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“NEW FRONTIER”• Tried to help the economy by increasing govt.
(deficit) spending, raising minimum wage, helping the unemployed
• But high poverty rates continued to be a problem• JFK built up NASA after the Soviets beat us at
putting a man in space
• We sent a crew to moon’s surface in 1969, we went 5 more times
• Soviets never did…
“NEW FRONTIER”• Kennedy created the Peace Corp to help
developing nations in Africa, Latin America, & Asia
• You can still volunteer your time to this org. today, tours of duty are approx. 1-2 years
• The Alliance for Progress was designed to give aid ($) and assistance to our neighbors in the Western Hemisphere…
• To keep them from going commie like Cuba
KENNEDY ASSASSINATED• On November 22, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald shot him
while in a parade in Dallas
• Dallas was seen as a hotbed of racial hatred and anger towards liberals in general
• As Oswald was being transported to a jail cell, Jack Ruby pushed through police and shot Oswald
• With Ruby’s Mafia connections, his actions have fueled conspiracy theories for 50 years…