1961-1969

Ch. 17“The New Frontier and

Great Society”

17.1 Lecture Notes“Kennedy and the Cold War”

DRQ 17.1Describe three of the most important events during the

beginning of the Cold War.

A. Kennedy Becomes President

1960 - Kennedy v. Nixon debates

Kennedy calls Mrs. King Kennedy’s “New Frontier” Kennedy’s “best and

brightest” Robert Kennedy – Attorney

General Dean Rusk and Robert

McNamara

B. The Bay of Pigs Invasion CIA trains Cuban rebels Fidel Castro – Cuba’s

dictator Castro signs Soviet

agreement Kennedy orders Bay of Pigs

Invasion Poor planning leads to

failure Soviet/Cuban relations

grow

C. The Berlin Crisis 1961 – Vienna Conference East Berliners flee Kennedy builds up troops

in West Khruschev closes borders

and builds the Berlin Wall VP Lyndon B. Johnson visit “Ich Bin Ein Berliner”

speech

D. The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis US missile sites in Turkey SAM sites built in Cuba U-2 flights ordered over

Cuba Soviets deny offensive

missiles Ex-Comm created –

Kennedy orders naval blockade

Kennedy televises speech to nation

Soviet ships turn back at last minute

Missile deal reached Hotline setup and treaty

signed

E. Kennedy’s Foreign Policy Peace Corps

education, health care, agriculture

Alliance for Progress Schools, hospitals, roads,

housing, power plants in Latin America

Flexible response strategy

“Kennedy's Thousand Days”

Ch. 17.2 DRQDescribe three critical events JFK dealt with during the

first years of his presidency.

A. Kennedy's New Frontier JFK projected images of

youth and vitality – reality different

Jacqueline Kennedy brings culture

New Frontier reforms Education Workers Unemployment and poverty

Lack of a mandate 1961 – Yuri Gagarin orbits

Earth 1962 – John Glenn orbits JFK’s man on the moon goal

B. The Warren Court Chief Justice Earl Warren Rulings extended

rights/freedoms 1954 – Brown v. Board of Ed.

Banned segregation in schools

Decisions included: Voting rights reform Rights of the accused Search warrants Right to free lawyers for

poor Lawyers during police

questioning Police read rights during

arrest No religion in schools

C. The Kennedy Assassination Kennedy campaign trip to

Texas Shot while riding through

Dallas Johnson sworn in on Air

Force One Lee Harvey Oswald arrested Jack Ruby kills Oswald Warren Commission

investigates Claims Oswald/Ruby acted

alone The Kennedy funeral and

national mourning Johnson begins his

presidency

“The Great Society”Ch. 17.3 DRQ

Describe at least 3 issues dealing with individual rights that were addressed by the Warren Court

A. Johnson Becomes President Johnson - the man from

Texas Director of NYA during New

Deal Congressman and Senator Influential majority leader The “Johnson treatment” Unhappy as VP – missed

power Deeply saddened by JFK’s

death

B. Enacting Kennedy's Agenda Johnson promises no great

changes Continues the New Frontier 1962 – Harrington’s “The

Other America” Johnson’s “War on Poverty” Economic Opportunity Act Job Corps VISTA – Peace Corps for the

US Tax Reduction Act – boosted

economy Civil Rights Act of 1964

Landmark law

C. The Great Society Johnson the “New Dealer” Election of 1964

Barry Goldwater Johnson wins by landslide

Great Society Programs Elementary/Secondary

Education Act Higher Education Act Head Start Housing and Urban

Development (HUD) Medicaid/Medicare Highway Beautification Act PBS (TV) - NPR (Radio)

D. Johnson's Foreign Policy Involvement in Vietnam “guns and butter” The Johnson Doctrine

Stop communism in Latin America

Easing Soviet tensions The Pueblo Incident

US ship captured by N. Koreans