JFK and domestic affairs: The New Frontier

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JFK and domestic affairs:The New Frontier

The New FrontierThe New Frontier

“We stand at the edge of a New Frontier- the frontier of unfulfilled hopes and dreams, a frontier of unknown opportunities and beliefs in peril. Beyond that frontier are uncharted areas of science and space, unsolved problems of peace and war, unconquered problems of ignorance and prejudice, unanswered questions of poverty and surplus.”

JFK’s 1960 acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention

“We stand at the edge of a New Frontier- the frontier of unfulfilled hopes and dreams, a frontier of unknown opportunities and beliefs in peril. Beyond that frontier are uncharted areas of science and space, unsolved problems of peace and war, unconquered problems of ignorance and prejudice, unanswered questions of poverty and surplus.”

JFK’s 1960 acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention

JFK’s cabinet and advisors: “The Best and the Brightest”

Young, Ivy League-educated men

Bobby Kennedy: 35 yr. old Attorney General

Robert McNamara: Defense Secretary

Dean Rusk: Secretary of State

McGeorge Bundy: National Security Advisor

Ted Sorensen: speechwriter

Pierre Salinger: Press Secretary

Young, Ivy League-educated men

Bobby Kennedy: 35 yr. old Attorney General

Robert McNamara: Defense Secretary

Dean Rusk: Secretary of State

McGeorge Bundy: National Security Advisor

Ted Sorensen: speechwriter

Pierre Salinger: Press Secretary

The Kennedy EconomyThe Kennedy Economy

The Reality of JFK’s First Term The Reality of JFK’s First Term

“There’s no sense in raising hell and then not being successful.” -JFK

Modest achievements?Modest achievements?

Minimum wage:Housing Act of 1961:Federal support for the disabled and

mentally ill: http://news.scotsman.com/johnfkennedy/JFKs-sister-dies-after-60.2593460.jp

Equal Pay Act, 1963:Clean Air Act, 1963:

Minimum wage:Housing Act of 1961:Federal support for the disabled and

mentally ill: http://news.scotsman.com/johnfkennedy/JFKs-sister-dies-after-60.2593460.jp

Equal Pay Act, 1963:Clean Air Act, 1963:

Space… the final frontierSpace… the final frontier

$25 billion invested in the Apollo project

"First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him back safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish.”

"No nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in this race for space."

"We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."

$25 billion invested in the Apollo project

"First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him back safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish.”

"No nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in this race for space."

"We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."

The problem of civil rightsThe problem of civil rights

Freedom RidersFreedom Riders http://www.npr.org/templates/story/

story.php?storyId=5149667 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/

story.php?storyId=5149667

James MeredithJames Meredith

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/milestones/m04_school.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/profiles/22_meredith.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/milestones/m04_school.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/profiles/22_meredith.html

Birmingham, 1963Birmingham, 1963

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/birmingham_1963.htm

JFK’s civil rights address to the nation: June 11, 1963

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkcivilrights.htm

The murder of Medgar Evers: June 12, 1963

http://www.biography.com/articles/Medgar-Evers-9542324

The March on WashingtonThe March on Washington

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/marchonwashington.html

16th Street Baptist Church bombling; 4 Little Girls murdered; September 15, 1963

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmjustice3.html

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