Kennedy and Johnson Flashcards
What was Kennedy’s policy known as?
The New Frontier
What was Johnson’s policy known as?
The Great Society
How did Kennedy contribute to Civil Rights?
- set up the CEEO to ensure that everyone working in the government had equal employment opportunities
How did Kennedy fail to improve Civil Rights? (2)
- the CEEO only helped those who already had a government job
- did nothing to find jobs for the millions of AA who were unemployed
How did Johnson contribute to Civil Rights?
- passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act
- passed the 1965 Voting Act
- passed the 1968 Civil Rights Act
How did Johnson not contribute to Civil Rights: how many AA still lived in poverty?
- 30% of AA still lived in poverty
- decreased from 56% in 1959
How did people feel about Kennedy’s contributions to Civil Rights?
they believed that he could have done more, but didn’t because he was too concerned with what the voters thought
What was the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
- banned racial and gender discrimination in employment
- ended segregation in public places
What was the 1965 Voting Rights Act? What was it’s impact?
- banned literacy tests that stopped African-Americans from registering to vote
- 400,000 new voters
What was the 1968 Civil Rights Act?
banned discrimination in housing
How did Kennedy contribute to the economy?
- cut taxes
- made $900 million available to create new jobs
How did Kennedy not help the economy? (AA unemployment)
- 1963: 4.5 million were unemployed
- African American unemployment was twice the rate of white Americans
How did Johnson contribute to the economy?
- cut taxes
- improved transport links, which benefitted middle-class commuters
How did Johnson not help the economy?
- unemployment and inflation continued to rise because he supported the Vietnam War
How did Kennedy contribute to healthcare and poverty?
- increased minimum wage from $1 to $1.25
- made $4.9 billion available to improve housing
