LBJ and the Great Society

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON The Great Society.

Advertisements

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Johnson’s Domestic Policy.

Great Society Chapter 20 LBJ Lyndon Baines Johnson  Grew up in Texas Not wealthy  Entered politics in 1937  “New Dealer”  Spokesman for small ranchers.

LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON.  Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) drove through Congress the most ambitious domestic legislative package  The Great Society like the.

Anticipatory Set Discuss the following questions with your neighbors: 1.Can government change how people treat each other? Explain.

Vocabulary Words and Phrases of the Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights Review. What Supreme court case declared “separate is inherently unequal”? Brown v. Board of Ed.

Civil Rights Legislation and Change in the 1960s APUSH – Spiconardi.

Civil Rights Movement - Part 2 Quiz Review Game. Explain long-term factors and the spark that started the riots. Long-term factors:Spark: Police-Community.

Civil Rights Vocab Chapter 20. De Jure Segregation Segregation based on the law Practiced in the South (Jim Crow Laws)

Kennedy, Johnson, and Civil Rights Chapter 29, Section #2.

The Great Society Chapter 20 Sec 3. I. LBJ’s Path to Power A. A Master Politician A. A Master Politician 1. Lyndon Baines Johnson became President after.

Chapter 20 Part 3 Pages Terms to Know Lyndon Baines Johnson Economic Opportunity Act The Great Society Medicare and Medicaid Immigration Act.

The Civil Rights Movement Ch. 21.  After World War II many question segregation  NAACP—wins major victory with Supreme Court decision Brown vs. Board.

BELLWORK What was the March on Washington? What was its purpose? What were the Montgomery Bus Boycotts? How did they effect public transportation? What.

Lyndon Baines Johnson’s

Lyndon B. Johnson Great Society. Background  LBJ was a teacher at a segregated school for Mexican Americans  Senator  Joined Kennedy’s ticket when.

LBJ and the “Great Society”. Lyndon Baines Johnson’s path to Power 1948: Elected Senator mentored, helped by FDR 1955, LBJ becomes Senate majority leader.

BELLWORK 1.What was SNCC? Why was it successful? 2.What is the NAACP? 3.If you had to join one civil rights group (SNCC, SCLC, NAACP, CORE) which would.

Laws Support Civil Rights Summarize the cause for passage and the effects of passing civil rights and voting rights legislation, including the 24 th Amendment.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed under new President ____________________. The law’s major sections included: Title I:

JFK: Foreign Policy Bay of Pigs 1961, Berlin Wall 1962, Cuban Missile Crisis 1963, Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) entered politics in 1937 as a Congressman admired FDR who took the young congressman under his wing Johnson became a Senator in.

Reading #4: Consequences of the Civil Rights Movement Civil Rights Legislation.

Lyndon B. Johnson and the Great Society. Clean out the Cobwebs The Cold War is still cold JFK was assassinated.. His VP (LBJ) is sworn as president in.

The Great Society. Pre-Great Society Within days of Lyndon Johnson being sworn in as President on board Air Force One, he began to use his political power.

Johnson Chapter 20 section 3. Lyndon Baines Johnson  LBJ  1937  Won a special election top fill a vacant seat in the U.S House of Representatives 

Today’s Schedule – 05/06/ Vocab and Timeline Check 28.4 PPT: Political Response to the Civil Rights Movement Continue Movie HW: 28.5 Vocab and Timeline.

SS310 – Exploring the 1960s: An Interdisciplinary Approach Week 8 Seminar The Great Society Instructor: Nicole Darling.

Lyndon Johnson The Great Society Johnson Becomes President After JFK’s death, vice president Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as President Johnson.

28-3: The Great Society (Name given to Johnson’s domestic program)

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Johnson’s Great Society.

Unit 11 Vocabulary. Civil Rights Movement efforts made by African Americans and their supporters in the 1950s and 1960s to eliminate segregation and gain.

