Kennedy Domestic Policy Flashcards
when was Kennedy’s presidency
-1961-63
give 4 reasons why Kennedy beat Nixon in the 1960 election
-promised vague New Frontier
-AA support after freeing MLK
-used TV and appealed to youth
-catholic and good family image
why was Kennedy initially hesitant with civil rights
-fear of alienating southern voters
who did Kennedy appoint as the first black federal judge
-Thurgood Marshall
what bill did Congress reject in 1963
Civil Rights Bill
what did JFK do to help desegregation (2)
-threatened legal action to Louisiana for not funding desegregated schools
-sent 23,000 fed troops to let James Meredith go to uni
outline the 4 main things JFK did for civil rights
-freed MLK
-appointed judge Thurgood Marshall
-aided desegregation in Louisiana and James Meredith
-1963 tried to pass Civil Rights Bill
give 4 economic things JFK did
-general tax cut to inc spending
-$900 million public works programme
-inc defence spending
-grants to high tech companies
what were the 4 main acts passed for JFK’s social policy
-Manpower and Training Act
-Area Redevelopment Act
-Housing Act
-Social Security Act
what did the Manpower and Training Act do
-provided training for long term unemployed
what did the Area Redevelopment Act do
-fedgov gave loans/grants for states with longterm unemployment
what did the Housing act do
-provided cheap loans for redevelopment of inner city housing
how was the social security act extended
-inc min wage
-greater financial help for elderly/unemployed
-benefits extended to children of unemployed fathers
give 3 negatives of JFK’s social policy
-Medicare thrown out by Congress
-slum clearance created house shortages in inner cities
-min wage only helped those with jobs
who opposed JFK’s New Frontier and why
-southern congressmen and democrats hated his commitment to civil rights, expansion of fed gov and inc spending
-resulted in little achievement
