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Title: Chapter 20: The New Frontier and Great Society Section 2: The New Frontier


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Chapter 20The New Frontier and Great
SocietySection 2The New Frontier
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  • California Academic Standards 11.11.5
  • 11.11 Students analyze the major social problems
    and domestic policy issues in contemporary
    American society.
  • .5 Trace the impact of, need for, and
    controversies associated with environmental
    conservation, expansion of the national park
    system, and the development of environmental
    protection laws, with particular attention to the
    interaction between environmental protection
    advocates and property rights advocates.

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  • Objectives
  • Following lecture and reading of this section,
    students will be able to
  • Explain the publics fascination with the
    Kennedys.
  • Summarize the domestic and foreign agenda of
    Kennedys New Frontier.
  • Describe the tragic and controversial chain of
    events surrounding Kennedys assassination.

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  • May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard becomes the first
    American to travel into space
  • The trip took 15 minutes but stood for the
    American spirit that said anything is possible
  • JFK inspired many Americans, and shook the nation
    when he was assassinated
  • What was the publics fascination with the
    Kennedys?

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  • At his inauguration Kennedy invited people from
    all walks of life and all races to join him
  • And so my fellow Americans ask not what your
    country can do for you-ask what you can do for
    your country.
  • Kennedy gives special recognition to American art
    and culture inviting several artists, musicians,
    and celebrities to the White house to give
    performances
  • JFK appeared frequently on TV, which suited his
    personality

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  • The public is fascinated by the president and his
    family
  • People enrolled in speed reading classes because
    JKF read 1,600 words per minute
  • Jacqueline influenced fashion of the day
  • The daughter Caroline and son John had their
    pictures throughout newspapers
  • JFK and his advisers reminded Americans of a play
    called Camelot, which opened in 1960 portraying
    King Arthurs court

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  • Kennedy surrounds himself with young, bright
    advisers who happened to be leaders of huge
    companies and knew how to get the job done
  • What was the domestic and foreign agenda of
    Kennedys New Frontier?
  • Kennedy outlines his New Frontier proposals that
    included medical care for the aged, rebuilding
    the inner city and aid to education

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  • But JFK has difficulty fulfilling many of them
    because he has to deal with a congress that is
    conservative, very similar to the congress Truman
    had to deal with when attempting to pass through
    his Fair Deal
  • He also lacked a popular mandate- or clear
    indication that voters approved of his plans-
    because he won the presidency by so little a
    margin

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  • By now the economy was in recession so Kennedy
    tried to stimulate economic growth by increasing
    government spending (deficit spending, the basis
    for Roosevelts New Deal) and lowering taxes for
    companies and individuals
  • The thought was more public spending would pump
    money into the economy and lowering taxes would
    give people the freedom to spend even more money
  • JFK passed a 20 expansion of military, raise of
    minimum wage to 1.25/hr and assistance to cities
    w/ high unemployment

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  • The President creates the Peace Corps to aid
    developing nations, not liked at first because
    all the workers were young but eventually turned
    out to be very valuable
  • Alliance for Progress, helped Latin American
    countries improve their living standards and
    prevented Castro (Cuba) from having influence in
    Latin America
  • Alliance for Progress built schools and improved
    sanitation and health, tried to break up large
    estates and give land to farm workers

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  • 12 billion later development occurred but
    fundamental reform failed
  • The Soviet-manned launch in 1961 spurs the
    development of the U.S. space program (NASA)
  • On July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong fulfilled JFKs
    dream of landing a man on the moon
  • Kennedy turned his attention toward the issues of
    poverty and civil rights, especially in the south

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  • What was the tragic and controversial chain of
    events surrounding Kennedys assassination?
  • In the fall of 1963 JFK had a 60 approval rating
  • He went to Dallas to meet with democrats to mend
    fences with them
  • Unexpectedly he received a warm greeting from the
    conservative republican state

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  • Then JFK was assassinated by a rifle shot while
    riding in the back seat of an open air limousine
  • People react with grief to Kennedys
    assassination and are glued to their TVs watching
    the images
  • Viewers watched as LBJ somberly took the oath of
    office of president
  • The alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is shot
    and killed by Jack Ruby on live television during
    a prison transfer
  • The Warren Commission concludes the Oswald acted
    alone

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  • Recent investigations have turned up
    conspiracies, the truth is nobody knows for sure
  • Americans learned how sturdy the government was
    in its smooth transition to the next president
  • An assassination in a dictatorship would have
    crippled a country but the U.S. was able to endure

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  • Close
  • Aided by his talented band of advisers, Kennedy
    worked to boost the economy, address poverty
    abroad, and develop the U.S. space program.
  • After an assassins bullet killed the President,
    the task of pushing through an ambitious domestic
    agenda fell to Lyndon Johnson.
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