{"id":16541,"date":"2024-03-20T04:55:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T04:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/in-the-making-of-the-president-1960-theodore-white-recounts-the-1960-presidential-election-between-john-f-kennedy-and-richard-nixon\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T04:55:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T04:55:09","slug":"in-the-making-of-the-president-1960-theodore-white-recounts-the-1960-presidential-election-between-john-f-kennedy-and-richard-nixon","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/in-the-making-of-the-president-1960-theodore-white-recounts-the-1960-presidential-election-between-john-f-kennedy-and-richard-nixon\/","title":{"rendered":"In The Making of the President 1960, Theodore White recounts the 1960 presidential election between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;The Making of the President 1960<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The Making of the President 1960,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i>Theodore White recounts the 1960 presidential election between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. White\u2019s book is one of the earliest examples of a genre known as a campaign book and a great influence on later American political reporting.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In an essay of at least five pages, analyze White\u2019s depiction of post-World War Two American politics. What are the major issues at hand in the 1960 presidential campaign? How did the transformation of American life (such as suburbanization, the Civil Rights Movement, and television) play into the election?<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A good essay will:<\/span><\/div>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15.6933px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Begin with an introduction that makes an explicit argument about which issues are most prominent in the 1960 presidential election and how they relate to the broader historical context.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15.6933px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Identify and analyze<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">at least two issues<\/u><\/b>.<\/span>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Briefly describe each of the issues. (I have read the book, so you do not need to provide lengthy descriptions).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Analyze how these issues appear in the context of the 1960 presidential election.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Relate these issues to the larger historical context.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15.6933px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Place White\u2019s book into the historical context discussed in class or the textbook.<\/span>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Consider when<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The Making<\/i><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>was published, who would have been reading it and why would they have been reading it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Briefly consider how the events described in<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The Making<\/i><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>relate to later political developments.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15.6933px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Have a brief conclusion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15.6933px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Be<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">at least 5 pages long<\/u><\/b><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>with standard formatting: 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, one-inch margins, and page numbers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15.6933px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Include page numbers (of the book not PDF) for all quotes and an indication of which edition of<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The Making<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i>you read.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15.6933px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">READ FILE ATTACHED FOR PROMPT&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15.6933px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">HERE IS SOURCE;&nbsp; Theodore White, The Making of the President 1960 (Loanable at<span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: inherit; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; 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