1. Chapter 20 The New Frontier and the Great Society
Section 1
Kennedy and the Cold War
Section 2
The New Frontier

2. Election of 1960 American concerns Recession Russian launch of Sputnik
Long range nuclear missiles
U-2 incident
Cuban alignment with Russia

3. The Election of 1960 Part II John Kennedy - Democrat
Richard Nixon - Republican
Charismatic
43 years old
Roman Catholic
Vice-President
Communist opponent
1st televised debate on September 26,1970
Watched by over 70 million viewers

4. Kennedy and Civil Rights
Oct. 1960, Dr. King arrested in Atlanta for sitting at a segregated lunch counter and sentenced to hard labor
Eisenhower and Nixon refuse to act
John gets brother Robert to persuade the judge to release King on bail

6. Camelot Years
“ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country”
Modern day Camelot, mythical court of King Arthur
JFK surrounded by “the best and brightest”
T.V., magazines obsessed with Jacqueline

7. Inauguration Speech

8. "What was the overall message of JFK's Inaugural address
 "What was the overall message of JFK's Inaugural address?" Please be sure to use 3 specific examples from the speech to prove your thesis.

9. Section 2 The New Frontier- JFK’s legislative program
Medical care for the elderly
Rebuild urban areas
Aid education
Bolster national defense
Increase international aid
Expand space program
However, he lacked a clear mandate

10. Stimulating the Economy
Deficit spending (increase govt. spending and lowering taxes)
Dept. of Defense spending 20%
Minimum wage

11. Addressing Poverty Abroad
Peace Corps- program of volunteer assistance to Asia, Africa, Latin America
Alliance for Progress – program offered economic and technical assistance to Latin American countries – WHY????

12. Race to the Moon National Aeronautics and Space Administration – NASA
July 20, 1969
“We choose to go to the moon. 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, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.”

13. Domestic Problems
1963 JFK calls for a “national assault on the causes of poverty”
Orders investigations into racial injustices in the South
Presents Congress with a proposal for civil rights laws and to cut taxes

14. Tragedy in Dallas November 22, 1963 President Kennedy visits Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald charged with murder
Jack Ruby kills Oswald

15. Warren Commission
Group headed by Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren, that investigated the assassination of President Kennedy.
They concluded that Lee Harvey was solely responsible.