Kennedy and the New Frontier
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- Created on: 09-11-17 10:45
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- KENNEDY AND THE NEW FRONTIER
- Aims
- to unite and inspire the American people to get behind him
- reform and change the US to make it a fairer society by giving equal rights to Black Americans
- wanted Americans to join him in being 'New Frontiersmen
- Objectives
- CIVIL RIGHTS- give black Americans equal rights
- THE ECONOMY- introduce general tax cut, increase economy growth, decrease unemployment and set up projects, eg new jobs
- SOCIAL REFORM- increase minimum wage, set up cheap state health insure, Housing Act 1961(gave cheap loans) and Social Security Act 1926(provided benefits)
- Opposition
- Presidential position wasn't strong enough
- Some believed he was too young
- suspicion around the radical nature of 'New Frontier'
- 1st Catholic president
- Some people didn't want black Americans to have equal rights
- Aims
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