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Peace Corps Ad Join Peace Corps

Peace Corps Ad Join Peace Corps. Chapter 20: The New Frontier and the Great Society. Objective: To understand the achievements and challenges of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Time covered in this chapter: 1960-1967. John F. Kennedy (D): 1960-1963. Lyndon B. Johnson (D): 1963-1969.

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Peace Corps Ad Join Peace Corps

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  1. Peace Corps Ad • Join Peace Corps

  2. Chapter 20: The New Frontier and the Great Society Objective: To understand the achievements and challenges of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations

  3. Time covered in this chapter: 1960-1967 John F. Kennedy (D): 1960-1963 Lyndon B. Johnson (D): 1963-1969

  4. Section 2: The New Frontier

  5. The Promise of Progress • John F. Kennedy had a vision for progress he called the New Frontier; this new frontier referred to: • “Uncharted areas of science and space” • “Unconquered pockets of ignorance and prejudice” • “Unanswered questions of poverty and surplus” • However, JFK had difficulty getting Congress to vote for his proposals • Majority of Congress was made up of conservative Republicans and Southern Democrats • Kennedy also lacked a popular mandate: a clear indication that the voters approved of his plans

  6. Why did Kennedy have difficulty achieving many of his New Frontier goals? -why couldn’t he get his proposals passed by Congress?

  7. Stimulating the Economy • Kennedy addressed the economic recession with deficit spending: government spends more than the revenue it gets • Increase defense spending by 20% • Extend unemployment insurance • Provide assistance to cities with high unemployment • Increase the minimum wage to $1.25/hr

  8. Addressing Poverty Abroad • The Peace Corps was created by the Kennedy administration • A program of volunteer assistance to the developing nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America • By 1968, 35,000 volunteers had served in 60 nations around the world • To show the world that Americans cared; to deter them from turning to the Soviet Union

  9. Addressing Poverty Abroad • Another foreign aid program established by the JFK administration was the Alliance for Progress • Offered economic and technical assistance to Latin American countries • U.S. invested $12 billion in Latin America; in part to deter these countries from picking up Fidel Castro’s revolutionary ideas

  10. Why did Kennedy want to invest in foreign aid?

  11. Race to the Moon • October 1961: Soviet Yuri A. Gagarin became the first human in space. Kennedy saw this as a challenge and decided that America would surpass the Soviets by sending a man to the moon • Kennedy challenged Americans to put a man in the moon in that decade (60s) [This was achieved on July 20, 1969] • Space program was expanded • As result of the space program, universities expanded their science programs; new technologies were developed; space and defense related industries sprung up in the Southern and Western states, creating jobs; education was improved, especially in math and science.

  12. NASA inventions you might use everyday Scratch-resistant lenses Invisible braces: TPA Michael Phelps’ swimsuit Memory foam

  13. What effect did the space program have on other areas of American life? -think benefits to Americans besides having a man land on the moon

  14. Addressing Domestic Problems • In 1962, 20% of Americans lived in poverty • Demonstrators began to rise up against segregation • John F. Kennedy responds: • Called for a “national assault on the causes of poverty” • Ordered his brother, who was attorney general, to investigate racial injustices in the South • Proposed a civil rights bill and a tax cut of aver $10 billion • By 1963, public opinion polls showed that JFK was losing popularity because of his support of civil rights; still, most American supported their president

  15. What issues did President Kennedy seem to be focusing on before his assassination?

  16. Tragedy in Dallas • President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas • He was shot, Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the murder • In 1963 the Warren Commission investigated the murder of president Kennedy • Concluded that Oswald had been working alone • A reinvestigation in 1979 concluded that Oswald was part of a conspiracy

  17. Assassination Breaking News • Nation Mourns

  18. Why do you think there are so many conspiracy theories about the assassination of President JFK?

  19. LBJ Becomes President • JFK’s Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as President abroad the Air Force One hours after Kennedy’s dead

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