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The Kennedy & Johnson Years

The Kennedy & Johnson Years. Post-War Presidents. Truman’s “Fair Deal” Reconversion/Readjustment Eisenhower’s “Modern Republicanism” $ Conservative/Social Liberal Limit fed power. Review. What were some of the major events from the 1950s?. Rock n Roll Desegregation Sputnik & NASA

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The Kennedy & Johnson Years

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  1. The Kennedy & Johnson Years

  2. Post-War Presidents • Truman’s “Fair Deal” • Reconversion/Readjustment • Eisenhower’s “Modern Republicanism” • $ Conservative/Social Liberal • Limit fed power

  3. Review • What were some of the major events from the 1950s? • Rock n Roll • Desegregation • Sputnik & NASA • McCarthyism • Alaska & Hawaii

  4. 1960 Election • (D) John F. Kennedy • (R) Richard Nixon • Televised Debates • Issues? • Impact? • JFK wins…no popular mandate

  5. 1960 Election

  6. A New Frontier… • New opportunities in technology, science, space, and social relations. • Surrounded with young, competent advisors eager to fix America… • “Camelot”

  7. Accomplishments Expand Soc Sec Raise min wage Expand public housing 24th Amend (poll tax) Space Program Opposition Medical care for the elderly Fed aid to education Civil Rights legislation Tax cuts (some, not all he wanted) New Frontier

  8. Goals Reduce risk of nuclear war Encourage nations to align with US Accomplishments Peace Corps Alliance for Progress Limited Test Ban Treaty Failures Bay of Pigs Berlin Crisis (Wall) Cuban Missile Crisis News footage JFK Speech Foreign Affairs – A Flexible Response

  9. Tragedy Strikes • Nov 22, 1963 • Dallas, TX • Assassinated (by Lee Harvey Oswald…who’s assassinated by Jack Ruby) • VP LBJ sworn in • Warren Commission • Zapruder films • Oswald & Ruby acted alone

  10. A Grieving Nation • What effect did JFK’s assassination have on the American Dream?

  11. Who was LBJ? • Ambitious • Focused • Experienced

  12. Kennedy’s Legacy • Pass tax-cut and civil rights bills • 1964 Economic Opportunity Act • VISTA, Job Corps, Head Start

  13. 1964 Election • (D) LBJ • (R) Barry Goldwater • LBJ Landslide

  14. Poverty EOA Medicare (old) Medicaid (poor) Environment Consumer Education Elem/Sec Educ Act Higher Educ Act Discrimination Civil Rights Act 64 Voting Rights Act 65 Urban Areas Omnibus Housing Dept HUD Gun & Crime Control Great Society- End poverty and racial injustice, promote higher quality of life for all.

  15. Warren Court Supports Reforms • Reapportionment- Redraw election districts based on population = equal voice. • Expand Rights of Accused • Mapp- exclusionary evidence • Gideon- free counsel • Escobedo- counsel at ? • Miranda- read rights • Limit gov’t power, equal protection under law!

  16. Impact & Evaluation • War on Poverty? • Tax Cuts? • Growing role fed govt + growing deficit = conservative backlash • Vietnam begins to overshadow

  17. Closure • Would you define JFK and LBJ as successful presidents or not?

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