1961-1969
Ch. 17“The New Frontier and
Great Society”
17.1 Lecture Notes“Kennedy and the Cold War”
DRQ 17.1Describe three of the most important events during the
beginning of the Cold War.
A. Kennedy Becomes President
1960 - Kennedy v. Nixon debates
Kennedy calls Mrs. King Kennedy’s “New Frontier” Kennedy’s “best and
brightest” Robert Kennedy – Attorney
General Dean Rusk and Robert
McNamara
B. The Bay of Pigs Invasion CIA trains Cuban rebels Fidel Castro – Cuba’s
dictator Castro signs Soviet
agreement Kennedy orders Bay of Pigs
Invasion Poor planning leads to
failure Soviet/Cuban relations
grow
C. The Berlin Crisis 1961 – Vienna Conference East Berliners flee Kennedy builds up troops
in West Khruschev closes borders
and builds the Berlin Wall VP Lyndon B. Johnson visit “Ich Bin Ein Berliner”
speech
D. The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis US missile sites in Turkey SAM sites built in Cuba U-2 flights ordered over
Cuba Soviets deny offensive
missiles Ex-Comm created –
Kennedy orders naval blockade
Kennedy televises speech to nation
Soviet ships turn back at last minute
Missile deal reached Hotline setup and treaty
signed
E. Kennedy’s Foreign Policy Peace Corps
education, health care, agriculture
Alliance for Progress Schools, hospitals, roads,
housing, power plants in Latin America
Flexible response strategy
“Kennedy's Thousand Days”
Ch. 17.2 DRQDescribe three critical events JFK dealt with during the
first years of his presidency.
A. Kennedy's New Frontier JFK projected images of
youth and vitality – reality different
Jacqueline Kennedy brings culture
New Frontier reforms Education Workers Unemployment and poverty
Lack of a mandate 1961 – Yuri Gagarin orbits
Earth 1962 – John Glenn orbits JFK’s man on the moon goal
B. The Warren Court Chief Justice Earl Warren Rulings extended
rights/freedoms 1954 – Brown v. Board of Ed.
Banned segregation in schools
Decisions included: Voting rights reform Rights of the accused Search warrants Right to free lawyers for
poor Lawyers during police
questioning Police read rights during
arrest No religion in schools
C. The Kennedy Assassination Kennedy campaign trip to
Texas Shot while riding through
Dallas Johnson sworn in on Air
Force One Lee Harvey Oswald arrested Jack Ruby kills Oswald Warren Commission
investigates Claims Oswald/Ruby acted
alone The Kennedy funeral and
national mourning Johnson begins his
presidency
“The Great Society”Ch. 17.3 DRQ
Describe at least 3 issues dealing with individual rights that were addressed by the Warren Court
A. Johnson Becomes President Johnson - the man from
Texas Director of NYA during New
Deal Congressman and Senator Influential majority leader The “Johnson treatment” Unhappy as VP – missed
power Deeply saddened by JFK’s
death
B. Enacting Kennedy's Agenda Johnson promises no great
changes Continues the New Frontier 1962 – Harrington’s “The
Other America” Johnson’s “War on Poverty” Economic Opportunity Act Job Corps VISTA – Peace Corps for the
US Tax Reduction Act – boosted
economy Civil Rights Act of 1964
Landmark law
C. The Great Society Johnson the “New Dealer” Election of 1964
Barry Goldwater Johnson wins by landslide
Great Society Programs Elementary/Secondary
Education Act Higher Education Act Head Start Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) Medicaid/Medicare Highway Beautification Act PBS (TV) - NPR (Radio)
D. Johnson's Foreign Policy Involvement in Vietnam “guns and butter” The Johnson Doctrine
Stop communism in Latin America
Easing Soviet tensions The Pueblo Incident
US ship captured by N. Koreans
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