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Kennedy's New Frontier and Johnson's Great Society: Domestic Programs, Foreign Policy, Civil Rights, and Vietnam

Explore the key aspects of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier and Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society, including new domestic programs, tax cuts, increase in defense spending, foreign policy events like the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis, the assassination of Kennedy, the war on poverty, the 1964 election, the Warren Court, civil rights and civil liberties advancements, the rise of Black Power, other minority movements, and Johnson's involvement in the Vietnam War.

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Kennedy's New Frontier and Johnson's Great Society: Domestic Programs, Foreign Policy, Civil Rights, and Vietnam

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  1. John Kennedy's New Frontier; Lyndon Johnson's Great Society I. New domestic programs A. Tax cut B. Increase in defense spending Nixon Kennedy debate 2 Nixon Kennedy Debate

  2. III. Foreign policy A. Bay of Pigs B. Cuban missile crisis

  3. III. Foreign Policy Bay of Bigs - Cuba (Fidel Castro) led a Communist Revolution (1959) against a corrupt dictatorship - Many Cubans fled to the US and failed in an attempted (Bay of Pigs) to retake the island

  4. B. In 1962 the Soviet Union puts missiles in Cuba which starts the Cuban Missile Crisis - Kennedy told the Soviets to remove their missiles or the US might destroy them - It was the closest the world has ever come to nuclear holocaust, but the Soviets did remove the missiles after several days

  5. IV. Assassination

  6. Johnson I. War on poverty

  7. II. Election of 1964 III. Warren Court

  8. IV. Civil rights and civil liberties A. 1963 march on DC - - Influenced by King's I have a dream speech - The march helped influence public opinion to support legislation - Displayed the power of non-violent mass protest

  9. B. Civil rights act of 1964 1. Prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, & gender 2. Desegregated public accommodations 3. A Southerner Prez. Lyndon Johnson got it passed w/ the help of Kennedy's assassination

  10. C. Voting rights act of 1965 1. Outlawed literacy tests 2. Federal registrars were sent to the South to register voters 3. It increased the # of African American Voters 4. Lyndon Johnson played a key role in its passage

  11. D. Black Frustration & the rise of Black Power

  12. The Civil Rights Movement of the 40's-60's has increased equality in American society although many feel we have a long way to go - It also provided a model for other minorities to make society more equal (women, Hispanics, homosexuals).

  13. E. Native Americans

  14. F. Latinos chavez bio

  15. G. Woman Rights Movement 1. Job Opportunities 2. Reproductive freedom

  16. V. Johnson & Vietnam

  17. 2. Vietnam also part of containment - In the 50's & 60's North Vietnam attemptedto force the South to become Communist or invade - The US helped the South resist - Prez. Kennedy started a military build up and Prez. Johnson continued it - US constantly defeated the North Vietnam in the field, but fighting a limitedwar we could not win the hearts and minds of the people in Vietnam

  18. - In the US public opinion changed and went against the war especially on college campuses - The war led Prez. Johnson not to seek a second term and Nixon won on a policy of getting us out of the war

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