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Kennedy and Domestic Issues

Kennedy and Domestic Issues. A New Frontier. Kennedy’s Cabinet and Advisors. “The Best and the Brightest” – cabinet and advisors: Robert McNamara – Sec. of Defense; Dean Rusk – Sec. of State; Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. – advisor; Brother Bobby – Att. Gen.

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Kennedy and Domestic Issues

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  1. Kennedy and Domestic Issues A New Frontier

  2. Kennedy’s Cabinet and Advisors “The Best and the Brightest” – cabinet and advisors: Robert McNamara – Sec. of Defense; Dean Rusk – Sec. of State; Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. – advisor; Brother Bobby – Att. Gen. Presidency promised a ‘New Frontier’ – improve education, economy, healthcare, and civil rights Press nicknames his presidency ‘Camelot’ Historical ideology to explore, forge a new way

  3. The Domestic Program • He does not get Congress to agree to all he wants • does get an increase in min. wage, extension in Soc. Sec. benefits and improvements in the welfare system • President’s Commission on the Status of Women • Equal Pay Act: required equal wages for equal work in industries involved in commerce (interstate commerce) • 1964 Congress will prohibit discrimination by employers based on race, color, religion, national origin or sex

  4. Stimulating the economy Helping to increase prosperity would lead to better economy proposes tax credits for business investment increased military spending advocated Keynes’s theory of deficit spending tax cuts for middle-class raise taxes for rich all helped to jump start the economy to great growth

  5. Civil Rights With his narrow win, his support in Congress is shaky at best – little influence – especially with Southern Dems 1961 sees the ‘Freedom Rides’ through the south and MLK travels to Birmingham in 1963 – all in an effort to desegregate interstate busing 1963 Kennedy introduces a civil rights bill to protect voting rights with stricter prosecution and federal money to desegregate schools

  6. The Space Race Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin, first man to orbit earth, prompt Kennedy to invest more in NASA and promises a man on the moon by 1970 Alan Shepherd sent into sub-orbital space aboard Project Mercury capsule Freedom 7 John Glenn – 1st American to orbit earth Not all successful – three die when capsule explodes during a routine test

  7. The Assassination November 22, 1963, JFK travels to Dallas on a pre-campaign stop Lee Harvey Oswald shoots him from the Book Depository Warren Commission – Earl Warren heads a committee to investigate if Oswald acted alone; it is determined that he did The country mourns – JFK becomes an iconic figure

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