American Politics Winter 2022
Structured Outline for Integrated Paper #1
The following are the questions for the first integrated essay, in structured outline form. When you are writing the paper, try to do the following:
· Answer the questions in your own words: Try to do this without going back to the essay. If you need to refresh your memory, go back to the essay and read the relevant section. Make certain that you answer the questions that I am asking you and read your answers aloud to catch run-on sentences.
· Provide proper support: Once you have answered a few of the questions, start trying to fill in the support for your answers and context. Make sure it is relevant to the answer claims and context claims that you have provided.
· Create transitional sentences: Think about how the context and answers are related and try to write transitional sentences that connect them cohesively. Take your time with this and think about how the ideas in the paragraphs may be related.
· Write the introduction after you have done everything else: The introduction is only worth 5% of the total grade. Do not spend a lot of time on it. However, do not write a “throw-away” introduction and expect to get points.
The integrated essay should have the following elements:
· Proper format, please: Please make certain that you double-space the paper and use 1” margins and 11-point font size. Please underline or italicize the names of texts. Follow proper citation format, i.e. (Allen, p. 4).
· No titles, no filler: Please do not offer any titles for the paper and be concise with your answers. The essay should be approximately four-five pages long, but there is no minimum. It should be no longer than six pages long. Follow the format for Paragraph Two on p. 2 of the Tips and you should be fine.
· A short introductory paragraph: As noted above, the introduction is not worth very much but should not be perfunctory. Please see the Tips for some help on this.
Questions for integrated essay #1:
- Why does Allen support compromises that consider “moral commitment” she bring up James Wilson? Explain.
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- Why does she bring up slavery in the United Kingdom and why, in the final paragraph, does she state that she “owns” the Constitution? Explain.
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- According to Thomas, how did the Framers address “overbearing majorities” and why does he bring up the case of Shelby County vs. Holder? Explain.
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- According to Frost, what has the Republican Party been doing to address the “more diverse population” and why does she bring up the Fourteenth Amendment? Explain.
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- Why does Sirota bring up Raphael Warnock and how does eliminating the filibuster not get rid of the undemocratic nature of the Senate? Explain.
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- According to Wehle, how has the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) safeguarded the president and why does the author bring up Paula Jones? Explain.
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- Why does Codrington bring up James Madison and how does he respond to the idea that the “voters will be ignored?” Explain.
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- For Lakier, how is the current partisan approach to the First Amendment a “reversal” and why might “self-regulation” (explain what this is) not be enough to address current problems? Explain.
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