1. Domestic Policy and the role of Government
Kennedy and Johnson
Domestic Policy and the role of Government

2. Kennedy and Johnson Administrations
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson

3. Remember… The New Deal What was it?
A bunch of laws that were designed to stimulate the economy and put people back to work. It would provide relief, recovery and reform.

4. Remember… The New Deal
Who did it?
Franklin D. Roosevelt

5. Remember… The New Deal Why did we need it?
We were in the midst of the Great Depression…The US economy was broken.

6. President FDR Executive Branch
What did the New Deal do to the size of the federal government and the power of the presidency?
FDR expands the size of the federal government and the power of the presidency.
President FDR
Executive Branch

7. Reform Today’s Objective
Analyze the purpose of Kennedy and Johnson’s social reform programs and compare and contrast them from FDR’s New Deal program and programs of the Progressive Era.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal
Progressive Era
Reform
John F. Kennedy’s New Frontier
Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society

8. John F. Kennedy and the New Frontier
John F. Kennedy says America needs to explore the New Frontier…
The US must confront poverty, crime, housing issues, healthcare, and other social problems

9. Why does JFK all of a sudden say we need to confront these issues?
Civil rights activists pressuring the government
Increased activity from organized labor/unions

10. The Impact of the New Frontier
[W]e stand today on the edge of a New Frontier -— the frontier of the 1960's, the frontier of unknown opportunities and perils, the frontier of unfilled hopes and unfilled threats. ... Beyond that frontier are uncharted areas of science and space, unsolved problems of peace and war, unconquered problems of ignorance and prejudice, unanswered questions of poverty and surplus…
Many programs are passed to expand Food Stamps, increase unemployment benefits, fund education and housing

11. Lyndon B. Johnson and the Great Society
Lyndon B. Johnson says that he will continue the programs of Kennedy by building the “Great Society” and starting a “War on Poverty”

12. BUILDING THE GREAT SOCIETY
In May of 1964, LBJ summed up his vision for America in a phrase: “The Great Society”
By 1969, Congress had passed 206 of LBJ’s Great Society policies and laws.

13. What is the message of this cartoon?
President Johnson and Congress believe that poverty was a major flaw in our economic system.

14. War on Poverty Economic Opportunity Act of 1965
Created several social programs to promote the health, education, and general welfare of the impoverished--
Job Corps and Head Start are two examples

15. EDUCATION
Johnson considered education “the key which can unlock the door to the Great Society”
Supposed to treat the causes for poverty

16. HEALTHCARE
LBJ and Congress enhanced Social Security by establishing Medicare and Medicaid
Medicare provided hospital insurance and low-cost medical care to the elderly
Medicaid provided health benefits to the poor

17. HOUSING US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Weaver
LBJ and Congress gave money to build 240,000 units of low-rent public housing
Established the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and appointed the first black cabinet member, Robert Weaver, as HUD’s first leader

18. IMMIGRATION REFORM
The Natural Origins Acts of the 1920s strongly discriminated against immigration by those outside of W. Europe by setting quotas on immigration from Asia and S. and E. Europe.
Immigration Act of 1965 opened the door for many non-European immigrants by lifting quotas

19. What was a difference between the Great Society and the New Deal?
Attempted to treat the causes for poverty by creating better education programs
Gave more direct relief and aid to people during the Great Depression

20. Government gets bigger!!!!
What was the effect on the size of government of all these government initiatives?
Progressive Era
FDR’s New Deal
Government gets bigger!!!!
Kennedy’s New Frontier
Johnson’s Great Society