the great society a war on poverty the war in vietnam the civil rights act of 1964 the voting rights...
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The Great Society
A War on Poverty
The War in Vietnam
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
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The Texan’s Family
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LBJ’s Resume
• Congressional Staffer
• Member of the House of Representatives
• U.S. Senator– Majority Leader
• Vice-President
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“The Johnson Treatment”
• Reputation of being “overpowering and intimidating”
• Invaded personal space: nose to nose
• “persuasive and personable rather than elegant and charming”
Glencoe American History text p.855
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The Texan’s Style
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War on Poverty
“There are tens of millions of Americans who are beyond the welfare state.
Taken as a whole there is a culture of poverty…bad health, poor housing, low levels of aspiration, and high levels of mental distress. Twenty percent of a nation, some 32,000,000.”
Michael Harrington, author of the Culture of Poverty 1962
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War on Poverty
“The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all. It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice.” LBJ 1964
•Medicare and Medicaid•Head Start•HUD•Job Corps•Water Quality and Clean Air Acts•Highway Safety Act•Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
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The 1964 Election
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1964 Republican CandidateAZ Sen. Barry Goldwater
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHAtUjJpVLY
• Conservatives take over the 1964 Republican National Convention
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix7is2yU-uQ&mode=related&search=
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIxlsr3UUkY&mode=related&search=
• Ronald Reagan campaigns for AgH20
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“The Daisy Ad”
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“The Daisy Ad”
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl4awae0R0M&mode=related&search=
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Johnson/Humphrey
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The Results
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Civil Rights Legislation
Civil Rights Act 1964
Voting Rights Act 1965
“WE SHALL OVERCOME”
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“We Shall Overcome”
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKDVNSpsBZE&mode=related&search=
• http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=97
• http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=100
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1965
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQDiRk8zzAw&NR=1
• A US ship was attacked on 2 August 1964. But was there a second?
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Tet Offensive 1968
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The 1968 Decision
• http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=28772
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1968 Tet Offensive
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i214f5-w19w&mode=related&search=– Cronkite’s editorial– President Johnson “If I’ve lost Cronkite,
I’ve lost the American people.”