1. #43 Chapter 20 Section 2 The New Frontier
OBJECTIVE: Understand the policies of the New Frontier (JFK) and the Great Society (LBJ).

2. I. The Promise of Progress
New Frontier- policies of JFK administration.
JFK had difficulty getting his ideas passed because of a conservative Congress.

3. II. New Frontier Foreign Agenda
Peace Corps- American volunteers assist developing nations, great success.
Alliance for Progress- economic, technical assistance to Latin America.
Attempt to deter spread of communism in Latin America. Similar to Marshall Plan.

4. III. Race to the Moon
1961- Soviets first to space, U.S. follows one month later.
July Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.
Led to the rise of university science programs, new industries, and new technologies.

5. IV. New Frontier Domestic Agenda
JFK’s domestic goals:
Reduce poverty
Stop racial injustices
Cut taxes
President John F. Kennedy sent federal troops to Mississippi in 1962 to quell riots after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith. Meredith, who became the first black student to attend the institution, is seen here (center) being escorted by Justice Department officials on his first day at the university.

6. V. Tragedy in Dallas
November 22, 1963, JFK shot & killed by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in motorcade in Dallas.
Vice-President Lyndon Johnson succeeds JFK.

7. Chapter 20 Section 3 The Great Society
President Lyndon B. Johnson’s program to reduce poverty and racial injustice and to promote a better society in the U.S.
Results in conservative backlash due to cost.

8. Ch.20.3 LBJ’s Great Society Program or Law Results Tax-Cut Bill 1964
Civil Rights Act 1964
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Medicare
Medicaid
Immigration Act 1965