Chapter 20 Section 2

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Chapter 20 Section 2

• The New Frontier

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The Camelot Years

• Kennedy inauguration
• Set tone for new era in White House
• Grace
• Elegance
• Wit

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The Camelot Years

• Gave an inspiring speech- ask not what your
  country can do for you, but what you can do for
  your country.

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Kennedy Mystique

• Critics said he was all style with no substance

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Kennedy Mystique

• 1st lady had influence on fashion and culture
• Media fascinated with Kennedy children

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The Best and the Brightest

• JFK surrounded himself with young intellectuals
  and business people

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The Best and the Brightest

• McGeorge Bundy
• National Security Advisor

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The Best and the Brightest

• Robert McNamara
• Secretary of Defense

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The Best and the Brightest

• Dean Rusk
• Secretary of State

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The Best and the Brightest

• Robert Kennedy

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The Promise of Progress

• New Frontier-JFKs legislative agenda
• Called on Americans to be new pioneers and
  explore uncharted areas of science and
  spaceunconquered pockets of ignorance and
  prejudice, unanswered questions of poverty and
  surplus.

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The Promise of Progress

• JFK had a hard time turning his New Frontier into
  reality

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The Promise of Progress

• As a result of not having a mandate, JFK played
  it safe
• Was able to persuade Congress to enact measures to

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Stimulating the Economy

• US stuck in a recession by 1960
• Unemployment at 6

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Stimulating the Economy

• Advocated deficit spending

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Stimulating the Economy

• Dept. of Defense budget increased by 20

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Stimulating the Economy

• Congress increased minimum wage to 1.25/ hour

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Addressing Poverty Abroad

• Created Peace Corps-

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Addressing Poverty Abroad

• Critics referred to the fact that the volunteers
  were so young

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Addressing Poverty Abroad

• Peace Corps became a huge success

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Addressing Poverty Abroad

• By 1968 more than 35,000 volunteers served in
  more than 60 nations

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Addressing Poverty Abroad

• Alliance for Progress-

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Addressing Poverty Abroad

• Alliance for Progress
• Built schools
• Houses
• Sanitation facilities
• Encouraged economic reforms

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Race to the Moon

• April 12, 1961- Soviets launched 1st man into
  space

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Race to the Moon

• JFK set goal of landing a man on the moon and
  returning him safely to earth

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Race to the Moon

• February 20, 1962- Colonel John Glenn orbited
  earth 3 times

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Race to the Moon

• July 20, 1969-

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Race to the Moon

• Space race impacted many parts of society

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New Domestic Agenda

• 1962- problem of poverty came to national
  attention

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New Domestic Agenda

• Mass movement against segregation also emerged

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Tragedy in Dallas

• Fall 1963
• JFK had popular support

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Four Days in November

• November 22, 1963

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Four Days in November

• Sat next to his wife in an open air limousine

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Four Days in November

• Kennedy shot in the head
• Rushed to hospital

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Four Days in November

• Lyndon Baines Johnson becomes new President

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Four Days in November

• Dallas police charge Lee Harvey Oswald with the
  murder of JFK

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Four Days in November

• November 24, 1963
• Oswald being transferred from one prison to
  another on live TV

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Four Days in November

• November 25, 1963

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Unanswered Questions

• Many wondered if Oswald acted as part of a
  conspiracy

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Unanswered Questions

• Warren Commission- concluded that Oswald did
  shoot JFK and acted on his own
• However, in a 1979 congressional committee- they
  concluded that

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Unanswered Questions

• Oswald probably shot Kennedy
• But in conspiracy with unknown people
• Possible that 2 people fired at the President