1. Kennedy and Johnson

2. John F. Kennedy Facts “New Frontier” Closest election of the century
Kennedy was the youngest President ever elected
Kennedy brought youth and life to the White House
Administration called “Camelot”
“New Frontier”
Kennedy’s proposal to improve the economy, aid the poor and advance the space program
Put limits on business price increases and sought a large tax cut
Got Minimum Wage increased
Fostered Urban Renewal program
Outlawed the Poll Tax

3. Impact of television on 60’s culture
1960 Election
1st Debate / Campaign to appear on TV
One of the closest elections in US History
Richard Nixon (R)
Eisenhower VP
John F. Kennedy (D)
Senator from Mass.
Able to connect with youth of America etc.

4. Civil Rights Movement Protests and marches being broadcasted on TV
World gets to see the division in America
CR leaders understand that TV can be used to get their word out and display what is really going on in the US.

5. Moon Landing
600 million people watched the Apollo 11 moon landing on TV
World record for the time
July 20, 1969

6. Vietnam War 1st war to ever been broadcasted / seen nightly on TV
Brought the war to the living rooms of Americans.
Helped to change the perspective of the war in America.
Walter Cronkite declared that the war was “unwinnable”

7. Established The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Alan Shepard first American in space
John Glen first American to orbit the Earth
Neil Armstrong, 1st man on the moon.

8. Contributions of Kennedy
Green Berets
Peace Corp
Aid developing nations
Sent teachers, heath care workers and technicians around the world

10. Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) Becoming President
Became President In 1963 when JFK was killed (Warren Commission / Report)
Won a landslide victory in 1964

11. Volunteers In Service To America (VISTA) created to help the poor
Poverty
Declared “Unconditional War” on poverty
Passed Economic Opportunity Act (1964) to fix causes of poverty
Illiteracy
Unemployment
Inadequate Public Services
Volunteers In Service To America (VISTA) created to help the poor
Johnson increased the money for education
“The Great Society”
Term coined by LBJ to describe his goals
Focused on poverty and civil rights
Taxes
LBJ passed a tax cut
Created a deficit because less money was now coming in
Tax cut fostered prosperity, so more tax money was collected
Deficit shrank

12. Ended the immigration quotas set in the 1920s Criminal Procedure
The Elderly
Medicare provided hospitals and low-cost insurance for those who need it (over the age of 65)
Medicaid gave aid to Americans of any age who was too poor to provide for their own private health care
Immigration
Immigration act of 1965 passed
Ended the immigration quotas set in the 1920s
Criminal Procedure
Miranda Rule made police inform suspects of their rights when arrested
Evidence seized illegally cannot be submitted as evidence (1961)
Those who could not afford an attorney were provided free counsel (1963)
Suspects had to be given access to an attorney during questioning (1964)

13. Social Revolution
Counterculture: adopting values that counter that of mainstream culture
Timothy Leary
Drugs could fee the mind
Encouraged youth to “tune in to” drugs and drop out of mainstream culture

14. Beatles Haight-Ashbury Social impact of the ‘60’s in the USA
70 mill. Americans saw them on the Ed Sullivan Show
Haight-Ashbury
Hippies, live in communes of utopian communities assisted by drugs