JOHN F. KENNEDY

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

The New Frontier- improve overall quality of American life and reenergize American foreign policy.

Fills cabinet with fresh Harvard grad – Rusk, Galbraith, Schlesinger, McNamara, etc

Space program develops (NASA) Increase minimum wage, social

security payments and defense spending -

Up 20%

Civil Rights Issues

Sit in(s) in Greensboro, Montgomery bus boycott, Freedom Riders in Birmingham, Alabama

JFK puts civil rights on back burner due to increasing international problems.

Cold War – Kennedy & Flexible Response

Flexible Response compared to Brinkmanship?

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Pro-Soviet Cuban leader Fidel Castro takes over in 1959 CIA trained anti-Castro exiles prepare for invasion of

Cuba April 1961 – 1, 500 invaders are crushed by Castro

forces, complete disaster.

Berlin Wall Crisis

Khrushchev gives deadline of Dec. 1961 to

Withdraw from Berlin JFK refuses and Khrushchev builds

wall so Eastern Berliners cannot get to West Berlin in 1961

 

Cuban Missile Crisis – October 1962

U-2 spy planes reveal photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba

JFK decides to set up a naval quarantine(blockade)of Cuba to stop the flow of missile parts

Soviets ships turn around at the last minute to avoid confrontation

Soviets agree to remove missiles if U.S. pledges not to invade Cuba.

 

Limited Test Ban Treaty

No above ground or underwater testing, 100 countries sign it; China and France do not sign it

Hotline – Direct phone line between Kremlin and White House

***Arms Race Continues to Grow***

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The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, took place on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time (18:30 UTC) in Dealey Plaza. Kennedy was fatally shot while riding with his wife Jacqueline in a Presidential motorcade.

Lyndon B. Johnson & the Great Society

Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in after Kennedy assassinated.

1964 – Johnson is reelected, beats conservative Barry “Trigger happy” Goldwater.

He pushes through Congress many of Kennedy’s domestic plans

Extension of the New Deal

War on Discrimination

Civil Rights Act 1964 Ended Segregation in public

facilities and service industries(gas stations, restaurants, etc)

 Voting Rights Act 1965 Eliminates discrimination in voter

registration Bans literacy tests( at federal level)

Fair Housing Act 1968

Fair Housing Act 1968 Eliminates  discrimination in all

aspects of housing from obtaining loans to renting.

24th Amendment Abolishes the poll tax

War on Poverty Medicare (1964) Medical care for elderly aged 65 and

older, paid for by federal government to eliminate poverty and disease 

Medicaid (1965) Medical care for low income families  Food stamps – helped low income

families buy food with government subsidies

 

VISTA- domestic Peace Corps Program(voluteers teaching in Urban schools around the country)

Immigration Act of 1965 Ends quotas placed on immigrants

from other countries to eliminate discrimination

Elementary & Secondary Education Act 1965

Federal money for schools ( 1 billion ) Head Start program

Department of Housing and Urban Development Created to administer federal housing

programs to build low-rent public housing, headed by Robert Weaver---the first African American cabinet member.

Higher Education Act Loans for college students

Kennedy and Cold War worksheet On back of worksheet

Directions: List at least 5 acts, issues or etc. that

LBJaddressed during his presidential term.

Include dates and

significance/importance.