should be 5–6 (2,000 words) double-spaced pages in length; contain 1-inch margins and a font size equivalent to Times New Roman 12 throughout; must cite sources using the Chicago Manual of Style and must be properly formatted—access the digital version of the CMOS via the RMC library databases; must contain a thesis and supporting arguments; needs to be organized around the themes and arguments you developed to support your thesis, not the sources themselves—synthesize information instead of addressing information from one source at a time; must include dates, at least for the major events or people discussed. You will be graded on analysis of the topic and how well you integrate and synthesize information from multiple sources to support arguments about it. NOTE: Essays that merely summarize, describe, or compare the events will receive at best a D-range grade. Specific directions: Sources to use: –Use both Johnson’s 1916 Preparedness Day Bombing and Brook’s The Uplift Generation –Utilize at least 2 documents from Chapter 20 (Progressive Era) of The American Yawp Reader https://www.americanyawp.com/reader.html –Utilize one document from Chapter 19 or 21The American Yawp Reader https://www.americanyawp.com/reader.html –Use lecture material and textbook chapters as needed and appropriate for background and transition material [but Johnson/Hohner need to be the key sources of information] Prompt: Write an essay that briefly introduces ‘what’ the Progressive Era was and how it varied in goals and that answers these questions: 1) Was Progressive Era America more defined by efforts to reform or conform society in America? 2) Was it the efforts at reform or the lack of reform/changes that was more disruptive to Americans who lived during the era? must include antifa and Irgun bombings as reforms Be certain to take a stance on those prompts and offer your interpretation and to integrate the description of the era with your arguments related to the two questions–i.e., make it a cohesive essay and not three separate responses.