* felt obligated to continue jfk’s programs * got kennedy’s tax cut plan passed in february 1964...
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Lyndon B Johnson
Taking over
*Felt obligated to continue JFK’s programs
*Got Kennedy’s tax cut plan passed in February 1964
*Wanted to take a more aggressive approach on “The War on Poverty”
*Created the Office of Economic Opportunity
*Antipoverty programs included:
*Jobs Corp
*VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America), a domestic version of the Peace Corps
*Head Start- preschool education program for low-income families
The Great Society
*A Roosevelt New Dealer
*Felt Kennedy’s programs were too conservative
*His vision for America was called “The Great Society
*http://youtu.be/znQKueSDpvI
*May 1964 speech at University of Michigan
1964- LBJ wins election
*Goldwater- “During his 1964 presidential campaign, Mr. Goldwater was attacked by Democrats and opponents within his own party as a demagogue and a leader of right-wing extremists and racists who was likely to lead the United States into nuclear war, eliminate civil rights progress and destroy such social welfare programs as Social Security.”-
*Washington Post Obituary 5/30/1998
*http://youtu.be/fbIfVEboAzg
More Great Society Programs
*1965- Johnson persuaded Congress to establish:
*Medicare- health insurance for people over 65
*Medicaid- government program that provides health care to the needy.
More programs*Education funding: the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965- provided $1.3 billion in aid to schools in poor areas
*Urban renewal- Omnibus Housing Act of 1965- money for housing assistance for low-income families
*Created the Department of Housing and Urban Development or HUD
More programs
*Supported the NEA- National Endowment for the Arts, and the NEH- National Endowment for the Humanities (gave fellowships to artists, writers and scholars)
*Created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting- PBS
Support for environmental protection*Influenced by Rachel
Caron’s book Silent Spring, the Johnson Administration passes legislation:
*Water Quality Act of 1965
*Air Quality Act of 1967
*Water Pollution Act of 1968
*http://youtu.be/ekDeG-BJYnE
*1960’s Supreme Court was an activist court:
*Landmark decisions :
*Gideon v Wainwright- states must provide lawyers, at public expense. for poor defendants charged with serious crimes (1963)
*Escobedo v Illinois- established the right of the accused to have a lawyer present during police investigation.(1964)
*Miranda v Arizona- the accused person must be informed of their rights at the time of their arrest. (1966)
The Warren Court
1968*Turbulent year
*Vietnam- Tet Offensive
*Civil Right- MLK assassinated
*Election year- LBJ decides not to run, Robert F Kennedy assassinated after the California primary
*Chicago Democratic Convention- protests, riots
LBJ does not seek reelection in 1968
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