20.2 KENNEDY’S “NEW FRONTIER”

“NEW FRONTIER”• Tried to help the economy by increasing govt.

(deficit) spending, raising minimum wage, helping the unemployed

• But high poverty rates continued to be a problem• JFK built up NASA after the Soviets beat us at

putting a man in space

• We sent a crew to moon’s surface in 1969, we went 5 more times

• Soviets never did…

“NEW FRONTIER”• Kennedy created the Peace Corp to help

developing nations in Africa, Latin America, & Asia

• You can still volunteer your time to this org. today, tours of duty are approx. 1-2 years

• The Alliance for Progress was designed to give aid ($) and assistance to our neighbors in the Western Hemisphere…

• To keep them from going commie like Cuba

KENNEDY ASSASSINATED• On November 22, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald shot him

while in a parade in Dallas

• Dallas was seen as a hotbed of racial hatred and anger towards liberals in general

• As Oswald was being transported to a jail cell, Jack Ruby pushed through police and shot Oswald

• With Ruby’s Mafia connections, his actions have fueled conspiracy theories for 50 years…