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LBJ ’ s Great Society

Explore Lyndon Johnson's Great Society initiatives that aimed to end racial discrimination, poverty, and social issues, and the civil rights advancements during his presidency. Learn about key programs, legislative acts, and impactful events from the 1960s.

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LBJ ’ s Great Society

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  1. LBJ’s Great Society Mr. Owens

  2. Essential Questions • How did members of each branch of the federal government promote greater racial justice? • How was Liberalism embodied in Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society in its efforts to end racial discrimination, eliminate poverty, and address social issues?

  3. The Texan’s Style

  4. “The Johnson Treatment”

  5. “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, The Other America1962 Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) – billion dollar budget Head Start, Job Corps, literacy, legal assistance Community Action Program – community organizers War on Poverty

  6. The 1964 Election

  7. Johnson/Humphrey

  8. “The Daisy Ad”

  9. The Results How does this contrast the 1960 election?

  10. “The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all. It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice.” LBJ 1964 The Great Society 1964-66 • Food Stamp Act of 1964 (food aid to poor) • National Foundation on the Arts & Humanities • Medicare (elderly) & Medicaid (poor & disabled) • Elementary & Secondary Education Act– funding to poor districts • Higher Education Act - scholarships for college • Immigration Act of 1965 (Hart-Celler Act) – end to quotas – rise in Asian & L. Americans • HUD - $ for public housing and crime prevention, DOT • Water Quality and Clean Air Acts (Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring 1962) • Highway Safety Act (Unsafe at Any Speed – Ralph Nader 1965) • Fair Packaging and Labeling Act 1966

  11. LBJ – Civil Rights 1964-1965 • Civil Rights Act of 1964- LBJ pressured Congress - segregation illegal in all public facilities including hotels & restaurants, death of Jim Crow • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – based on Title VII – no work discrimination • 24th Amendment – bans poll taxes • “Freedom Summer”1964 Mississippi voting • Selma March – “Bloody Sunday” followed by March to Montgomery 1965 • Voting Rights Act of 1965 – end to literacy tests expanded federal gov enforcement

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