The New Frontier and Great Society
I can compare and assess the impact of the New Frontier and Great Society programmes in the USA.
The New Frontier and Great Society
I can compare and assess the impact of the New Frontier and Great Society programmes in the USA.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- President's Kennedy and Johnson both promised regeneration for the USA.
- JFK led the New Frontier programme and LBJ led the Great Society programme.
- Poverty declined in the 1960s but inequality remained.
- Access to education and healthcare improved.
- 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.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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