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16.5 NOTES Civil Rights/HARMS Reform Under Johnson

Learning Target

We are learning to understand the civil rights movement during the 1960s.

Michigan State Standard

8.3: Examine and analyze the Civil Rights movement using key events, people and organizations

Success Criteria

1. I can evaluate Johnson's policies up to his victory in the 1964 presidential election.

2. I can analyze Johnson's goals and actions as seen in his Great Society programs.

3. I can assess the achievements of the Great Society in creating economic opportunities for citizens.

4. I can analyze the effects of U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

Key Terms

Civil Rights Act

Medicare

Barry Goldwater

War on Poverty

Medicaid

Great Society

Economic Opportunity Act

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Judicial interpretation

Tinker v. Des Moines School District

Warren Court

A. JOHNSON’S PATH TO THE PRESIDENCY p. 713

1. How did Johnson become president?

2. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw?

3. What did Title VII of the Act prohibit?

4. What did Johnson’s “war on poverty” hope to introduce?

5. What was one of the most successful programs from the Economic Opportunity Act?

6. Who was the conservative challenger that Johnson will face in the 1964 election?

7. Which politician will rise to more success following the conservative agenda introduced by Goldwater?

B. CREATING THE GREAT SOCIETY p. 715

1. When and where did Johnson outline his goals for “The Great Society”?

2. Explain the difference between Medicare and Medicaid.

3. What did the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act fund—be specific.

4. Who wrote Silent Spring in 1962 and what was the focus?

5. What did Ralph Nader write and attack in this book in 1965?

6. What were the environmental-related acts passed in 1965, 1966 and 1967 aimed at improving?

7. Which immigrant groups were affected by the Immigration and Nationality Reform Act of 1965?

8. Describe a lasting impact from the Great Society programs.

C. THE IMPACT OF THE WARREN COURT p. 718

1. Who was “Warren”?

2. What types of decisions will come out of the “Warren Court”?

3. What does “one man, one vote” refer to?

4. What was determined to be protected in the Tinker v. DesMoines Schools case?

5. What is judicial interpretation?

6. Which Supreme Court decision requires law enforcement to read you your rights?

7. Can schools require students to recite a prayer? Why not?