13: New Frontier Society + Great Society

Question 1

What did the New Frontier Society do?

Answer 1

• minimum wage went up by 25%
• Peace Corps - sent young people abroad to gain new skills
• creation of CEEO - to prevent discrimination between federal employees
• Congress blocks Kennedys plan to provide federal funding to schools

Question 2

What did the Great Society do?

Answer 2

Tackles unemployment, poor housing and medical care
- Development Act
- Economic Opportunity Act (1964)
- Medicare + Medicaid
- Poverty in African-Americans decreased from 55% to 27&

Question 3

What was Medicare + Medicaid

Answer 3

Medicare - health insurance for over 65s
Medicaid - health insurance for the poor

Question 4

What was the Developments Act?

Answer 4

Replaced inner-city slums

Question 5

What was the Economic Opportunity Act?

Answer 5

improved education + training for disadvantaged 16-24 year old

Question 6

Differences between New Frontier Society + Great Society

Answer 6

New Frontier Society - focused more on discrimination and equality
Great Society - helped financial growth, education and African Americans.

Question 7

What were the criticisms of the Great Society?

Answer 7

• LBJs involvement with Vietnam
• Republicans say it is an attack on individualism