Kennedy and Johnsons Presidency Flashcards
summarize jfks assassination
JFK was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas while he was campaigning for his second term. He was shot by ale Harvey Oswald, Ruby kills Oswald after he assassinated jfk. Johnson becomes president, he creates the Warren Commision to investigate the assassination
what is he Warren Commision
a committee that Johnson created to investigate the assassination of JFK
who won the election of 1960, and why
Kennedy, he was young and energetic, he had better public speaking abilities, jfk won the tv debates, johnson won the radio debates
what 4 things were apart of JFKs New Frontier
- peace corps
- the economy
- space program
- domestic needs
what was the peace corps, how did it reflect the needs of the US during the cold war
a federal agency that went to 3rd world countries taught them American ways(democracy) promoted world peace
helped spread the American government systems, increased America’s superiority
how did kennedy hope to fix the problems with the American economy
wanted to restore prosperity to the nation, proposed tax cuts to get the country out of its economic slump
how did kennedy change defense spending
the department of defense received a budget increase for new nuclear weapons, created a new branch of government called the Special forces, or green berets
how did the space race and kennedy’s actions reflect the needs of he US during the cold war
kennedy’s support to put a man on the moon, first country to do it, nice for the US to win the space race against the Soviets
what was kennedy’s response to housing in America
proposed a complex housing program that helped out middle to low income families
what was kennedy’s response to unemployment in america
man power development and training act of 1962, retrained workers who were displaced by new technology
what was kennedy’s response to medical care in america
created mental health facilities, medicare created to help elderly or disabled pay for treatment
what was kennedy’s foreign policy know. as flexible response
created army special forces(green berets)
defensive military strategy
increasing military power
what was the bay of pigs invasion
they trandained cuban exiles to invade cuba, landed at bay of pigs to overthrow castro
the mission completely failed
why was the berlin wall created
stopped east germans (communism) from going to west berlin (democratic)
what was the cuban missilecrisis
soviets promised to defend cuba with soviet weapons and began sending them weapons
americans saw missile bases in cuba that may be ready to launch
what does kennedy do about the cuban missiles
he implements a naval blockade to prevent soviet ships from reaching cuba
created the washington- moscow hot line to prevent a crisis like this in the future
what was the great society
johnson’s social welfare program to help the american people
how did the johnson treatment help the great society
convinced congress to pass laws to help the American people, some still have impacts today
what areas will johnson focus on in the great society
ending poverty and racial injustice fixing pollution forests learning and schools cities
civil rights in the great society
outlawed discrimination and got rid of literacy tests
war on poverty in the great society
established the office of economic opportunity spending for the poor doubled, living in poverty declined
education in the great society
helped local school districts who students came from low income families, have unprivileged students a head start
opened up college to anyone who wanted to attend through scholarships and loans
health in the great society
created medicare - elderly and disabled
medicaid - low income individuals and families
arts and media in the great society
educational channels are funded
out of unemployment , gave them more time to do art
environment in the great society
improved air quality, improved water quality, preserved wilderness
houses and urban development in the great society
made houses more live able
consumer protection in the great society
made truth in packaging, cigarettes may be harmful to health on packages
immigration in the great society
preference was no longer given to people from european countries
