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Thesis Statement?

Thesis Statement?. 1-2 Sentence condensation of argument or analysis of your paper Test your ideas Organize Provide reader with main point You will prove your thesis with evidence. Building a Thesis. Answer your historical question Make sure it is an argument

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Thesis Statement?

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  1. Thesis Statement? • 1-2 Sentence condensation of argument or analysis of your paper • Test your ideas • Organize • Provide reader with main point • You will prove your thesis with evidence

  2. Building a Thesis • Answer your historical question • Make sure it is an argument • Make sure that you can answer it • Express one main point • Assert your conclusion

  3. Why was Senator Henry Clay known as the Great Compromiser? • What I found: Clay negotiated for… The Missouri Compromise The Nullification Crisis The Compromise of 1850

  4. Without the negotiating efforts of Senator Henry Clay in the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850, the US would have fallen into Civil War before 1861?

  5. How to Tell a Strong Thesis Statement from a Weak One • 1. A strong thesis statement takes some sort of stand. • 2. A strong thesis statement justifies discussion. • 3. A strong thesis statement expresses one main idea. • 4. A strong thesis statement is specific.

  6. Works Consulted "Henry Clay." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 19 May 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. "Henry Clay Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 20 May 2013. Schurz, Carl. Henry Clay. Boston Mass.: Houghton, Mifflin, 1899. Print.

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