1. Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society Chapter 20.3

2. Johnson’s Rise to Leadership After Johnson became President, he continued to promote many of Kennedy’s ideas including declaring war on poverty and getting the Civil Rights Act passed. The Great Society Johnson had plans to better the lives of Americans, which included legislation to improve healthcare, education, environment and the consumer protection, and policy changes that allowed more immigrants to enter U.S.

3. Johnson’s Great Society The Supreme Court and Reform During the 1960s the Supreme Court acted liberally in its rulings on many controversial social and political issues, such as voting rights, the constitutional rights of lawbreakers, and school prayer.

4. Lyndon B. Johnson 36 th President 1963—1969 Party: Democratic Home State: Texas Vice President: Hubert Humphrey

5. Johnson’s Foreign Policy Dominican Republic—  In 1965, 22,000 Marines sent by LBJ to stop a revolt. Conflict in Vietnam—  By 1964, nearly 16,000 military advisers had been sent to Southeast Asia to support the pro-United States South Vietnamese.  In 1965, Johnson sent more troops and money to prop up the South Vietnamese government.

6. Presidential Election of 1964  Lyndon B. Johnson— Democratic candidate  Barry Goldwater— Republican candidate  Johnson won 61% of the popular vote

7. Presidential Election of 1964

8. “Great Society” “Great Society”—  War on Poverty was aided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)  Aid to Education was expanded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1965  Medicare and Medicaid was created to help the elderly and the poor  Immigration Reform eliminated the quotas from the 1920s

9. “Great Society” War on Poverty—  Economic Opportunity Act passed to combat causes of poverty; Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA). Medicare—  Hospital and low-cost health insurance for those over 65 Medicaid—  Low-cost health care for poor

10. War on Poverty CHART

11. The Great Society’s Legacy Effects of the Great Society—  Too many tax dollars being spent on the poor  Too much authority in the hands of the federal government  Poverty rate was cut in half by the end of the 1969, but the federal government’s surplus in the 1960s disappeared by the early 1970s

12. What did the Great Society do for U.S.?(Get it? Us? Hahahaha) President Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” changed life in the United States by:  Reducing poverty and reformed healthcare  Changing environmental, immigration, and education policies which included more control by the federal government in personal affairs  Left us in debt, gave too much authority to govt.

13. Supreme Court Cases of the 1960s Mapp v. Ohio (1961)—  Evidence seized illegally can not be used in a trial. Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)—  Suspects in criminal cases who cannot afford a lawyer have the right to government (tax-payer) legal aid.

14. Supreme Court Cases of the 1960s Miranda v. Arizona ( 1966)—  Law enforcement must inform accused persons that they have the right to “remain silent,” and that anything they say “can be used” against them in court, that they have “a right to an attorney” and if they “cannot afford an attorney” one will be appointed for them by the court.

15. Congressional Reapportionment Warren Court—  Supreme Court led by Earl Warren (Chief Justice) which took on controversial issues in life in the United States.

16. Civil Rights Act of ‘64 Civil Rights Act of 1964—  Outlawed discrimination in voting, education, and public accommodations.

17. The Warren Court TRANSPARENCY