1. LBJ -Lyndon Baines Johnson -became follower of FDR -showed remarkable ability to forge compromises -helped pass Civil Rights Act of 1957 -Johnson encouraged the nation to move past the assassination -sent Congress a program to fix the nation’s problems

2. LBJ -Lyndon Baines Johnson -became follower of FDR -showed remarkable ability to forge compromises -helped pass Civil Rights Act of 1957 -Johnson encouraged the nation to move past the assassination -sent Congress a program to fix the nation’s problems

3. LBJ’s Agenda -large tax reductions -Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination -Unconditional War on Poverty 1964 State of the Union Head Start Jobs Corps VISTA -Election of 1964 Johnson Barry Goldwater

4. LBJ’s Agenda -large tax reductions -Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination -Unconditional War on Poverty 1964 State of the Union Head Start Jobs Corps VISTA -Election of 1964 Johnson Barry Goldwater

5. Great Society -’64 election gives Johnson a mandate -creating a higher SOL and providing equal opportunity were objectives of Great Society Over 60 programs passed -Secondary Education Act -Medicare -Medicaid -HUD -National Endowment for the Humanities

6. Great Society -’64 election gives Johnson a mandate -creating a higher SOL and providing equal opportunity were objectives of Great Society Over 60 programs passed -Secondary Education Act -Medicare -Medicaid -HUD -National Endowment for the Humanities

7. Government Protection -Immigration Act 1965 -Department of Transportation -environmental protection Rachel Carson “Silent Spring” Water Quality & Clean Air Act -consumer protection Ralph Nader -Fair Packaging and Labeling Act

8. Government Protection -Immigration Act 1965 -Department of Transportation -environmental protection Rachel Carson “Silent Spring” Water Quality & Clean Air Act -consumer protection Ralph Nader -Fair Packaging and Labeling Act

9. Warren Court -Chief Justice Earl Warren led the Supreme Court on an activist stance Court began to interpret rights in a broader fashion -Brown v. Board, 1954 -Mapp v. Ohio, 1961 -Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963 -Miranda v. Arizona, 1966

10. Impact of the Great Society -extension of federal power -rate of poverty did decrease -growing budget deficit -conservative backlash -conflict in Vietnam -choice between war and the Great Society programs -”Guns or butter”