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$5.00 comparing kennedy's new frontier and johnson's great society
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- Due on Jan. 18, 2009
- Asked on Jan 17, 2009 at 10:06:35PM
Q:Appendix B
Liberal Reform Organizer
Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson both sought to fight poverty and racial inequality. The legislation that Kennedy proposed was called the New Frontier and that which Johnson proposed was called the Great Society. Even though some of Kennedys ideas didnt become enacted until Johnson became president, it is still important to recognize the elements of what each president tried to accomplish.
From the list provided below, you must decide if each item was an initiative only within Kennedys New Frontier, if it was proposed by both presidents, or if it was an initiative only within Johnsons Great Society. For each numbered item, place an X in the appropriate column. The first one has been done for you.
Kennedy's New Frontier BOTH programs Johnson's Great Society
1. Head Start X
2. Peace Corps
3. Job Corps
4. Civil Rights Act
5. Voting Rights Act
6. New food stamp program
7. Medical aid for the elderly
8. Medical aid for the poor
9. Aid to Latin America
10. Aid to education
11. Aid to disadvantaged neighborhoods
12. Corporate tax benefits
13. Funding for the space program
14. Pollution standards for waterways
15. Tighter standard for air pollution
16. Decreased immigration limits
