1. Chapter 28

2. The New Frontier 1960 election
JFK vs. Nixon
Impact of the T.V.
JFK and the Catholic religion
John F. Kennedy - Inaugural Address - YouTube

3. JFK struggled early to get his agenda passed
Lost on health care for the elderly and on aid for education
Won on increased spending on defense, on space exploration, increased min. wage, and Redevelopment Act and Housing Act
Deficit Spending to improve the economy
Tried to cut the tax rate

4. Warren Court Reforms
Reapportionment: new district lines with changes in population
14th amendment
Extending Due Process
Mapp v. Ohio
Gideon v. Wainwright
Miranda v. Arizona
Separation of Church and State
Engle v. Vitale

5. Section 1 review questions
What impact did TV have on the 1960 election?
What programs did JFK pass to help grow the economy?
How did the Warren court expand due process?

6. JFK and the Cold War A more “flexible response” Aid to other Countries
Build up of conventional weapons
Aid to other Countries
Expanding the Marshall plan
Alliance of Progress: co-op aid programs in Latin America
The Peace Corp
Humanitarian services

7. Space
Space race

8. Bay of Pigs
Fidel Castro had overthrown the Cuban dictator Batista in 1959
Eisenhower feared that this would led to the spread of communism, he started training Cuban exiles to invade the island
Kennedy agreed to invasion in April of 1961
It was a disaster

9. Berlin Wall

12. Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union was putting long-range missiles in Cuba
Kennedy ordered a blockade to prevent any more missiles from arriving, and ordered all weapons out
He also stated that if a missile was launched at the US he would respond fully against the USSR
Turkey solution

13. Kennedy addresses the nation on the Cuban Missile Crisis - YouTube

14. Assassination November 22, 1963 Kennedy in assassinated
Lee Harvey Oswald was the man accused
Jack Ruby killed Oswald in the basement of the police headquarters
Warren Commission

15. Section 2 review questions
Explain “A more flexible response”
Why did we launch the Bay of Pigs invasion
What solved the Cuban Missile Crisis

16. LBJ The Great Society LBJ was a different kind of politician then JFK
He would strong arm, bargain, flatter, and threaten to get what he wanted
He could be very intimidating
He was great at building coalitions
He would continue JFK’s policies

17. War on Poverty The Other America
A book describing the poverty issue in America

18. The Economic Opportunity Act
The Neighborhood Youth Corp
The Jobs Corp
Volunteers in Service to America: VISTA

19. The Great Society A return to the New Deal?
Medicare and Medicaid
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Housing and Urban Development
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965

20. Section 3 review question
What did the book The Other America write about?
What do the Medicare and Medicaid programs provide?
What was VISTA?