1. LBJ and the Great Society

2. Iv. Continuing the fight for Civil Rights
Civil Rights Act of Prohibited discrimination because of race religion or national origin.

4. Warmup 3.5
How do you think LBJ’s experience as a school teacher in a poor area impacted his political beliefs.

5. II.The Great Society
Education- More than $1 billion dollars in federal aid to public education
Healthcare
1. Medicare-health insurance for people over 65.
2. Medicaid- health insurance for people collecting welfare
C) Housing- low-rent public
housing.

6. D. Immigration- The Immigration Act of 1965 ended quotas based on national origin
E. Environment- Water Quality Act of required states to clean up rivers
F. Consumer Protection- A series of safety and truth in packaging laws.

7. III. The Warren Court
Took and activist stand on many leading issues including segregation and 1st Amendment Rights.
Greatly expanded the rights of the accused addressing such issues as illegally obtained evidence, free lawyers and reading of rights.
Engle v. Vitale No Mandatory religious prayer in schools

8. IV. Fight for voting equality
CORE and SNCC traveled through the South to register African-Americans to vote.
In Mississippi three volunteers were murdered by Klansmen and local police.

9. C. SCLC led a series of marches in Selma, Alabama to protest disenfranchisement of African-American voters.

10. C. SCLC led a series of marches in Selma, Alabama to protest disenfranchisement of African-American voters.
B. Voting Rights Act of eliminated literacy test for voting and created federal oversight of state elections.

11. V. Watts Riots
An incident between a police officer and an African-American driver escalated into a large fight.
The community was outraged by the actions of the police and rioted for 6 days.
The underlying causes of the riot are debated but many point to high levels of unemployment and racism by the police .

12. VI. Black Panthers Armed citizen patrols to monitor police officers.
Instituted a variety of social programs such as free breakfast for children .