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The Great Society
President Johnson and his Great Society
3-Level Questions for analysis:
Fact Based Questions
Analysis/Inference Questions
Essential Questions
John F. Kennedy—November 22, 1963
Lyndon B. Johnson Sworn in Nov. 22, 1963
President Johnson “All I have I would have given gladly not to be
standing here today...”-LBJ, 5 days after JFK’s death while addressing the Congress
Urged Congress to pass JFK’s bills
Tax cuts Civil rights
President Johnson Feb. 1964: passed tax
reduction of over $10 billion Spurred economic growth
July, 1964: passed Civil Rights Act of 1964 Prohibited discrimination
based on race, religion, national origin, and sex and grated federal government new power to enforce it
Thing about when you’re applying for a job
War on Poverty 1964: Unconditional
war on poverty in America
Aug 1964: Congress passed Economic Opportunity Act (EOA) Nearly 1 billion for
youth programs, antipoverty measures, small-business loans, and job training.
Election of 1964 LBJ’s Republic
Opponent wanted: Less government
intervention in economic and social issues
Wanted to make social security optional
**Scared the American public by wanting drop atomic bombs on Cuba and North Vietnam**
Election of 1964
Election of 1964 Who do you think
won?
The Great Society The Great Society = legislative program that
would end poverty and racial injustice. Education—The Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 $1 billion for textbooks and library materials
Health Care Medicare (elderly health care) and Medicade (welfare
healthcare) Housing
Low income housing establishments Immigration—Immigration Act of 1965
Reopened doors for immigration for many non-European immigrants NO NATIONALITIY QUATAS
The Warren Court—What’s so cool about these old guys?
The Warren Court—What’s so cool about these old guys? Refers to the
Supreme Court between 1953 and 1969
Earl Warren=Chief Justice
Norman Rockwell’s depiction of desegregation in Little Rock Arkansas
School Integration Little Rock Arkansas
School Integration Little Rock Arkansas
“Little Rock Nine” http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/
civil-rights-movement/videos/little-rock-nine-rev
The Warren Court Brown V Board of Education
1954 landmark case desegregating schools in the south Banned state-sanctioned prayer in school Declared state loyalty oaths unconstitutional Limited power of communities in censorship
Students could wear black armbands to protest war Mapp v. Ohio
Evidence taken illegally is not usable in court Gideon v. Wainwright
Free lawyers for criminals who cannot afford them Miranda v. Arizona
Miranda Rights “You have the right to remain silent...”