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Lyndon B. Johnson
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LBJ Texas Senator Vice President for JFK Little foreign policy experience Re-elected president in 1964 Focus—social programs Invoked the memory of JFK
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The Great Society The umbrella term for Johnson’s social programs War on Poverty—Appalachia Money to higher education Dept. of Housing and Urban Development Office of Economic Opportunity Medicare
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Results of the Great Society Controlled the recession Inflation increased Guns or butter??
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Supreme Court and Social Change Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) Gave precedent to the court appointing an attorney to anyone who could not afford one
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Supreme Court and Social Change Escobedo v. Illinois (1964) All suspects have the right to have an attorney present while being questioned
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Supreme Court and Social Change Miranda v. Arizona The accused had to be warned that statements could be used against them in a court of law
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Cesar Chavez Organized migrant workers into the United Farm Workers
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Biblical Definition of the Relationship between men and women Matthew 24:38 Numbers 30:3-16 Ephesians 5:25 I Thessalonians 4:6
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Women’s Rights Women’s movement stems from the Civil Rights movement 1963---women earned 63% of the salary that men earned for the same job 1970—women earned 41% of college degrees Small minority of women in politics by 1960
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Women’s Rights Pay Equity Act—established equal pay for equal work 1964 Civil Rights Act— “non- discrimination” based on race, origin or gender” 1966—National Organization of Women was formed
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Women’s Rights Movement started in 1920s with Susan B. Anthony 19 th amendment—1920---women’s suffrage 1960s –more militant faction
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Women’s Rights Femi-nazis--- Women’s Liberation Movement Betty Freidan– The Feminine Mystique Homes as a prison—women as slaves
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Women’s Rights
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