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Chapter 27, Section 5 Notes: John F. Kennedy and the New Frontier
Goals of the New Frontier
Higher ____________________wage, Greater federal aid to________________________,
Increased Social Security, ______________________ care for the elderly, increased funding
for space exploration, support for public housing, and ______________________measures
Successes of the New Frontier
• Slight ______________________________in minimum wage
• Modest _______________________of Social Security
• Education acts supporting colleges and universities
•NASA and Space Programs
•What is the Equal Pay Act of 1963? __________________________________________________
Failures of the New Frontier
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Over _______________ bills sent to Congress – less than _____________ passed
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Congress rejected federal aid for :
– Medical care for the elderly, K-12 education, cities, and mass
transportation
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Reasons:_____________________________ – Kennedy faced __________________ from
southern democrats and conservative republicans
What did JFK do for Civil Rights?
What was JFK’s major domestic legacy?
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What were major components of Kennedy’s Foreign Policy?
What social aid programs were created for foreign countries?
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Peace Corps:
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Alliance for Progress: offered ______________________and technical assistance to
Latin American countries ($20 billion in aid) – a “Marshall Plan” for _______________
Kennedy and the Vietnam War
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Pursued containment
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Supported the Southern ____________________ gov’t against communist insurgents
known as the ________________________
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First sent ___________________(Green Berets, Navy Seals), CIA, and military advisors
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Then, in 1963, sent 16,000 general __________________________ to support Diem
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Diem’s regime______________________ – failed to win ______________________of the
people and he was_____________________________ – for the rest of the war, South
Vietnam was ruled by _________________________of its military
Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Berlin Wall
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1961 – JFK met with ___________________in Vienna to discuss the future of Germany
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Khrushchev wanted a _____________________________ division and to force U.S. out
of W. Berlin
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_________________________ East Germans had fled to West Berlin since end of WWII
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August 1961, Soviets built the _________________________ separating East and West
Berlin
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The Bay of Pigs…
• Jan. 1, 1959 – Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba
• Many were sympathetic…
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• Eisenhower and CIA
– Suspicious of land reforms
– Revoked U.S. aid
• Castro turned to the S.U.
• U.S. severed diplomatic relations
The Invasion?
• CIA trained and armed Cuban exiles for an invasion
• Kennedy inherited the plan – but decided against air force cover
• CIA thought there would be a popular uprising
• It was a disaster and an embarrassment to Kennedy
Cuban Missile Crisis…
• Most serious confrontation of the Cold War
• Castro fearing U.S. invasion asked for Soviet assistance
• S.U. sent intermediate range nuclear missiles to Cuba
• U.S. U-2 flights took pictures of missile silos –
• U.S. saw this as a direct threat to American cities
October 22, 1962 – Kennedy addressed the nation…
• Informed the nation of danger
• Demanded removal of all missiles
• Ordered a strict naval “quarantine” of Cuba
The Brink of War…
• 100,000 US troops readied in Florida to invade Cuba
• Oct. 26-27 Khrushchev ordered 25 Soviet ships away from Cuba – avoided
confrontation
• Khrushchev offered to remove missiles if U.S. agreed not to invade Cuba
• Also wanted removal of American weapons in Turkey
• We complied – crisis over
Soviet ships on the way to Cuba…
Outcome of the Crisis…
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• Khrushchev’s prestige hurt – Kennedy’s bolstered
• Hot Line set up between the two countries
• Limited Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
– Prohibited above ground, outer space, and underwater nuclear weapons tests
– Underground testing – O.K.
The Assassination of JFK…
• Dallas, Texas – November 22, 1963
• Accused killer – Lee Harvey Oswald
• Two days later – Oswald shot and killed on national T.V. by Jack Ruby
• Chief Justice Earl Warren appointed to head a commission to investigate the killing –
Warren Commission said Oswald was the lone gunman