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The Great Society

The Great Society. Describe Johnson’s path to the White House Explain Johnson’s efforts to enact a domestic agenda. Summarize the goals of Johnson’s Great Society Identify the reforms of the Warren Court Evaluate the impact of Great Society Programs. LBJ’s Path to Power. I. Background

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The Great Society

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  1. The Great Society Describe Johnson’s path to the White House Explain Johnson’s efforts to enact a domestic agenda. Summarize the goals of Johnson’s Great Society Identify the reforms of the Warren Court Evaluate the impact of Great Society Programs

  2. LBJ’s Path to Power • I. Background • Texan from middle-class family • Served in the House of Representatives (D) • Served as Senate majority Leader • Instrumental in passing the Civil Rights Bill of 1957 • Kennedy’s Vice-President

  3. Johnson’s Domestic Agenda • Passed a tax reduction law in 1964 • Defining Moment: Civil Rights Act of 1964 • “prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, religion, national origin, and sex” • The War on Poverty • Economic Opportunity Act: $1 billion for youth programs, antipoverty measures, small-business loans, and job training. 1. VISTA 2. Head Start 3. Job Corps

  4. The Election of 1964 • The Election of 1964 • Republicans – Barry Goldwater • Democrats – Lyndon Johnson • ** Johnson wins in landside • Building the Great Society (Goals) • End Poverty • Racial Injustice - $1 billion for education - Medicare (health care for the elderly) - Medicaid (health care for the poor)

  5. - Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - Robert Weaver – 1st African American cabinet member - Immigration Act of 1965 - opened the door for non-European immigrants - Environment - Investigated business for pollution - Consumer Protection - safety laws, labeling (Ralph Nader)

  6. Reforms of the Warren Court • Reforms of the Warren Court • Brown vs. the Board of Education (school segregation) • Banned prayer in Public Schools • Rights of the Accused • Mapp v. Ohio – illegally seized evidence can not be used in a trial • Gideon v. Wainwright – courts provide free legal counsel • Miranda v. Arizona – reading of their rights

  7. Impact of the Great Society • Impact of the Great Society • Extension of federal governmental power • War of Poverty – lowered on number of poor • Extension of the national debt • Conservative Backlash • War in Vietnam overshadow the Great Society Programs

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