VocabularyIdentification n New Frontier n Alliance for Progress

Vocabulary/Identification n New Frontier n Alliance for Progress n Warren Commission n Peace Corps n mandate

Chapter 20 – 2 Kennedy and the New Frontier

Section Objectives n Describe the New Frontier domestic and foreign agendas. n Describe the events that led up to the Kennedy assassination.

Kennedy Challenges Americans n Standing on a new frontier n Calls on Americans to become n New pioneers n Explore uncharted areas of science and space n Unanswered questions about poverty and surplus n Conquer pockets of ignorance and prejudice n Do not ask what your country can do for you, but rather, what can you do for your country. .

Economic Recession – Fulfilled Promises n Government Solutions n Increased spending n Engage in deficit spending n Lower taxes

Economic Recession – Fulfilled Promises n. Programs and Laws enacted n Increased defense spending n Increased minimum wage n Extended unemployment insurance n Provided assistance to cities with high unemployment

Poverty Abroad – Fulfilled Promises n Government Solutions n Offered volunteer, economic and technical assistance to developing nations n Peace Corps – “Kennedy’s Kiddie Korps” Most volunteers just out of college n Questioned whether they could understand other cultures. n By 1968, 35, 000 volunteers in 60 nations n

Poverty Abroad – Fulfilled Promises n Government Solutions n Alliance for Progress n Offered technical & economic assistance to Latin America n Between 1961 – 1969, the U. S. invested almost $12 B n n As a means of swaying them against Castro’s Cuba Didn’t bring about many reforms.

Poverty Abroad – Fulfilled Promises n Programs and Laws enacted n Creation of the Peace Corps n Establishment of the Alliance for Progress

Soviet Successes in Space n Government Solutions n Set the goal of landing a man on the moon before the end of the decade n Increased funding for space exploration

Soviet Successes in Space n Programs and Laws enacted n U. S. astronauts orbit the Earth and finally land on the moon. n Science education programs expanded n New industries and technologies emerge n Rapid growth of Southern and Western states

Unfulfilled Promises of the New Frontier n Proposals rejected by Congress Medical care for the aged n Rebuilding blighted urban areas n Federal aid to education n

Unfulfilled Promises of the New Frontier n Proposals introduced, but never made it through congress n National assault on poverty n Investigation on racial injustice in the South n National civil rights bill n Tax cut

A Career Cut Short – The Day the Dream Died n Kennedy goes to Dallas to make peace with Southern Democrats n Greeted warmly by the Texas crowds. n Shot in the head as he rode through the Dallas streets in a convertible.

Unanswered Questions – The Warren Commission n Lee Harvey Oswald n An ex-marine who was dishonorably discharged n Briefly lived in the Soviet Union n Openly supported Fidel Castro n Oswald shot as he was being transferred between jails by Jack Ruby n Nightclub owner with ties to organized crime

Unanswered Questions – The Warren Commission n Warren Commission investigated and determined that n Oswald acted alone n Investigation reopened in 1979 n It concluded: n n n Oswald part of a conspiracy, More than one shot fired, Maybe 2 people may have fired at the President.

The Kennedy Family at Funeral Procession

Lessons learned from Kennedy’s Assassination n American system of government is sound. n Orderly transition of power n While Americans mourned, the country functioned.

Classwork/Homework n Chapter 20 – 2 n Reteaching Activity n Section Quiz n Text Book n Page 683 n # 3, 5