Kennedy Johnson

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Kennedy and His New

Frontier


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The Election of 1960

Richard MilhouseNixon ran againstJohn F. Kennedy.

These twocandidates wereabout as differentas any two peoplecould be.

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Richard Nixon

Nixon was a youngcandidate.

He came from a poorfamily.

Believed communism wasAmerica’s worst enemy.

Nixon was a very goodradio debater, but peoplewho watched the debates

on T.V. thought Kennedywon because he wasattractive.

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John F. Kennedy

A very young candidate. Came from a very rich

family.

Believed communism wasAmerica’s worst enemy. Good television speaker

and due to his good looksmany believed he would winthe election.

Kennedy won the electionby one of the smallestmargins in history.

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Kennedy’s “New Frontier”

This was an extensionof FDR’s New Deal andTruman’s Fair Deal.

Kennedy will quickly beat odds with businessleaders in the UnitedStates, especially in

steel.


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Other “New Frontier” Ideas

Kennedy went to work onfunding public schools bypassing new bills.

He tried fighting povertyin the South and in bigcities.

He supported the AreaDevelopment Act whichencouraged businesses to

move into economicallydepressed areas. The Housing Act asked for

$5 billion for urbanrenewal

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NASA

One of Kennedy’sbiggestaccomplishments was

the NationalAeronautics and SpaceAdministration(NASA).

Part of this reason was

to compete with theSoviets in the ColdWar.


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Kennedy at Odds

Kennedy wasfrequently at oddswith the legislative

branch. Southern senators and

representativesblocked many of themeasures that he tried

to pass partly becausehe was for civil rights.


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Kennedy’s Death

When Kennedy went toDallas to try and stir upsupport for his programs,he was assassinated on

November 22, 1963. When he was killed, it

seemed as if time stoppedin this country.

This also affected people

around the globespecifically allies thatKennedy had made in manythird world countries.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson wouldtake over for Kennedy.

Only 5 days afterKennedy’s death, Johnson

made a speech to theAmerican public saying hewould continue on withJFK’s plans.

He came up with a new

term for the new Americacalled the Great Society.


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The Great Society

Johnson tried to fightpoverty, pollution,unemployment,

discrimination, andeverything else thatwas wrong with thiscountry.

To fight poverty and

unemployment,Johnson launched theOffice of EconomicOpportunity

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Office of Economic Opportunity

This organization sent workers to poor

neighborhoods to help people get back on their

feet. Job Corps, Project Head Start, and the Elementary

and Secondary Education Act were all examples

of Johnson’s war on poverty.


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More Johnson Programs

Johnson passed the Medicare Act throughCongress.

He responded to immigration by passingthe Immigration Act which allowed morepeople from the far east and deleted thenational quota system.


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Government Spending

Even with all the goodthings Johnson wasattempting to do, his

government spendingwas out of hand.

The Vietnam War waspart of the problem

because it was eatingup $20 billion a year.

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1960’s: An Important Time

During Johnson presidency, the American publichad become deeply divided.

We had seen the emergence of the youth during

this time, but we also saw three of the mostimportant young people killed (JFK, Martin LutherKing Jr., and Robert Kennedy)

Division would continue into Nixon’s presidency.

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