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THE NEW FRONTIER & THE GREAT SOCIETY In this chapter you will learn about President John F. Kennedy’s New Frontier and President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society.
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Page 1: THE NEW FRONTIER & THE GREAT SOCIETY In this chapter you will learn about President John F. Kennedy’s New Frontier and President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great.

THE NEW FRONTIER &THE GREAT SOCIETY

In this chapter you will learn about President John F. Kennedy’s New Frontier and President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society.

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LEARNING GOALS

Objectives

• Discuss the foreign policy challenges that President Kennedy faced.

• Evaluate President Kennedy’s success in enacting his New Frontier programs.

• Describe President Johnson’s Great Society.

Essential Questions

• What were the achievements and challenges of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations?

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KENNEDY & THE COLD WAR• JFK

• Elected president in 1960 defeating Nixon.

• Fidel Castro• Communist revolutionary that became

dictator of Cuba in 1961.

• Bay of Pigs• CIA trained Cuban refugees attempted to

overthrow Castro but were defeated.

• Cuban Missile Crisis• Soviet Union sent nuclear bombs to Cuba

so U.S. blockaded the island.

• Berlin Wall• Concrete wall topped with barbed wire

that separated East & West Berlin.

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THE NEW FRONTIER & TRAGEDY

• Mandate• Clear indication voters approve of a plan.

• Peace Corps• Volunteer assistance program in developing

nations in Asia, Africa, & Latin America.

• Space Race• Soviets send first man & satellite into space.• NASA created to get first man on the moon.

• 07/20/1969: Neil Armstrong lands on the moon.

• November 22, 1963• JFK shot in Dallas, TX by Lee Harvey Oswald• Oswald shot by Jack Ruby before trial.• Lots of Conspiracy theories.

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THE GREAT SOCIETY

• Economic Opportunity Act• 1964 law that provided funds for youth, antipoverty,

small-business, and job training programs.

• Medicare & Medicaid• Provided health insurance for the elderly and poor.

• Immigration Act of 1965• Increased the number of immigrants allowed into

the U.S.

• Warren Court• Banned school prayer and banned state-required

loyalty oaths.

• Reapportionment• How states redraw voting districts after population

changes.

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• ______ 1. He accepted Soviet aid for Cuba. • ______ 2. This involved an invasion of Cuba. • ______ 3. This separated East Germany from West Germany.• ______ 4. He was arrested for the assassination of JFK.• ______ 5. This is a volunteer organization to help developing

countries.• ______ 6. This banned prayer in public schools and brought about

change in federal and state reapportionment and the criminal justice system.• ______ 7. These provided free or low-cost medical insurance to

welfare recipients and most Americans age 65 and older.• ______ 8. This replaced the national origins system with a new

quota system that allowed more people from outside of Europe to settle in the United States.


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