Transcript Impact of the Great Society

LBJ
-Lyndon Baines Johnson
-became follower of FDR
-showed remarkable ability to
forge compromises
-helped pass Civil Rights Act of
1957
-Johnson encouraged the nation to
move past the assassination
-sent Congress a program to fix
the nation’s problems
LBJ
-Lyndon Baines Johnson
-became follower of FDR
-showed remarkable ability to
forge compromises
-helped pass Civil Rights Act of
1957
-Johnson encouraged the nation to
move past the assassination
-sent Congress a program to fix
the nation’s problems
LBJ’s Agenda
-large tax reductions
-Civil Rights Act of 1964
banned discrimination
-Unconditional War on Poverty
1964 State of the Union
Head Start
Jobs Corps
VISTA
-Election of 1964
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
LBJ’s Agenda
-large tax reductions
-Civil Rights Act of 1964
banned discrimination
-Unconditional War on Poverty
1964 State of the Union
Head Start
Jobs Corps
VISTA
-Election of 1964
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Great Society
-’64 election gives Johnson a mandate
-creating a higher SOL and providing
equal opportunity were objectives
of Great Society
Over 60 programs passed
-Secondary Education Act
-Medicare
-Medicaid
-HUD
-National Endowment for the
Humanities
Great Society
-’64 election gives Johnson a mandate
-creating a higher SOL and providing
equal opportunity were objectives
of Great Society
Over 60 programs passed
-Secondary Education Act
-Medicare
-Medicaid
-HUD
-National Endowment for the
Humanities
Government Protection
-Immigration Act 1965
-Department of Transportation
-environmental protection
Rachel Carson
“Silent Spring”
Water Quality & Clean Air Act
-consumer protection
Ralph Nader
-Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
Government Protection
-Immigration Act 1965
-Department of Transportation
-environmental protection
Rachel Carson
“Silent Spring”
Water Quality & Clean Air Act
-consumer protection
Ralph Nader
-Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
Warren Court
-Chief Justice Earl Warren led the
Supreme Court on an activist
stance
Court began to interpret rights in
a broader fashion
-Brown v. Board, 1954
-Mapp v. Ohio, 1961
-Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963
-Miranda v. Arizona, 1966
Impact of the Great
Society
-extension of federal power
-rate of poverty did decrease
-growing budget deficit
-conservative backlash
-conflict in Vietnam
-choice between war and the
Great Society programs
-”Guns or butter”