-a-historical-debate-over-an-issue-from-the-second-half-of-u-s-history-find-at-least-two-opposing-perspectives-on-that-issue-in-the-shame-of-cities-by-lincoln-steffens-and-i-seen-my-op","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/analyzing-a-historical-debate-over-an-issue-from-the-second-half-of-u-s-history-find-at-least-two-opposing-perspectives-on-that-issue-in-the-shame-of-cities-by-lincoln-steffens-and-i-seen-my-op\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyzing a Historical debate over an issue from the second half of U.S. History. Find at least two opposing perspectives on that issue in: “The Shame of Cities” by Lincoln Steffens, AND “I seen my opportunities and I took ’em” by George W. Plunkitt."},"content":{"rendered":"

“The Shame of Cities” by Lincoln Steffens. https:\/\/objectofhistory.org\/objects\/brieftour\/votingmachine\/index.html%3Forder=3.html<\/p>\n

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“I seen my opportunities and I took ’em” by George W. Plunkitt. https:\/\/historymatters.gmu.edu\/d\/5030\/<\/div>\n
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Part I. Introduction<\/b><\/div>\n
1. Describe in general the issue that is debated:<\/div>\n
For example, you may analyze the importance of this issue based on its significance to the culture, economics, political system, or social structure at the time.<\/div>\n
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Part II. Historical Debate<\/b><\/div>\n
2. What is the main argument<\/u> in each perspective? On what points do they agree and disagree?<\/div>\n
3. Analyze the evidence that is provided to support each thesis: What types<\/u> of evidence are used? Does the evidence support the thesis? Why or why not?<\/div>\n
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Part III. Conclusion<\/b><\/div>\n
4. How did the readings change the way in which you understood the subject?<\/div>\n
5. How are the issues presented in the readings still relevant to you today? Please explain how your personal background and life experiences might influence your perspective on this topic.<\/div>\n
6. Imagine that you have been asked to tackle a current national or global issue. How would you use the readings to help you do so?<\/div>\n
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Format:<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n
Your essay must have MLA citations in order to properly cite the evidence you use<\/b>. For instance, when you cite the articles, the citation would look like this: (Plunkitt) or (Steffens parag. 4). The author\u2019s last name and the page number you are citing is the information that you put in the parentheses.<\/div>\n
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“The Shame of Cities” by Lincoln Steffens. https:\/\/objectofhistory.org\/objects\/brieftour\/votingmachine\/index.html%3Forder=3.html “I seen my opportunities and I took ’em” by George W. Plunkitt. https:\/\/historymatters.gmu.edu\/d\/5030\/ Part I. Introduction 1. Describe in general the issue that is debated: For example, you may analyze the importance of this issue based on its significance to the culture, economics, political system, or social […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[1103],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/14369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/14369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=14369"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=14369"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=14369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}