2. The Great Society A War on Poverty The War in Vietnam The Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Voting Rights Act of 1965

3. The Texans Family

4. LBJs Resume Congressional Staffer Member of the House of Representatives U.S. Senator –Majority Leader Vice-President

5. The Johnson Treatment Reputation of being overpowering and intimidating Invaded personal space: nose to nose persuasive and personable rather than elegant and charming Glencoe American History text p.855

6. The Texans Style

7. 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

8. 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

9. The 1964 Election

10. 1964 Republican Candidate AZ Sen. Barry Goldwater http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHAtUjJpV LYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHAtUjJpV LY Conservatives take over the 1964 Republican National Convention http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix7is2yU- uQ&mode=related&search=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix7is2yU- uQ&mode=related&search= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIxlsr3UUk Y&mode=related&search=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIxlsr3UUk Y&mode=related&search= Ronald Reagan campaigns for AgH20

11. The Daisy Ad

12. http://www.youtube.com /watch?v=Cl4awae0R0 M&mode=related&sear ch=http://www.youtube.com /watch?v=Cl4awae0R0 M&mode=related&sear ch=

13. Johnson/Humphrey

14. The Results

15. Civil Rights Legislation Civil Rights Act 1964 Voting Rights Act 1965 WE SHALL OVERCOME

16. We Shall Overcome http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=bKDVNSpsBZE&mode=rel ated&search=http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=bKDVNSpsBZE&mode=rel ated&search= http://www.ourdocuments.gov/ doc.php?flash=true&doc=97http://www.ourdocuments.gov/ doc.php?flash=true&doc=97 http://www.ourdocuments.gov/ doc.php?doc=100http://www.ourdocuments.gov/ doc.php?doc=100

17. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1965 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQDi Rk8zzAw&NR=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQDi Rk8zzAw&NR=1 A US ship was attacked on 2 August 1964. But was there a second?

18. Tet Offensive 1968

19. The 1968 Decision http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.ph p?pid=28772http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.ph p?pid=28772

20. 1968 Tet Offensive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i214f 5-w19w&mode=related&search=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i214f 5-w19w&mode=related&search= –Cronkites editorial –President Johnson If Ive lost Cronkite, Ive lost the American people.