1. Topic: Lyndon B. Johnson and the “Great Society”
Do Now:
What do you think the role of the government should be in our economy? What should the government’s role be toward the poor? The elderly?
Explain your reasoning

2. President LBJ Previously Senator from Texas & “New Dealer”
Southern liberal
“master of the senate”
Became Pres. Upon Kennedy’s death
Passes Civil Rights legislation & Affirmative Action
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Southerners begin to question their loyalty to the Democrats (race, “big government”)
Wants to create a “war on poverty”
Inspired by Harrington’s The Other America

3. The Great Society: “The War on Poverty”
Appalachia Program
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Medicare
Medicaid
Education funding (Project Head Start)
Welfare programs
“entitlement” debate
Did it work?

4. Johnson and the Liberal Warren Court
Chief Justice Earl Warren ( )
Brown v. Board of Ed (1954)
“Judicial Activism” of the 1960s
Griswold v. Connecticut
States not allowed to ban contraceptives
Gideon v. Wainwright
All defendants are entitled to legal counsel
Escobedo & Miranda Cases
Rights of those arrested
Engel v. Vitale
Prohibited “required” prayer in schools

5. Conclusion
How would you rate the success of LBJ’s Great Society? Use specific examples to justify your position.