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Unit 12- LBJ- NIXON

President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) and the Great Society

Great Society: Name for Johnson’s Domestic Program (1964- 1967 )

After 1964 victory, LBJ declares “WAR ON _________________” BIGGEST EXPANSION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

SINCE NEW DEAL Civil Rights Legislation

o a. Civil Rights Act 1964- ends segregation

o b. Voting Rights Act 1965- defends African American right to vote

Economic Opportunity Act

o HEAD START- $ for low income pre-schoolers

o PROJECT UPWARD BOUND _- $ to assist low-income high schoolers to attend college

o JOB CORPS _- vocational training for high school dropouts

VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America)

o Like a “PEACE CORPS_” for poor rural areas of America

Secondary and Elementary Education Act

o 1st time significant federal $ to EDUCATION_

Medicare:-

o Health insurance and care to those Americans 65+__

Medicaid-

o states given $ to pay for THE NEEDY’S medical care

Department of Housing and Urban Development

o Improve housing and aid economic development in INNER CITIES

Food Stamp Program

Assistance to low income families to PURCHASE FOOD_

The Great Society of Lyndon Johnson is most similar to which other Presidential program?

1. Warren Harding’s Return to Normalcy 2. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal 3. Ronald Reagan’s New Federalism 4. George Bush’s Thousand Points of Light

The Great Society programs of the 1960’s used the power of the Federal Government to bring about

1. an all-volunteer military 2. antipoverty reforms 3. deregulation of business 4. reduced defense spending

Which initiative was part of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society program?

1. providing medical care to the poor and elderly 2. reducing federal aid to education 3. increasing foreign aid to the Soviet Union 4. opposing civil rights legislation

President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society programs were similar to Progressive Era programs in that both

1. strictly enforced antitrust laws 2. focused on expanding civil rights for African Americans 3. used federal government power to improve social conditions 4. made urban renewal their primary concern

Underline two key points from each side of the issue.

Which side do you agree more with? Why?