Lyndon B. Johnson: Continuing JFK's Legacy

2. Johnson determined to pick up “where JFK left off. Let us continue.” • “All I have I would gladly given not to be standing here today.” • First speech as president

3. "The Johnson Treatment”: “blend of badgering, cajolery, reminders and promises of favors. You just felt that you were standing under a waterfall and the stuff was pouring on you."

4. Unlike Kennedy, Johnson was successful in getting Congress to approve his legislative proposals because A) all of the answers below B) he was an effective lobbyist C) he capitalized upon the emotional aftershock of the Kennedy assassination D) he possessed great abilities as a persuasive politician

5. Civil Rights • As senator, helped pass Civil Rights Act `57 • As president, signed Civil Rights Act 1964 • No racial, religious, gender, or ethnic discrim.

7. Medicaid: health insurance for all welfare recipients Medicare: hospital insurance and low-cost care for elderly

8. In 1965, the twenty-year debate over national health care culminated in the passage of Medicare, whose recipients were to be A)welfare clients of all ages B) children who lived in rural poverty C) those who had served in the armed services during the Korean War D) all elderly Americans regardless of need

9. VISTA: Volunteers in Service to America Head Start: early education program for underprivileged Immigration Act of 1965: raised quotas (more people from other countries could enter) HUD: provide low-rent housing

10. Federal aid to schools provided in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 was A) based upon the economic conditions of the students, not t the schools B) equally distributed between public and private schools C) based on levels of local property taxes D) proportionally distributed among the states

11. End of the Great Society • If I left the woman I really loved — the Great Society - in order to get involved in that bitch of a war on the other side of the world, then I would lose everything at home. All my programs .... • But if I left that war and let the Communists take over South Vietnam, then I would be seen as a coward and my nation would be seen as an appeaser and we would both find it impossible to accomplish anything for anybody anywhere on the entire globe.

12. The reform program of Lyndon Johnson became known as the A)Square Deal B) Fair Deal C) New Frontier D) Great Society

13. Lyndon Johnson’s domestic program was also known as the A) Attack on the wealthy B) New Frontier C) Way Things Are D) War on Poverty

14. All of the following were part of the Johnson’s domestic program except A) Civil rights B) Medicaid C) Housing and Urban Development D) College Improvement

15. Reliance on Uncle Sam Hits a RecordApril 2011 • Americans depended more on government assistance in 2010 than at any other time in history • A record 18% of U.S. total income was payment from the government for Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, unemployment benefits • Data shows how fragile and government-dependent the recovery is from the recession

16. Goldwater scared voters; anti- certain people Johnson promised not to send troops to Vietnam

17. “We need an official act, such as the resumption of nuclear testing, to show our own peoples and the other freedom loving peoples of the world that we mean business.” This shows that Senator Barry Goldwater A) Wants U.S. aggressiveness in the Cold War B) Does not have an opinion on the Cold War C) Seeks polite and civil negotiations during the Cold War D) Believes that Cold War strategies are not worth pursuing

18. Campaign Ads • Daisy commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkWAhuXtalw • Ice Cream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-VzZQGWOqA&feature=g-vrec&context=G2a660afRVAAAAAAAACQ • Hillary at 3 a.m. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yr7odFUARg

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20. The Warren Court • Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren • Series of key decisions with long impact • No prayer in public schools • Harder to censor books and movies • Protected symbolic free speech • Reapportionment • Ensuring House of Reps districts equally according to population • Baker vs. Carr: “one person, one vote”

21. Rights of the Accused • Mapp vs. Ohio – evidence gathered illegally could not be used in state courts • Escobedo vs. Illinois – accused person has right to have a lawyer present during questioning by police • Gideon vs. Wainwright – free lawyer service if can’t afford a lawyer. • Miranda vs. Arizona (Miranda rights) • Right to remain silent in presence of police • Anything suspect said can be used against them in court • Right to have lawyer present during police questioning

23. Warren Court decisions on criminal matters tended to strengthen the A) Rights of the accused B) Powers of states to fight crime C) Powers of states to question suspects D) Rights of the police to intimidate victims E) Don’t pick this one

24. Warren Court decisions regarding reapportionment dealt with fairly balancing legislative districts by A) Rich and poor voters B) Population C) Democrat and Republican voters D) African-American and white voters

25. If a person hears these words from a police officer, “You have the right to remain silent …,” then that person is receiving A) The First Amendment rights B) A 20-year prison sentence C) A search warrant D) The Miranda rights

26. “For tens of thousands of human beings, giving promise of a better life was significant. What the Great Society affirmed was the responsibility of the federal government to take measures necessary to bring into the social and economic mainstream any segment of the people who had historically been excluded.” This speaker A) Views the Great Society as a failure B) Sees the Great Society as a success C) Needs more information about the Great Society before making a decision D) Believes the New Frontier was an important social movement

27. Life Lessons • Just as assumptions were made about LBJ as a white Southerner … • Susan Boyle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk&NR=1 • Paul Potts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k08yxu57NA