the great society

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...”