1 / 11

754-758 Analyze two primary sources. Describe the “Great Society”

754-758 Analyze two primary sources. Describe the “Great Society” domestic plan for the U.S. JFK. LBJ. Spoke of a new America Call to end poverty and racial injustice Urban revital - ization Improve education Called for all Americans to work together. New Frontier

skyla
Download Presentation

754-758 Analyze two primary sources. Describe the “Great Society”

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. 754-758 • Analyze two primary sources. • Describe the “Great Society” • domestic plan for the U.S.

  2. JFK LBJ • Spoke of a new America • Call to end poverty and racial injustice • Urban revital- • ization • Improve education • Called for all Americans to work together. • New Frontier • Help for the elderly • and workers. • Calls for moral • strength. • Upbeat, positive • and idealistic. • Great Society • Focus on the • environment and • help to local gov’t • Generally more • realistic, specific • and detailed.

  3. “Let Us Continue” • JFK visited Dallas, TX, as his • motorcade passed the Texas • School Book Depository • assassin Lee Harvey Oswald • fired three shots. • Lee Harvey Oswald shot • JFK and Governor John • Connally while in Dallas on • 11/22/1963. • Jack Ruby assassinated • Oswald two days later. • Conspiracy theories began • to develop. • Warren Commission investigated the assassination and • determined that Oswald had acted alone. John F. Kennedy Dallas, 1963

  4. President Lyndon B. Johnson • “War on Poverty” – continue • JFK’s policies to focus on • domestic issue of poverty. • “The Other America” – by • Michael Harrington pointed • out the issue of poverty. • Examples? • The Office of Economic • Opportunity was created • in 1964 headed by Sargent • Shriverand operated: • Job Corps • Head Start • VISTA • Neighborhood • Youth Corps Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in

  5. Lyndon B. Johnson and Civil Rights • Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Prohibited segregation in public accommodations • Created the E.E.O.C. (Equal Employment Opportunity • Comission) to prevent discrimination in hiring practices. • SNCC and “Freedom Summer” of 1964 • Was a voter registration drive in Mississippi. • Helped create the “Mississippi Freedom Democratic • Party”, a biracial group headed by Fannie Lou Hamer • bypass Mississippi’s all white Democratic Party.

  6. Lyndon B. Johnson and Civil Rights • SNCC and “Freedom Summer” of 1964 • Was a voter registration drive in Mississippi. • Helped create the “Mississippi Freedom Democratic • Party”, a biracial group headed by Fannie Lou Hamer • bypass Mississippi’s all white Democratic Party. • Selma March 1965 • From Selma to Montgomery, AL for voting rights. • State Troopers attacked marchers in front of television • cameras which broadcast it nationwide. • Voting Rights Act of 1965 • Outlawed literacy tests and sent federal registrars into • southern states to register voters where less than 50% • eligible voters were registered.

  7. The Election of 1964 • LBJ expanded US involvement in Vietnam • per advice from Sec. of Defense McNamara. • 8/2/1964 North Vietnamese torpedo boats • attacked two US destroyers Maddox and • Turner Joy. • Johnson orders more bombing attacks and • asks Congress to pass the “Gulf of Tonkin • Resolution” granting the president the • power to use “all necessary measures” to • protect American forces. • LBJ’s opponent Barry Goldwater strongly • supported it, which made LBJlook like • more of a moderate, not eager for war.

  8. The Election of 1964 • Landslide victory for Johnson with 61% of • the popular vote (largest margin in history) • LBJ began “The Great Society” • “A program to win freedom • and opportunity for all.” • Medical Care Act established • Medicare and Medicaid. • Elementary and Secondary • Education Act. • Higher Education Act

  9. The Election of 1964 • As we watch the following commercials, think • about what issues are being identified and how • the commercial is trying to persuade voters • Commercials • LBJ “Republicans Don’t LIke” • LBJ “Poverty” • BG “Boy on Bike” • BG “On Morality”

  10. Essay Prompt: • Discuss the factors that contributed to the popularity, competence and overall effectiveness of John F. Kennedy as president. • OR • Support the argument made by some that Kennedy’s presidency was based more on style than substance. (In other words, that JFK was not a particularly a competent president).

More Related