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The New Frontier

Explore Kennedy's ambitious social programs, such as healthcare and education, and his successful economic policies. Learn about his cabinet members and key events like the Space Race and the tragedy in Dallas.

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The New Frontier

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  1. The New Frontier Chapter 28, Section 2

  2. New Frontier • Kennedy’s broad range of social programs – health care, living conditions, education, etc. • Couldn’t gather enough votes to get it passed.

  3. Kennedy’s Cabinet • Robert McNamara (business exec) – Sec of Defense • John Kenneth Galbraith (economist)

  4. Economic Success • Faced down big steel execs over a price increase • Achieved a rollback • Economic stimulation – increased defense and space spending

  5. Foreign Affairs • Trade Expansion Act of 1962 • Tariff reduction w/ European Economic Community (Common Market)

  6. Deficit Spending • Kennedy’s advisors push for deficit spending • Minimum wage gets increased to $1.25

  7. Peace Corps • Kennedy tackles poverty abroad as well

  8. Alliance for Progress • Economic and technical assistance for Latin American countries

  9. Space Race • 1961- USSR – first man in space • 1 month later – US man in space • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) began work at Cape Canaveral, FL and Houston, TX

  10. Man on the Moon • July 20, 1969 – US puts a man on the moon – Neil Armstrong

  11. The Other America • Michael Harrington’s 1962 book showed that 50 million Americans lived below the poverty level ($1,000 per person)

  12. Tragedy in Dallas • November 22, 1963 – President Kennedy shot and killed while riding in motorcade in Dallas, TX. • Who? Why?

  13. Lee Harvey Oswald arrested • Shot on live TV while being transferred • Shot by Jack Ruby

  14. Warren Commission • 1963 – says that Oswald acted alone • 1979 – reinvestigation says that Oswald was part of a conspiracy

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