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In the 1960s, Americans embraced the liberal promises and programs of two presidents: John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson. Kennedy, the East Coast blue blood; Johnson, the rough-and-tumble Texan. They two could not have been any different. Yet each embraced the legacy of FDR and sought to reshape his "New Deal" into their own world vision. For Kennedy it was the "New Frontier;" for Johnson it was the "Great Society." Each had its triumphs and failures, but together they evolved the role of the Federal Government in American life and culture.