1. Johnson’s Great Society Origins of Vietnam War
CH 19.3 & 20.1
Johnson’s Great Society
Origins of Vietnam War

2. LBJ’s background; Rhetoric on equality; JFK’s Legacy  Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) War on Poverty; Tax Bill (middle class); job training, education, healthcare; Economic Opportunity Act (1964); job corps/ volunteers Head Start Program (1965); eliminated EOA; day cares; play groups  prepare for Elementary / PBS

3. Election of 1964; Johnson v Goldwater Goldwater; Conservative  small government

4. Great Society Speech (1964); Vision for America; Improve OVERALL Quality of Life; End to Poverty & Racial Injustice Healthcare; Medicare & Medicaid Education; 1965 Elementary & Secondary Education Act Environment & Consumer; Books (Silent Spring, Unsafe at Any Speed)  Water Quality Act (1965), Clean Water Restoration (1966), National Traffic & Motor Vehicle Safety Act (1966) Immigration; Immigration & Nationality Act (1965); altered quota system  L.A, Central America, Caribbean and Asia

5. Legacy; Poverty Declined; Healthcare Improved; Head Start Successful; National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities (1965(

6. Supreme Court Reform; Earl Warren; Warren Court  most liberal in U
Supreme Court Reform; Earl Warren; Warren Court  most liberal in U.S History Baker v Carr (1962) & Reynolds v Sims (1964); Reapportioned Representation Rights of the Accused; SEVERAL; Escobedo V Illinois (1964); Miranda V Arizona (1966); Miranda Rights (5th & 6th Amendments) Separation of Church and State; Engle V Vitale (1962)