1960


 

Today's class will examine what was--before the election of 2000--the tightest presidential election in modern US history, the match-up between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960.

READING:

Patterson, Grand Expectations, pp. 407-441 (sourcebook)

bullet Kennedy v. Nixon--12 videos (please play all 12 short snippets)
bullet New York Times covers the election
bullet The Nixon-Kennedy debates