Transcript The kennedy & johnson presidencies

THE KENNEDY &
JOHNSON
PRESIDENCIES
May 12 , 2014
Note Packet I
The Kennedy Presidency
• Kennedy & running mate Lyndon B. Johnson won by a
small margin against Nixon
• Entered office without a mandate – public endorsement of
proposals  difficulty pushing legislation
The Kennedy Presidency
• Kennedy’s Domestic Policy  The New Frontier
• Improved the economy, assist the poor & speed up the space
program
• The Space Program – get to the moon
• John Glenn – 1st person to orbit the Earth
• Neil Armstrong – 1st person on the moon
• The Peace Corps
• American volunteers in developing nations
to train & offset communism
The Kennedy Presidency
• Kennedy’s Foreign Policy
• The Alliance for Progress
• $20 billion to economic development in Latin America  improve
relations, stop communism
The Kennedy Presidency
• The Bay of Pigs
• Supply Cuban exiles with arms  invade Cuba 
overthrow Castro
• Unsuccessful & embarrassing
The Kennedy Presidency
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Soviet plan to aim Cuban nuclear missiles at US
US announces naval blockade, demand missile
withdrawal
The Kennedy Presidency
• Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963)
• Est. of Berlin Wall
• Stop escaping East Germans
The Kennedy Presidency
• Kennedy’s assassination
• http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/john-f-
kennedy/videos/john-f-kennedy-assassinated
The Johnson Presidency
• Johnson’s Domestic Policy  The Great Society
• Programs to end poverty & discrimination  similar to Truman’s
Fair Deal & FDR’s New Deal
• Head Start – preschool program for low-income families
The Johnson Presidency
• Johnson’s Domestic Policy  The Great Society
• Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)
• Similar to Peace Corps
• Medicare & Medicaid
• provide healthcare to the elderly
• Low-cost health insurance to poor
Americans
• Food Stamp Program
The Johnson Presidency
• The Warren Court
• Under Chief Justice Earl Warren, landmark cases in civil &
individuals’ rights
• Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
• If you cannot afford an attorney one will be
appointed to you
• Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)
• Attorney must be present during suspect
questioning
• Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
• Arrested suspect must be read his “miranda rights”