Paper details:

Read Pages 187-204. Answer the following questions comparing the essays of James T. Patterson and Maurice Isserman/Michael Kazin about the Great Society on Pages 187-204:

1. What was the Patterson’s strongest piece of evidence or line of reasoning? What was his weakest evidence or line of reasoning?

2. What was the strongest piece of evidence or line of reasoning in the essay by Kazin and Isserman? What was their weakest evidence?

3. Which essay do you think made the strongest overall case?

4. What are your reasons for this conclusion? Explain your answer.

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The book reference is:

Zaretsky, Natasha, Mark Atwood Lawrence, Robert Griffith and Paula Baker (2014). Major Problems in American History Since 1945. (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.