the kennedy administration the kennedy administration
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Domestic Issues Recession. Increase minimum wage [$1 to $1.25] Federal tax cut. 2.Unemployment. 3.Steel Crisis (1962). 4.Space Program. April, 1961 Yuri Gagarin May, 1961 Alan B. Shephard, Jr. 1962 John Glenn Recession. Increase minimum wage [$1 to $1.25] Federal tax cut. 2.Unemployment. 3.Steel Crisis (1962). 4.Space Program. April, 1961 Yuri Gagarin May, 1961 Alan B. Shephard, Jr. 1962 John GlennTRANSCRIPT
The Kennedy
Administration
The Kennedy AdministrationThe “New Frontier” 1,000 Days
A torch has been passed to a new generation…
A call to government service Ask not, what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
Domestic Issues1. 1960-1961 Recession.
Increase minimum wage [$1 to $1.25] Federal tax cut.
2. Unemployment.3. Steel Crisis (1962).4. Space Program.
April, 1961 Yuri Gagarin May, 1961 Alan B. Shephard, Jr. 1962 John Glenn
Domestic Issues5. Civil Rights.
24th Amendment prohibited poll taxes. 1960 “Sit-Ins” in Greensboro, NC
Woolworths. 1961 “Freedom Riders.” 1962 James Meredith’s desegregation of
the University of Mississippi. Spring, 1963 Birmingham, AL
o Police Commissioner Eugene “Bull” Connor August, 1953 “March on Washington”
o MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech.
Foreign Policy Issues1. “Flexible Response” conventional
forces plus nuclear weapons.2. Peace Corps3. Aid Programs Alliance for Progress4. Bay of Pigs Disaster (1961)5. Berlin Crisis (1961) Berlin Wall built6. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
“The Missiles of October.”7. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963)
Foreign Policy Issues8. Vietnam
Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem. Increase of American military “advisors.”
9. S. E. A. T. O. (South East Asia Treaty Organization)
Foreign Policy Issues8. Vietnam
Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem. Increase of American military “advisors.”
9. S. E. A. T. O. (South East Asia Treaty Organization)