Do you think poverty is a problem in the U.S. today? How, if at all, do you think the government should reduce poverty? Why do you think so?

At 2:35 p.m. on November 22, 1963, about 90 minutes after JFK was pronounced dead, Lyndon Baines Johnson stood inside Air Force One on an airstrip in Dallas. According to the Constitution, LBJ had immediately became the thirty-sixth President from the moment of Kennedy’s death. LBJ insisted on taking the oath before leaving Dallas

Do You Remember? What Michael Harrington’s The Other America about in 1962? Harrington claimed that one-fifth or 50 million Americans suffered from poverty

Johnson Takes the Reigns Shared same goals as Kennedy of an activist government Many New Frontier programs will become part of LBJ’s agenda The elimination of poverty was his major goal

Building Confidence Summer 1964—LBJ worked within Congress to find consensus or general agreement Began “The Great Society” initiatives  heavy gov’t involvement Poverty relief, education aid, healthcare, voting rights, conservation and beautification projects, urban renewal, and economic development in depressed areas Between , LBJ had more programs passed than any president since FDR

Election of 1964 LBJ (Dem) defeated Barry Goldwater (Rep) by a landslide Democrats won both control of Congress LBJ given major approval by Americans to continue his Great Society program

The Great Society programs Office of Economic Opportunity (Act) VISTA Medicare Medicaid The Elementary and Secondary Ed. Act of 1965 Project Head Start Civil Rights Act of 1964 Job Corps The National Foundations of the Arts and Humanities The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, 1966 Dept. of Housing and Urban Development Immigration Reform Act of 1965 Food Stamp Act Community Action programs

The Great Society Create a 1-2 slide summary and explanation of your program – What was its purpose? – When was it created? – What did it do? – One image in relation to your program is required

Requirements 1.Outline on the file “Great Society” in the T: Shared. Your summary and explanation needs to created in the file. Save the document into your S: and then copy your file into your period’s folder 2.PPT (1-2) on program—saved and placed in your period’s folder File names should be as follow “Program name Initials for both partners” “SecEdAct JS EP”