* Felt obligated to continue JFK’s programs * Got Kennedy’s tax cut plan passed in February 1964 * Wanted to take a more aggressive approach on “The War.

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* Felt obligated to continue JFK’s programs * Got Kennedy’s tax cut plan passed in February 1964 * Wanted to take a more aggressive approach on “The War on Poverty”

* Created the Office of Economic Opportunity * Antipoverty programs included: * Jobs Corp * VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America), a domestic version of the Peace Corps * Head Start- preschool education program for low-income families

* A Roosevelt New Dealer * Felt Kennedy’s programs were too conservative * His vision for America was called “The Great Society * * May 1964 speech at University of Michigan

* Goldwater- “During his 1964 presidential campaign, Mr. Goldwater was attacked by Democrats and opponents within his own party as a demagogue and a leader of right-wing extremists and racists who was likely to lead the United States into nuclear war, eliminate civil rights progress and destroy such social welfare programs as Social Security.”- * Washington Post Obituary 5/30/1998 *

* Johnson persuaded Congress to establish: * Medicare- health insurance for people over 65 * Medicaid- government program that provides health care to the needy.

* Education funding: the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of provided $1.3 billion in aid to schools in poor areas * Urban renewal- Omnibus Housing Act of money for housing assistance for low- income families * Created the Department of Housing and Urban Development or HUD

* Supported the NEA- National Endowment for the Arts, and the NEH- National Endowment for the Humanities (gave fellowships to artists, writers and scholars) * Created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting- PBS

* Influenced by Rachel Caron’s book Silent Spring, the Johnson Administration passes legislation: * Water Quality Act of 1965 * Air Quality Act of 1967 * Water Pollution Act of 1968 * BJYnE BJYnE

* 1960’s Supreme Court was an activist court: * Landmark decisions : * Gideon v Wainwright- states must provide lawyers, at public expense. for poor defendants charged with serious crimes (1963) * Escobedo v Illinois- established the right of the accused to have a lawyer present during police investigation.(1964) * Miranda v Arizona- the accused person must be informed of their rights at the time of their arrest. (1966)

* Turbulent year * Vietnam- Tet Offensive * Civil Right- MLK assassinated * Election year- LBJ decides not to run, Robert F Kennedy assassinated after the California primary * Chicago Democratic Convention- protests, riots