HIST 2057 Chapter : Chapter 31
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The new frontier though he preferred foreign policy over domestic issues. Chapter 31: new frontiers politics & social change in the 1960s: 1960 election: john f. kennedy (dem. ) vs. richard nixon (rep. /dde"s vp, kennedy"s new frontier metaphor for his domestic program/campaign, Disaster w/ congress controlled by conservative southern dem: elevated role of image over substance; 1st tv-aired campaign. Jfk & vp-lyndon b. johnson won closest pres. election since 1888: youngest person to be elected pres. (43 yrs. ); 1st year of presidency was a: 3 events that shaped the campaign: U. s. & the european economic community (the common market: housing act set aside billion for urban renewal over four years, area redevelopment act of 1961 provided million in loans & Expansion of the civil rights movement provided a lawyer regardless of his/her ability to pay must also be allowed to consult a lawyer before police interrogation.
