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The Kennedy
Administration
The Kennedy
Administration
The Kennedy AdministrationThe Kennedy
AdministrationThe “New Frontier” 1,000 Days
A torch has been passed to a new generation…
A call to government service Ask not, what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
The “New Frontier” 1,000 Days
A torch has been passed to a new generation…
A call to government service Ask not, what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
Domestic IssuesDomestic Issues1. 1960-1961 Recession.
Increase minimum wage [$1 to $1.25]
Federal tax cut.
2. Unemployment.
3. Steel Crisis (1962).
4. Space Program. April, 1961 Yuri Gagarin
May, 1961 Alan B. Shephard, Jr.
1962 John Glenn
1. 1960-1961 Recession. Increase minimum wage [$1 to $1.25]
Federal tax cut.
2. Unemployment.
3. Steel Crisis (1962).
4. Space Program. April, 1961 Yuri Gagarin
May, 1961 Alan B. Shephard, Jr.
1962 John Glenn
Domestic IssuesDomestic Issues5. Civil Rights.
24th Amendment prohibited poll taxes.
1960 “Sit-Ins” in Greensboro, NC Woolworths.
1961 “Freedom Riders.”
1962 James Meredith’s desegregation of the University of Mississippi.
Spring, 1963 Birmingham, AL
o Police Commissioner Eugene “Bull” Connor
August, 1953 “March on Washington”
o MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech.
5. Civil Rights.
24th Amendment prohibited poll taxes.
1960 “Sit-Ins” in Greensboro, NC Woolworths.
1961 “Freedom Riders.”
1962 James Meredith’s desegregation of the University of Mississippi.
Spring, 1963 Birmingham, AL
o Police Commissioner Eugene “Bull” Connor
August, 1953 “March on Washington”
o MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech.
Foreign Policy Issues
Foreign Policy Issues1. “Flexible Response” conventional
forces plus nuclear weapons.
2. Peace Corps
3. Aid Programs Alliance for Progress
4. Bay of Pigs Disaster (1961)
5. Berlin Crisis (1961) Berlin Wall built
6. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) “The Missiles of October.”
7. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963)
1. “Flexible Response” conventional forces plus nuclear weapons.
2. Peace Corps
3. Aid Programs Alliance for Progress
4. Bay of Pigs Disaster (1961)
5. Berlin Crisis (1961) Berlin Wall built
6. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) “The Missiles of October.”
7. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963)
Foreign Policy Issues
Foreign Policy Issues
8. Vietnam Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem.
Increase of American military “advisors.”
9. S. E. A. T. O. (South East Asia Treaty Organization)
8. Vietnam Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem.
Increase of American military “advisors.”
9. S. E. A. T. O. (South East Asia Treaty Organization)
Foreign Policy Issues
Foreign Policy Issues
8. Vietnam Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem.
Increase of American military “advisors.”
9. S. E. A. T. O. (South East Asia Treaty Organization)
8. Vietnam Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem.
Increase of American military “advisors.”
9. S. E. A. T. O. (South East Asia Treaty Organization)