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1 LBJ and the Great Society
Modern American History

2 Lyndon Baines Johnson B. Aug. 27, 1908 Democrat
Texas Democrat 26 Years of Congressional experience Urges America to follow through with Kennedy’s policies

3 Claudia ‘Lady Bird’ Johnson

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5 The Election of 1964 Barry Goldwater [R-AZ] Lyndon B. Johnson [D-TX]

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7 The Great Society A “War on Poverty” Civil Rights Act of 1964
60 Programs implemented ( ) Medicare and Medicaid [See pg. 842 for program summaries]

8 Robert C. Weaver, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
First African American to Serve in a Presidential Cabinet

9 Was the Great Society truly a success?

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