1. New Frontier and Great Society
The SocialPrograms of
JFK and LBJ

2. Harry Truman Democratic president 1947-53
I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense enough to do without my persuading them...That's all the powers of the President amount to.
Harry Truman Democratic president
Domestic Affairs
“Fair Deal;” GI Bill: Taft-Hartley act; desegregation of armed forces; “Dixiecrats” leave Democratic convention; surprise election of 1948
Foreign Affairs
End of WWII ; formation of United Nations; beginning of Cold War; Marshall Plan; Israel formed & recognized; NATO; Korean War

3. Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican President 1953-61
Korean War Truce; Geneva Convention ends French Indochina War; SEATO; Hungarian Revolution; Suez Crisis of 1956; Arab Israeli War of ; Cuban Revolution; U-2 Spy Crisis
“Dynamic Conservatism;” Highway Act of 1956; extended Social Security, unemployment insurance,; Raised min wage; prosperity; Brown v. Board decision; Rosa Parks & Montgomery bus boycott; Little Rock crisis; Civil Rights movement; - The Other America (30 million)
Appointed Earl Warren as Chief Justice

4. John F. Kennedy Democratic President 1961-63
“New Frontier- Housing, min wage, peace corp ;” Civil Rights Movement gains momentum; Medicare (passed after death) ; “Camelot,” but with Marilyn Monroe
Bay of Pigs; Berlin Wall built (“I am a jelly donut!”); Cuban Missile Crisis; Peace Corps, “flexible response”

5. Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic President 1963-69
“Great Society (65-68);” “War on Poverty ;” Voting Rights Act; Civil Rights Act of (‘64- barred disc in work place, 65- voting rights; affirmative action; food stamps; tax cuts; Medicare/ Medicade
anti-war protest movement merges with Civil Rights movement
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; Vietnam War escalation; Tet Offensive;
Pueblo Incident

7. New Frontier and Great Society
A Side- What symbols, images, colors, slogans or words did the artist use?
B side- What was the purpose of the program and what values did it reflect?
Margin- Write placard letter (A-K) and the name of the program it represents