20 out 1974 ano - The New Frontier

Descrição:

The New Frontier

-increase federal aid to education
-provide health insurance for the elderly
-create a department of Urban Affairs
-increased minimum wage
-end to poverty
-tax cuts
-Civil Rights

Notable Accomplishments:
* Housing Act - $5 billion for urban
renewal
* Minimum wage increased from $1 to
$1.15(1961) and $1.25 (1963)
* increased Social Security benefits
* Peace Corps
* Space Program

What prevented JFK’s New Frontier from
becoming a reality?
-a narrow margin of victory, no mandate
-Southern Democrats blocked his efforts

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