1. Unit 10 Day 5 (LBJ) Quote: “Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.” - Lyndon B. Johnson Focus Question(s): What influence did the Civil Rights Movement have on other groups facing adversity? Specified Content: LBJ becomes president, Economic Opportunity Act, 1964 election State Standards: Concept 9 PO 2 b

2. LBJ November 22, 1963: Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the President of the United States on Air Force One after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

3. In August 1964, Congress enacted the Economic Opportunity Act (EOA), approving nearly $1 billion for youth programs, antipoverty measures, small- business loans, and job training.

4. In 1964, the Republican Party elects conservative Arizona senator Barry Goldwater to run against President Johnson. Goldwater did not think it was the government’s job to fix social problems like poverty and discrimination.

5. Most Americans agreed with Johnson’s policies and thought that the government should help fix the nation’s problems. Johnson won 61% of the popular vote and 486 electoral votes to Goldwater’s 52. More Democrats were elected.