JFK New Frontier Topic 1 Flashcards
Trade expansion act
1962
What was the trade expansion act
Set up after ww2 to boost international trade, led to cuts in tarifs to help expand trade
Area development act
1961
How much money was passed for area development act
$394million over 4 years
How much money was blocked by congress for area development act
$455million
What was the area development act
Helped deprived areas such as Appalachia, 26000 new jobs created
Development and training act
1962
What was the development and training act
Provided job training for the poorly educated
How much money was voted by congress for development and training act
$4.8billion for the 40 states who applied
What was the committee on equal opportunity
It allocated a proportion of federal jobs to black Americans.
How much impact did the equal employment opportunity committee have
Little impact as black unemployment was still double white unemployment
What was the school assistance bill
$2.3billion requested to build new schools and raise teachers salaries, excluded catholic schools
REJECTED
How did JFK help education
Increased school lunch and milk programmes for the poor
higher education facilities act passed which gave $145m for graduates
Peace corps
Americans were sent to help in developing countries
Clean air act
Limited pollution emissions from cars and factories
Equal pay act
Didn’t cover all women, aimed to get men and women the same pay
Minimum wage increase
1961, $1 -$1.25, exclues 350,000 poorly paid workers & 150000 laundry workers as they were mostly black
Health care for the elderly
Increase in tax by 0.25% to help pay for Medicare for the poor and elderly but it was rejected
Civil rights bill
To improve black voting rights and assist desegregation, delayed and OBSTRUCTED by congress
