The Kennedy and Johnson Years (1960-1968)

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The Kennedy and Johnson Years (1960-1968)

• Chapter 28

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The New Frontier

• Election of 1960
• John F. Kennedy
• Mass. Democrat
• Roman Catholic
• 43
• Richard M. Nixon
• Cal. Republican
• Vice President
• No clear mandate-authorization to act in a
  certain way
• Camelot Kennedy era

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New Frontier

• The Economy cut taxes, failed
• Combating Poverty and Inequality
• Michael Harringtons The Other America - poverty
• JFK wants direct aid failed
• 24th Amendment poll tax
• The Space Program
• Yuri Gagarin-first in space
• NASA
• Alan Shepherd first Am.
• John Glenn- orbits earth

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Kennedy is Assassinated

• November 22, 1963
• Dallas Texas
• Shot riding in open car
• Warren Commission
• Lee Harvey Oswald lone killer
• Jack Ruby killed Oswald

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The Great Society

• LBJs Path to the White House
• Building the Great Society
• Election of 1964
• The Tax Cut
• The War on Poverty
• Aid to Education
• Medicare and Medicaid
• Immigration Reform

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The Great Society (cont.)

• Earl Warren
• Mapp v. Ohio exclusionary rule
• Gideon v. Wainwright legal counsel for all
• Escobedo v. Illinois lawyer at questioning
• Miranda v. Arizona suspect informed of rights
• Baker v. Carr one person, one vote
  -apportionment
• Effects of the Great Society
• Mixed Results
• Criticisms too much , too little

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Foreign Policy in the Early 1960s

• Bay of Pigs Invasion CIA backed failure
• Berlin Crisis Wall to stop people fleeing E.G.
• The Cuban Missile Crisis
• Hotline, Limited Test Ban Treaty
• Alliance for Progress aid to Western Countries
• The Peace Corps - volunteers overseas
• Johnsons Foreign Policy
• The Dominican Republic
• Vietnam training for S.V.