3.3

• What was the main goal of JFK's New Frontier?

  To increase income and improve the working class
• Who primarily benefited from JFK's New Frontier initiatives?

  Those in the workforce
• What was the outcome of the training schemes for the unemployed during JFK's New Frontier from 1960 to 1963?

  They only dropped by 1 million
• What program did LBJ introduce to support poor schools?

  Operation Headstart
• What legislation did LBJ enact to improve education?

  The Elementary and Secondary Education Act
• What was the purpose of the Modal Cities Act introduced by LBJ?

  To improve urban areas
• What significant healthcare program was created under LBJ's administration?

  Medicare
• What was the general outcome of LBJ's reforms regarding poverty?

  Poverty reduction was achieved
• What criticism did some people have regarding LBJ's spending on reforms?

  They argued he spent too much
• When was feminism introduced in the United States according to the study material?

  In 1965 and 1972
• What was the role of STOP ERA led by Phyllis Schlafly?

  To stop the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
• What concerns did Phyllis Schlafly have regarding the ERA?

  It would lead to women in the armed forces and homosexual marriages
• What landmark decision allowed abortions in the first 6 months of pregnancy?

  Roe v Wade
• In what year was Roe v Wade decided?

  1973
• What were the key components of LBJ's Great Society programs?

  • Operation Headstart
  • Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  • Modal Cities Act
  • Housing Act
  • Medicare