JFK Flashcards
Area development act
Hey provided $394 million over four years to add areas such as appellation
Around 26,000 new jobs were created
However an attempt to provide an extra 455 million in 1963 was blocked in Congress by a coalition of Republican and some white Democrat
Development and training at
Providing job training for the poorly educated 40 staits apply for funding under the act
Housing act
1961 act was one of JFK’s greatest successes in domestic legislation
Congress voted $4.8 billion to phone the housing and projects for the poor
Educational reform
JFK submitted the school assistance build to Congress as for two .3 billion of the three years to help construct new schools and raise teachers salaries
Church run schools were excluded from the proposals to disappointment of the Roman catholic bishop
However the bill was defeated in the house of representatives
Why where can I do use difficult to achieve
Do you like to Johnson skill of getting legislation through so that he had little control of the key players and first a hostel Congress in which Republicans and southern Democrats held the upper hand
He wanted to be elected for a second home so could not make too many changes affecting his policy-making
I think years of being all Stalin no substance here little focusing his attention on foreign nondomestic affairs
Selma campaign 1965
Told it would first Congress to act on Johnsons act
Only 23 blacks were registered to vote so am I okay began campaigns change against disfranchisement
The campaign demonstrated what racism and also include a peaceful protest
SNCC and SLC organised a march from Selma statesman come right in order to further their cause
State troopers attacked them with tear gas and clubs black activists Called this bloody Sunday
This mad world wide headlines and made Congress passed the voting rights act in 1965 to get rid of C and constitutional test and create a federal register
The Civil Rights act was passed
Johnson’s commitment to sybarite and his persuasion of Congress helped him to be able to pass the Civil Rights act it was a tribute to JFK and also was because of the symptoms of the North Americans organisations such as NACP CORE SNCC SCLC
Social welfare and unemployment programs
JFK increase the minimum wage for low-paid workers however seven democrat ensure that certain groups were excluded such as blacks
Equal pay act: M to get women equal pay however did not cover all women in work and had no enforcement powers
Health care for the elderly JFK INTENDED Social Security tax increase by not .25% to help pay for Medicare
