2. Unit 11 Notes Part 1: LBJ & Nixon
Essential Questions:
Analyze the political, economic, and social impact of political controversies such as poverty and desegregation
Describe the civil and equal rights movements and identify its key leaders

3.
In 1964, American voters elected LBJ to 4 more years as president.
This is the campaign ad shown on TV that helped him completely crush his opponent (LBJ- 74% Goldwater- 26%)

4. LBJ’s Accomplishments
LBJ’s federal programs to help Americans became known as “The Great Society”.
He declared a “war on poverty” because so many people were poor, despite the country’s general prosperity.

5. LBJ’s Accomplishments
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Supported by Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK)
Outlawed racial discrimination in public places and employment
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Protected the rights of all people, regardless of race, to vote

6. LBJ’s Accomplishments
Education Act of 1965
Granted millions to school for books, libraries, and special education programs
Head Start
Funded preschool

7. Effects of Great Society
At first it seemed very successful
Soon, bloody race riots erupted in poor areas
LBJ faced complaints:
Taxes being spent on the poor
Federal government gained too much power.
During the period, poverty was cut in half.

8. During this time the Civil Rights Movement is also happening…
How might anger with The Great Society and the Civil Rights Movement be connected?

9. 1968: A Critical Year LBJ decides not to run again for president
MLK was assassinated in Memphis, TN by James Earl Ray
Robert F. Kennedy (JFK’s brother) was assassinated in Los Angeles while campaigning for president by Sirhan Sirhan
Republican Richard Nixon was elected president

10. Nixon & The “Watergate” Scandal
In 1972, tape recordings revealed Nixon was involved in a cover-up of the burglary of the Democratic headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C.
August 8, 1974: Nixon resigned from office

11.
What was Watergate?