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The Great Society A War on Poverty The War in Vietnam The Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Voting Rights Act of 1965
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The Texan’s Family Wife: Lady Bird Daughters: Lynda Bird & Luci
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LBJ’s Resume Congressional Staffer
Member of the House of Representatives U.S. Senator Majority Leader Vice-President 26 years of experience
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“The Johnson Treatment”
Reputation of being “overpowering and intimidating” Invaded personal space: nose to nose “persuasive and personable rather than elegant and charming” Pic 1 Dr. Teller: scientist/image 2: Civil rights bill discussed: President Lyndon Johnson with Senator Richard Russell at the White House, December 7, 1963, Washington, DC. image 3 senate majority leader Johnson works over Chairman of the Senate Foreign relations cmmittee in 1957 Glencoe American History text p.855
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The Texan’s Style Shows off his surgery scar/howling with his dog/
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War on Poverty “There are tens of millions of Americans who are beyond the welfare state. Taken as a whole there is a culture of poverty…bad health, poor housing, low levels of aspiration, and high levels of mental distress. Twenty percent of a nation, some 32,000,000.” Michael Harrington, author of the Culture of Poverty 1962
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War on Poverty “The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all. It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice.” LBJ 1964 Medicare and Medicaid Head Start HUD Job Corps Water Quality and Clean Air Acts Highway Safety Act Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
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The 1964 Election
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“The Daisy Ad” Lyndon Johnson's 1964 "daisy" ad implied that Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater might lead the world to nuclear war.
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“The Daisy Ad” Lyndon Johnson's 1964 "daisy" ad implied that Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater might lead the world to nuclear war.
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Johnson/Humphrey
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The Results
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Civil Rights Legislation
“WE SHALL OVERCOME” Civil Rights Legislation Civil Rights Act 1964 Voting Rights Act 1965 PRESIDENT JOHNSON “TREATS” SENATE MAJORITY LEADER RUSSELL IN ORDER TO SECURE VOTES TO PASS CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION
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