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

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

LBJ’s Agenda

-large tax reductions-Civil Rights Act of 1964

banned discrimination

-Unconditional War on Poverty1964 State of the UnionHead StartJobs CorpsVISTA

-Election of 1964JohnsonBarry Goldwater

LBJ’s Agenda

-large tax reductions-Civil Rights Act of 1964

banned discrimination

-Unconditional War on Poverty1964 State of the UnionHead StartJobs CorpsVISTA

-Election of 1964JohnsonBarry Goldwater

Great Society-’64 election gives Johnson a

mandate-creating a higher SOL and

providing equal opportunity were objectives of Great SocietyOver 60 programs passed

-Secondary Education Act

-Medicare

-Medicaid

-HUD

-National Endowment for the Humanities

Great Society-’64 election gives Johnson a

mandate-creating a higher SOL and

providing equal opportunity were objectives of Great SocietyOver 60 programs passed

-Secondary Education Act

-Medicare

-Medicaid

-HUD

-National Endowment for the Humanities

Government Protection

-Immigration Act 1965

-Department of Transportation

-environmental protectionRachel Carson“Silent Spring”Water Quality & Clean Air Act

-consumer protectionRalph Nader-Fair Packaging and Labeling Act

Government Protection

-Immigration Act 1965

-Department of Transportation

-environmental protectionRachel Carson“Silent Spring”Water Quality & Clean Air Act

-consumer protectionRalph Nader-Fair Packaging and Labeling Act

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

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”