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Kennedy’s New FrontierKennedy’s New FrontierKennedy’s New Frontier
New FrontierNew Frontier
• Kennedy’s vision of progress– Called for Americans to be new pioneers and
explore uncharted areas of science and space, unconquered pockets of ignorance and prejudice, unanswered questions of poverty and surplus
• Difficulty turning this into reality
• How do economic conditions impact society?
EconomyEconomy
• In recession
• Boosts economy by:– Increasing govt. spending– Lowering taxes– Raised minimum wage, extended
unemployment insurance, provided assistance to cities with high unemployment
• What responsibility does a world power have to its people and to those of other countries?
Poverty AbroadPoverty Abroad
• Peace Corps– Volunteer
– Helped in Latin America, Asia, and Africa
– Huge success
• Alliance for Progress– Economic and technical
assistance to Latin America
– Not as successful
• What makes a nation a world power?
Space RaceSpace Race
• April 12, 1961 Soviets put a man in space.
• U.S. increases spending in space program.
• July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong on the moon.
• Space program expands university programs, industries, technologies.
• Who holds the power in society and how is it contested?
To what extent does democracy defend the rights of all individuals?
Domestic ProblemsDomestic Problems
• Michael Arrington’s The Other America
• People from the South have started to aggressively started to fight segregation.
• 1963 “national assault on the causes of poverty.” Also investigates racial tensions in South
Tragedy in DallasTragedy in Dallas
• Nov. 22, 1963 JFK shot in the head
• Lee Harvey Oswald charged– Oswald shot Nov. 24,
1963
• LBJ takes office
Conspiracy?Conspiracy?
• Warren Commission-no conspiracy
• 1979 investigation-conspiracy
• 2 shots fired?
• Communist sponsored attack?
• Conspiracy by CIA?
• Americans have learned their govt. is sturdy.