Ch. 19 sec 2 “Kennedy’s New Frontier”
Name _____________________________________ Pd ___________
The Kennedy Style
1. When Kennedy was elected he promised to blaze a “New Frontier.” What five things were going to be improved
under the new administration?
Kennedy’s Domestic Program
2. What three things did Kennedy get Congress to accept and pass as part of his effort to end poverty in the U.S.?
3. What effect might an increase in the minimum wage have on the U.S. economy?
4. What was the purpose of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women? What was the biggest problem
they identified?
5. What did the Equal Pay Act do?
Stimulating a Sluggish Economy
6. Kennedy believed that increased _________________________ would help eliminate some of the nation’s
____________________ problems. Kennedy proposed tax ____________________, increased
________________________ spending, and deficit spending to _____________________ the economy.
Kennedy wanted to decrease the taxes on the _____________________________ and raise the taxes on the
___________________. All of these initiatives started the economic ________________ of the late 1960s.
Moving Cautiously on Civil Rights
7. Provide two reasons why Kennedy was cautious in his approach toward civil rights.
8. What events prompted Kennedy to promote stronger civil rights legislation?
Racing Into Space
9. When Kennedy was elected in 1960 who was ahead in the space race?
10. What was the ultimate goal of the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?
11. What success did the U.S. have in the space race in February of 1962? What about in July of 1969?
12. Was Kennedy’s commitment to the space program an extension of the Cold War? Explain.