The Final Essay prompt is this: Compare and contrast the Revolutionary War and Civil War as transformative events in American history. Which was a more transformative event?

So that I have a statement from you before the midterm grade deadline, create and upload a Microsoft Word file that contains your proposed thesis statement answering the Final Essay prompt. This will also help you get started and, of course, you can change your thesis statement later in the semester.

In the same file, add a quotation from the textbook or another assigned source that you intend to use as evidence in your Final Essay, and add a footnote inserted and written out showing where you got that information. In Microsoft Word, navigate to the end of the quotation that you have written out.