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HIST 352, ESSAY ON BARRY GOLDWATER'S THE CONSCIENCE OF A CONSERVATIVE

Your essay should be 5 pages long, double spaced, in a 12-point font.

Please don’t forget to include your name, number your pages, and proofread!
 
Compare Barry Goldwater’s ideas about American values and the role of the federal government to those expressed in the following two documents: 1) “The Port Huron Statement,” founding manifesto of Students for a Democratic Society in 1962, and 2) Lyndon Johnson’s commencement address at the University of Michigan on May 22, 1964, in which he outlined his vision for the Great Society.

Both short documents can be found in the Levy reader. A transcript of Johnson’s speech is also linked to the syllabus. Please note that only a short excerpt from the Port Huron Statement is reprinted in the reader. It is not necessary to locate and read the entire text of the Port Huron Statement to do well on this assignment. Direct quotations from either or both these texts should be accompanied by page references.

Here are a few questions to keep in mind as you write. We will keep them in mind as we read.
• Are you addressing the comparison completely?
• Are you addressing it persuasively? (Do you formulate an argument and offer concrete evidence to support it? Is your essay organized in a way that is easy for the reader to understand and follow?)
• Are you addressing it clearly? (Are your grammar, punctuation, and spelling free of errors? Is your word choice as effective as possible? Is your sentence construction smooth?)