1) Select one United States President(John F. Kennedy), read how one of the works in the Gould textbook’s “Suggestions for Further Reading” describes that President’s Administration, and determine how that other work’s assessment compares and contrasts with Gould’s own assessment of that President in the textbook. Decide which author’s arguments are more persuasive and explain why

Write one research paper (5-7 pages OF TEXT, plus a Bibliography or “Works Cited” page) The Bibliography or “Works Cited” page is to be in addition to, not one of, those five to seven pages. Your paper research must include at least one non-encyclopedia scholarly book source. Format Requirements a Paper Must Have 1) The file title of your paper must have YOUR name on it, Not “History Term Paper” or “Paper for Taylor,” but “Joan Smith, Term Paper”. Similarly, your midterm and final must have the file title of “Joan Smith, Midterm” and “Joan Smith, Final” respectively. I am collecting several midterms, term papers, and finals on each of those occasions and yours has to be distinguished among all the other files by putting YOUR name (first and last) in the file. 2) A “Works Cited” page (or Bibliography page) must come after the text of the paper. It is to be IN ADDITION to the required number of pages of text, not counted as one of those pages of text. 3) The paper must have ALL its pages numbered on the top-right-hand corner of the page. 4) The text of the paper must last until at least 75% of the last required page of text. The final page of the text is not to have just a line or few. That will not suffice to get credit for having the required number of pages. Failure to have item 1 will result in the paper being dropped one full letter grade (for example, from a B minus to a C minus). Failure to have items 2, and/or 3, and/or 4 will result in the paper getting a grade of D. Guide To Citations You must put a citation at the end of every paragraph of your term paper. This is a guide to writing and formatting your citations. Here's an example: A man named H. Diddle Squared owned a feline and a violin. His canine, the sporting type, often seemed to laugh, particularly as the kitchen dishwasher could never permanently contain its contents (Mutherguse, pages 21-23). That's your basic parenthetical citation. Now, here's how I'd like you to do a paragraph: On the Hickory Docks, the mouse infestation was evident as the creatures even ran up into the time pieces on the wall. Only the bongs of the bells would force them out of the mechanism. The water was not always clean, so the local residents would often find fresher water in the wells on the hills. Two such residents, Jack and Jill, went on such an expedition together one day. Unfortunately, they were not to make it. The boy slipped first, either cracking his skull or damaging his headpiece, depending upon which source can be best relied upon. The girl subsequently tumbled as well. Despite the public outcry over the hazardous nature of the hills, the rulers of the village seemed blissfully indifferent. As he was the head of the country, it was perhaps inevitable that much of the public ire focused on the elderly Cole the First. Popularly characterized as "merry," he seemed to dedicate most of his waking hours to smoking, eating breakfast cereals, and listening to live violin serenades. "We were called the Fiddlers Three," recalled one member of Cole's staff. "Old Cole sure was merry, and he'd have us on call a lot. He wasn't what I'd call a deep person, or an over-serious thinker, but there were few other people we would have rather worked for." Unfortunately, the townspeople felt differently. When one of Cole's government ministers, H. "Egghead" Dumpty, fell off a wall in a public park, the populace stood by refusing to help, while Cole's horsemen struggled to get him medical assistance. The indifference of the crowd to Dumpty's plight signified, to many, that it would make no difference to the people at all if Cole's government itself were to suddenly collapse (Mutherguse, pages 54-56; Bruthergander pages 107-110; Rymster, pages 87-88 ). Notice how I've got a lot of information in the paragraph, but I put all the parenthetical citations at the end. As I've said before, doing it this way makes sure that all the information in the paragraph is covered by citation. Also, notice that I got my material from three different authors writing three different books. I put all the authors in the parentheses at the end of the paragraph, separating them by semicolons. Now you see how you can do it even if a single paragraph draws on more than one source. Also: notice that even when I have an exact quote in the paragraph, I can put the source of that quote in the parentheses after the end of the paragraph. Another reader can still go and look up all those sources and get the same information and quotations you did. The Requirement of Proper Writing: Proper grammar is a must. Don’t write the way you talk, or the way you text. To get full credit for your assignments in this course, you need to know how to spell, how to avoid runon sentences, and how to avoid sentence fragments. You need to know how to use commas, periods, and semicolons correctly, as well as how to distinguish between words that sound the same but are spelled differently (“their,” “there,” and “they’re” is just one example that comes to mind). For those who complain that this is not a grammar class, that’s too bad. In this class, you will be graded on how well you can express your thoughts in writing. This means that you will be expected to know the rules of proper grammar and use those rules at all times. If you need a review, then consult the various books and campus resources available to help you in this area. Naming Time Eras: It’s lazy to refer to the 19th century as just “the 1800s” or the 20th century as just “the 1900s.” Decades do matter. In this history class, you will be required (and your grade will be evaluated) according to how specific you are. If you’re referring to an entire century, then refer to “the 19th century” or to “the 20th century.” If you’re referring to the early part of a century, then say, “the early 20th century.” If you’re referring to the later half of a century, then say, “the late 20th century.” The 1800s refer to the decade between 1800 and 1810. That’s it. Similarly, the 1900s refer to the decade between 1900 and 1910. That’s all. If you’re not just talking about those specific decades, then don’t say “the 1800s” or “the 1900s.” If you do, you’ll be graded down for it. (By the way, this goes for naming time eras in other centuries as well.) Get decade specific; the Civil War took place in the 1860s. World War I took place in the 1910s. World War II took place in the 1930s and 1940s. America’s “Vietnam Era” took place during the 1960s and 1970s. Learn to be more specific about these dates and decades if you want full credit for your work. If you’re not sure about the decade or year...then you’ll have to look it up before you write it down. If it’s an in-class exam, then you’ll have to have studied it first before you mention it on a test. Note: when it comes to references please disclose the information that you derived it from that is easily accessible online, thank you! Rest assured, I will provide pictures of the textbook pages in regards for this topic