1. Kennedy takes office Inaugural Address Advisors Focused on change
Strongly anti-communist
“Ask not what your country can do for you”
Advisors
Most were very young
Closest advisor was brother Robert (Bobby)

2. Kennedy’s Thousand Days
Americans were struck by the youth and vitality of the Kennedy White House
Public image often different from reality
Narrow victory in 1960 left him without mandate- showed he had to work WITH Congress
Administration coins the term “New Frontier”

3. Image vs. Reality Images showed a vital president
Actually suffered from Addison’s disease and a bad back
Kennedy encouraged press coverage of family
Jackie tried to protect privacy

4. The Supreme Court in the Early 1960’s
Under Chief Justice Earl Warren, Court rulings extended individual rights and freedoms
Voting-rights reform
Rights of the accused
Religious Freedom
During the Kennedy Administration, the Supreme Court made major changes in American Society

5. Important Cases of the Warren Court
Brown vs. Board of Education
Banned segregation in public schools
Gideon vs. Wainwright and Miranda vs. Arizona
Rights of the accused
Engel v. Vitale
Defined religion guarantees of the First Amendment

6. Major Domestic Accomplishments of the Kennedy Administration
Space Race
Peace Corps
Volunteer program run by government, where young Americans help promote social and economic development in other countries
Help the world understand American culture

7. The Johnson Administration 1963-1969 “The Great Society”

8. Urged the nation to move forward and build on Kennedy’s
Lyndon B. Johnson takes office following assassination of JFK on Nov. 22, 1963
Urged the nation to move forward and build on Kennedy’s
legacy
“The ideas and ideals which Kennedy so nobly represented must and will be translated into effective action. John Kennedy’s death commands what his life conveyed-that America must move forward”

9. Large, intense, hard working and ambitious
Born and raised in Texas, and remained a Texan at heart throughout his life
Served as a Texas congressman and US Senator (26 years of Congressional experience)
Large, intense, hard working and ambitious
Genuine desire to help others, with a greater concern for the poor and underprivileged than Kennedy

10. The War on Poverty
Johnson had seen extreme poverty during his brief career as a teacher in an impoverished area of Texas
Johnson felt that a wealthy, powerful government should try to improve the life of its citizens
During 1964 State of the Union address, declared an “unconditional War on Poverty in America”