The Kennedy Administration The Kennedy Administration

The Kennedy Administration 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. 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 Issues 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 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 Issues 5.Civil Rights.  24 th 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 oPolice Commissioner Eugene “Bull” Connor  August, 1953  “March on Washington” oMLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech. 5.Civil Rights.  24 th 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 oPolice Commissioner Eugene “Bull” Connor  August, 1953  “March on Washington” oMLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech.

Foreign Policy Issues 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) 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 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 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)