Pretend you are an American living in New York. Write an op-ed for your local newspaper about the positives and negatives of expanding the United States to the west. An op-ed is short for “opinions and editorial page.” It is a written piece typically published by a newspaper or magazine that expresses the opinion of an author.
format: Greeting and Introduction sentence (Who are you?)
Describe to your audience what is going on at the time you are writing this piece. Please use facts from the course. (Did the country just make the Louisiana Purchase? Did America just complete the Transcontinental Railroad? Did Texas just become a state? Or you can choose something else we learned about.)
Describe a positive because of the event you chose and how it relates to expanding west.
Describe a negative because of the event you chose and how it relates to expanding west.
The conclusion sentence should state your opinion about the county’s expansion west.
