DESTINI GREENWOOD
John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States from 1961 to 1963. He made great changes to the United States of America before he was tragically murdered in 1963. One great change John F Kennedy did was his New Frontier program.
The New Frontier program was used in John F. Kennedy’s acceptance speech in the 1960 election. During this Congress passed 304 bills that the White House proposed. Minimum wage was raised from $1.00 to $1.25. Congress also passed $4.9 billion of Federal Grants.
All things weren’t great during this, Congress rejected a lot of things Kennedy wanted.
The White House actually sent in 653 bills, but more than half