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The New Frontier and Great Society

I can compare and assess the impact of the New Frontier and Great Society programmes in the USA.

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Key learning points

  1. President's Kennedy and Johnson both promised regeneration for the USA.
  2. JFK led the New Frontier programme and LBJ led the Great Society programme.
  3. Poverty declined in the 1960s but inequality remained.
  4. Access to education and healthcare improved.
  5. Critics argued that the New Frontier and Great Society could have achieved more.

Keywords

  • Regeneration - the process of improving a place or system, especially to make it more active or successful

  • Social Security - benefits system which provided payments to vulnerable groups such as the elderly or unemployed

  • Congress - the group of politicians who vote on laws for the whole of the USA

Common misconception

Government policies in the 1960s were only focused on improving civil rights in the USA.

The New Frontier and Great Society were both varied programmes that involved policy action to improve many different aspects of life in America.

Before Task C, ask pupils to do mini-comparisons first which focus on different areas of life (i.e. civil rights, education, healthcare, poverty etc). This could be done as a purely verbal discussion with students asked to identify a clear example for each programme to support each judgement.
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  • Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
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Adult supervision recommended

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6 Questions

Q1.
Write the missing word. Legislation refers to passed by the government.
Correct Answer: laws, Acts, Laws, acts
Q2.
Which president signed the 1964 and 1968 Civil Rights Acts as well as the 1965 Voting Rights Act?
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Correct answer: Johnson
Nixon
Q3.
Which civil rights law was also known as the Fair Housing Act?
1964 Civil Rights Act
1965 Voting Rights Act
Correct answer: 1968 Civil Rights Act
Q4.
What percentage of African American teenagers were unemployed by 1970?
10%
25%
Correct answer: 50%
85%
Q5.
Which of the following laws was a response to police attacks on protestors at Selma?
1964 Civil Rights Act
Correct answer: 1965 Voting Rights Act
1968 Civil Rights Act
Q6.
Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
1 - Brown v. Board case
2 - Little Rock Nine gain national attention
3 - Civil Rights Act passed
4 - Voting Rights Act passed
5 - Fair Housing Act passed

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6 Questions

Q1.
Write the missing keyword: refers to the process of improving a place or system, especially to make it more active or successful.
Correct Answer: regeneration, Regeneration
Q2.
Who introduced the New Frontier as president?
Franklin D Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Dwight D Eisenhower
Correct answer: John F Kennedy
Lyndon B Johnson
Q3.
How did JFK change the minimum wage?
abolished it
increased it from $0.50 to $1
reduced it from $1 to $0.50
Correct answer: increased it from $1 to $1.25
reduced it from $1.25 to $1
Q4.
Name either of the healthcare insurance schemes introduced by LBJ in 1965.
Correct Answer: Medicare, Medicaid, medicare, medicaid
Q5.
Which statement about US poverty levels between 1959 and 1970 is most accurate?
Correct answer: overall poverty levels fell
overall poverty levels rose
poverty levels only fell for white Americans
poverty levels only fell for black Americans
Q6.
Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
1 - JFK elected president
2 - minimum wage increased
3 - JFK assassinated
4 - LBJ passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act
5 - Medicare and Medicaid introduced

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