Aim #85: How do the goals, philosophies and strategies differ amongst civil rights leaders and groups? Do now! Read the 3 excerpts and answer the accompanying.

Reading #1: LBJ & The Great Society Objectives… Summarize the goals of the Great Society. Identify the reforms of the Warren Court. Evaluate the impact.

Goal 11 Part 4 Lyndon B. Johnson’s GREAT SOCIETY.

Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society Chapter 20.3.

Civil Rights Vocab Chapter 18. De Jure Segregation Segregation based on the law Practiced in the South (Jim Crow Laws)

Civil Rights Section 2 Section 2 The Triumphs of a Crusade.

Johnson’s Domestic Policy

LBJ’s Great Society 26 years of experience Mr. Owens.

New Successes and challenges

The Civil Rights Movement

The Political Response

Johnson’s Great Society

Civil Rights and Reform in the 1960s ( )

The New Frontier and The Great Society

Chapter 28 Section 3 The Civil Rights Movement Riddlebarger

#46 Ch.21.2 Notes The Triumphs of a Crusade

Objective: Explain the importance of Civil Rights legislation

Civil Rights Vocab Chapter 18 – Unit 4 – 19 words.

Lyndon B. Johnson and the Great Society 28.3

Chapter 28 Section 3 The Civil Rights Movement Riddlebarger

Fight for Equality and Justice

Civil Rights After 1965.

Fight for Equality and Justice

Groups 1 Groups 2 Laws etc.. Leaders All Areas

Objectives Explain the significance of Freedom Summer, the march on Selma, and why violence erupted in some American cities in the 1960s. Compare the goals.

Civil Rights Achievements

Knights Charge Why did Kennedy win the Election of 1960?

LBJ and the “Great Society.”

Kennedy and Johnson Social Programs

Civil Rights 1964–1975.

Voices of the Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement PART 3 OF —1975

Martin Luther King, Jr. & the Civil Rights Movement

People Places Organizations Politics Famous Faces 1pt 1 pt 1 pt 1pt

LBJ Great Society.

LBJ and the Great Society

Presentation transcript:

LBJ and the Great Society

Iv. Continuing the fight for Civil Rights Civil Rights Act of 1964- Prohibited discrimination because of race religion or national origin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWXy4TjmWXA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7lrS0sLrVE

Warmup 3.5 How do you think LBJ’s experience as a school teacher in a poor area impacted his political beliefs.

II.The Great Society Education- More than $1 billion dollars in federal aid to public education Healthcare 1. Medicare-health insurance for people over 65. 2. Medicaid- health insurance for people collecting welfare C) Housing- low-rent public housing.

D. Immigration- The Immigration Act of 1965 ended quotas based on national origin E. Environment- Water Quality Act of 1965- required states to clean up rivers F. Consumer Protection- A series of safety and truth in packaging laws. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDeBd1j7sCM

III. The Warren Court Took and activist stand on many leading issues including segregation and 1st Amendment Rights. Greatly expanded the rights of the accused addressing such issues as illegally obtained evidence, free lawyers and reading of rights. Engle v. Vitale No Mandatory religious prayer in schools

IV. Fight for voting equality CORE and SNCC traveled through the South to register African-Americans to vote. In Mississippi three volunteers were murdered by Klansmen and local police.

C. SCLC led a series of marches in Selma, Alabama to protest disenfranchisement of African-American voters.

C. SCLC led a series of marches in Selma, Alabama to protest disenfranchisement of African-American voters. B. Voting Rights Act of 1965- eliminated literacy test for voting and created federal oversight of state elections.

V. Watts Riots An incident between a police officer and an African-American driver escalated into a large fight. The community was outraged by the actions of the police and rioted for 6 days. The underlying causes of the riot are debated but many point to high levels of unemployment and racism by the police .

VI. Black Panthers Armed citizen patrols to monitor police officers. Instituted a variety of social programs such as free breakfast for children .