Select only one of the two questions below and write an essay of 3-5 pages. Make sure to use correct citations and a correct bibliography (Chicago Manual of Style citation method). Cite all ideas, whether quotes or paraphrases, you get from any scholarly source (do not use Internet resources). You are required to use two outside scholarly sources in addition to the class readings. Avail yourself of UMUC resources from the class, plus search JSTOR and EbscoHost for outside scholarly resources. Materials derived from the UMUC library computer database for scholarly articles are not Internet resources, thus they are acceptable. I urge you strongly to use JSTOR and EbscoHost (on the UMUC library computer database) for your scholarly materials. I have placed documents on LEO to assist in writing the essay by providing clear grammar/style rules in addition to proper footnote and bibliography formatting. You are required to use these documents before you submit the essay. Be well acquainted with the documents as I will be using them to determine in large part your grade for the essays. Once again, I will not accept any essays with Internet sources, so no websites. Do not use encyclopedias or dictionaries.

Your paper must have a clear thesis (answer to the question) and a clear method (how you are answering the question) in the last sentence of the introduction. It must utilize analysis based on scholarly evidence to prove the thesis. The paper must be typed, in Word (no PDFs), double-spaced with one-inch margins, and no cover page. Do not use more than two quotes and none should be longer than three lines. Follow this rule closely.

I will base your grade on the essay's clarity (an explicit thesis and method are critical), logic, effectiveness of argumentation, grammar/style/correct citation format (assimilate the writing guide and footnote guide on LEO), the correct use of scholarly sources, and use of evidence. I strongly recommend submitting a rough draft.

NOTE: IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THESE ISSUES AS CORRECT FORMATTING OF YOUR WORK IMPROVES YOUR ESSAY. FEEL FREE TO SEND A ROUGH DRAFT TO ME.

What was the Feminine Mystique? What did Betty Friedan assert with this phrase? What role did this idea play in the emerging, second-wave feminism of the early 1960s?

In what ways did the US engage the Cold War from its origins around 1946 to 1965? Consider analyses of the politics, the culture, the economics, and the military. Choose two ways and analyze.