1. Brief Response What other events happened before JFK’s assassination?
Dixiecrats and Republicans resisted the “New Frontier” legislation JFK wanted: poverty, civil rights
Peace Corps
Space Program (NASA), Moon by 1969
Civil Rights and weakening the KKK
Military build-up
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty with Soviets

2. The Great Society
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3. Today’s goal
LBJ’s administration began as he was sworn in as president on Air Force One in Dallas, waiting for John F. Kennedy’s casket to be loaded on the plane.
He began his “War on Poverty” and other domestic improvements he called the “Great Society”
He also continued JFK’s push for civil rights legislation.
the Supreme Court, under Chief Justice Earl Warren, also had been busy in those years.

4. Vocabulary Lyndon Baines Johnson
Competitive and ambitious Texas Democrat who served as vice president under John F Kennedy.
Known for his persuasive “LBJ treatment” which got other politicians to vote for what he wanted.
Remember, this was Kennedy’s weak point and his reason for choosing Lyndon as his running mate.
Was also useful in putting pressure on Southern Democrats.

5. Economic Opportunity Act
1964, Congress enacted the EOA
$1 Billion ($7.5 billion today) for….
Youth programs (Job Corps Youth Training Program)
Anti-poverty measures (Community Action Program: poor people participating in public-works programs)
Small-business loans,
Job training
Also created:
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA (a kind of peace corps for the needy parts of the US))
Project Head Start (education for underprivileged preschoolers)

6. Great Society
1964, LBJ announced his goals to end poverty and racial injustice.
Congress (both houses had a Democrat majority) passed some 206 bills to this end.
The Vietnam War obliterated most of those goals and gains, and separated the nation.

7. Medicare and Medicaid Additional programs to Social Security:
Medicare provides hospital insurance and low-cost medical insurance for almost every American, aged 65 or older.
Medicaid extends health insurance to welfare recipients (at or below the poverty line).

8. Immigration Act of 1965
Quotas on non-European immigrants were eliminated, allowing more from other parts of the world to enter the country.

9. Warren Court
Since the 1950s, SCOTUS, under Chief Justice Earl Warren, had made some landmark (significant) decisions.
1954, Brown v. Board of Education
In the 1960s:
Banned state-sanctioned prayer in public school
Declared state-required loyalty oaths unconstitutional
Limited community censorship of books and films
Allowed more anti-war speech and symbolism
Required reform of….
federal and state reapportionment
the criminal justice system
Expanded rights of accused (Miranda v. Arizona, 1966)
Your rights
As portrayed comically (we hope)
As denied by FOX NEWS (FN criticized by Jon Stewart)

10. Reapportionment
The way states redraw election districts (ie: the House of Representatives), based on the changing number of people in them.
Baker v. Carr, 1962; Reynolds v. Sims, 1964: SCOTUS required states to make election districts equal in number to each other.
Urban voters now had more elected representatives and power in the nation shifted from rural areas to cities.

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12. p. 687, analyzing motives
Johnson brought balance to the ticket, because of his experience and influence in Congress and his Southern Protestant background.

13. p. 688, identifying problems
Poverty
Lack of opportunity

14. p. 690, interpreting charts
The programs were wide-ranging, which reflected an expanding role of the federal government (today Republicans and their backers decry it as “Big Government”) in addressing certain problems of American society.

15. p. 690, comparing
Both provide government-sponsored health insurance.

16. p. 691, analyzing effects
It replaced the nation origins system, which discriminated against people from outside western Europe.

17. p. 692, contrasting Liberals Conservatives
Liberals supported the decisions for protecting individual rights
Conservatives criticized the Court for protecting criminal suspects and limiting police power.

18. p. 692, 1, evaluating Success failure
It resulted in great gains in civil rights,
Reduced the poverty level of many Americans
Helped disadvantaged children get a head start in school
Helped develop people’s awareness of social problems.
It fostered the creation of big government
Negated the power of the free enterprise system
Minimized work incentives
Mired dependents in a cycle of poverty and despair (welfare state)

19. p. 693, identifying problems
Some programs contributed to the growing budget deficit and the national debt.
Federal spending, deficits, and intervention sparked conservative backlash against big government.
The Vietnam War drew away funds and attention.

20. p. 693, 3, evaluating leadership
Johnson’s upbringing might have taught him about the hardships of those in need
As a “New Dealer”, he learned how the government could help people in need.
In Congress, he learned the importance of political connections and clout, as well as the skills to negotiate political deals.

21. p. 693, 4, analyzing visual sources
The cartoonist appears to be trying to convey that Johnson felt that his foreign and domestic troubles never seem to end.

22. Text Work
p. 697, standardized test practice, 1-3

23. p. 697, standardized test practice1 D 2 C 3

24. The poverty line
Copy:
1. What was the poverty income level for an individual in most states, in 2008?
2. What was the poverty income level for a family of four in 2008?
3. What to you believe Hawai’i and Alaska have different levels?
4. What basic factors do you think the “poverty income level” is based on?
5. Is the poverty income level the same in 2017? Explain?

25. The poverty line
1. What was the poverty income level for an individual in 2008?
$10,400
2. What was the poverty income level for a family of four in 2008?
$21,200
3. What to you believe Hawai’i and Alaska have different levels?
More expensive cost of living in those states.
4. What basic factors do you think the “poverty income level” is based on?
Food, shelter, public transportation, clothing, utilities = cost of living
5. Is the poverty income level the same in 2017? Explain?
No. Inflation has raised the cost of living.

26. Brief Response
What early steps did the Johnson administration take to continue John Kennedy’s policies?