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Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society

Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society. What domestic policies does LBJ bring to the White House?. Carrying on Kennedy’s Legacy. Lyndon B. Johnson was a shrewd politician, uses Kennedy’s legacy to get things done

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Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society

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  1. Lyndon B. Johnson’sGreat Society What domestic policies does LBJ bring to the White House?

  2. Carrying on Kennedy’s Legacy • Lyndon B. Johnson was a shrewd politician, uses Kennedy’s legacy to get things done • LBJ urges Congress to cut taxes, tax cuts spur economic growth, & lower federal deficit • 1964: Civ Rts Act passes-prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and sex (Govt gets new powers to enforce)

  3. LBJ’s War On Poverty • 1964: LBJ creates Economic Opportunity Act (EOA) • $1 billion for youth programs, antipoverty measures, small business loans, and job training. • EOA also creates • 1) Job Corps Youth Training Program • 2) VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) • 3) Head Start (pre-school) • 4) Community Action Program • LBJ easily wins re-election in 1964 http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1964

  4. LBJ’s Great Society • Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965: $1 bill. + in fed. aid to public schools • Medicare: low-cost medical insurance for Americans 65 years old and older • Medicaid: health insurance to welfare recipients • Immigration Act of 1965: easier rules for non-European immigrants to settle in the US (no quotas) • Water Quality Act of 1965: required states to clean up rivers & seek out the worst chemical polluters • Department of Transportation created to deal with air, rail, highways • Corporation for Public Broadcasting (educational radio & TV-PBS/NPR)

  5. Reforms in Supreme Court • Several major cases during 1960s: • Baker v. Carr: Courts can tell congress to reapportion (re-draw) their districts to have more fair representation • Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963: criminal courts must provide free legal counsel to those who cannot afford it • Miranda v. Arizona, 1966: all suspects must be read their rights

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