PRES. LYNDON JOHNSON

CHAPTER 24

Lyndon Baines Johnson

OVERVIEW 1963-1972 JFK WAS

ASSASSINATED NOV. 22, 1963 WHILE VISITING IN DALLAS TEXAS

OVERVIEW 1963-1972

OVERVIEW 1963-1972

KENNEDY was (probably) killed by LEE HARVEY OSWALD, who was killed by JACK RUBY who dide not long after

OVERVIEW 1963-1972 ROBERT KENNEDY,

brother of president Kennedy was assassinated while seeking the nomination for president

OVERVIEW 1963-1972 Governor

GEORGE WALLACE was shot (and paralyzed) while seeking nomination for president

OVERVIEW 1963-1972

MARTIN LUTHER KING was assassinated soon after President Kennedy was assassinated.

OVERVIEW 1963-1972

Los Angeles, Newark, Detroit—riots destroyed large portions of the cities

OVERVIEW 1963-1972

STUDENT ANTI-WAR PROTESTS DISRUPTED THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO—AS POLICE RESPONDED “LIKE THUGS”

LYNDON JOHNSON began the GREAT SOCIETY

HIGHLY EFFECTIVE U.S. SENATOR

KEPT RECORDS ABOUT HIS POLITICAL FAVORS AND DEBTS

EFFECTIBE ‘ARM TWISTER’ BECAME PRESIDENT WHEN

KENNEDY DIED

THE GREAT SOCIETY JOHNSON BELIEVED THAT

AMERICA WAS WEALTHY ENOUGH

WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO CORRECT ABUSES DUE

TO POVERTY DUE TO RACIAL INJUSTICE

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT 1964 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

POWER TO END VOTER DISCRIMINATION BANNING ACCESS TO

PUBLIC BUILDINGS SEGREGATED SCHOOLS SEGREGATED

COMMUNITIES JOB DISCRIMINATION

VOTING RIGHTS ACT 1965 ELIMINATED POLL TAX ELIMINATED LITERACY

TESTS STOPPED INJUSTICE IN

VOTING SUPPORTE BY THE 24TH

AMENDMENT

WAR ON POVERTY

JOB TRAINING & PLACEMENT

“HEAD START” PRESCHOOL

MINIMUM WAGE LAWS VISTA—VOLUNTEER

POVERTY FIGHTING WORKERS

ELECTION OF 1964

More GREAT SOCIETY IN 1965, 89 GREAT

SOCIETY LAWS PASS CONGRESS

INCLUDES MEDICARE

INCLUDES GOVN’T FINANCES TO LOCAL SCHOOLS

SUPREME COURT EARL WARREN IS CHIEF

JUSTICE (appointed by Eisenhower)

“JUDICIAL ACTIVISM” interprets law according to what the court believes needs to be done—not on intent of the Framers of the Constitution

SUPREME COURT BROWN v BOARD OF

EDUCATION (1954) ORDERED

DESEGREGATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS

JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION BEGAN TO ENFORCE IT

SUPREME COURT GIDEON v

WAINWRIGHT (1963) AN ATTORNEY MUST

BE APPOINTED FOR ACCUSED PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT AFFORD ONE

MORE EXPENCE TO STATES

DOES IT WORK?

SUPREME COURT MIRANDA v

ARIZONA(1966) ACCUSED PEOPLE MUST BE

TOLD WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE

CASE INVOLVED ONE WHO DID NOT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH

SUPREME COURT ENGLE v VITALE

(1962) OUTLAWED PRAYER IN

PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRAYERS WERE

TYPICALLY WRITTEN BY THE STATE

SUPREME COURT ROTH v UNITED STATES

(1957) OBSCENITY IS BAD—BUT

WE CANNOT DEFINE IT STATES MAY NOT DEFINE

OBSCENITY “LOCAL STANDARDS”

MUST BE APPLIED

EVALUATING THE GREAT SOCIETY

POSITIVELYRAISED PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTYFORCED CHANGE IN RACE RELATIONS

EVALUATING THE GREAT SOCIETY

NEGATIVELY VERY EXPENSIVE DECLINE IN PUBLIC

MORALITY OBLIGATED US FOR

EXPENSIVE PROGRAMS

THE JOHNSON YEARS: VIETNAM WAR

ESCALATION: EISENHOWER—600

TROOPS KENNEDY—FEW

THOUSAND ADVISORS JOHNSON—500,000 BY

1968

TONKIN GULF INCIDENT PROVIDED REASON FOR

JOHNSON TO ASK FOR AUTHORITY

ATTACK MAY NOT HAVE OCCURED

MUCH CONFUSION THEN—MORE SO NOW

“LIMITED WAR” SOVIETS & CHINA

SUPPLIED SUPPLIES AND TRAINING (PERHAPS MEN) TO N. VIETNAM

JOHNSON DID NOT WANT ANOTHER KOREA—TRIED TO NOT PROVOKE THEM

AVOIDED MANY TARGETS

PROBLEMS IN CONDUCTING THE WAR

N. VIETNAMESE ARMY VIET CONG

PROBLEMS IN CONDUCTING THE WAR

WHO IS THE ENEMY? HO CHI MINH TRAIL—

HOW TO YOU KEEP FROM INVOLVINF LAOS & CAMBODIA, ENLARGING THE WAR

HO CHI MINH TRAIL

PROBLEMS IN CONDUCTING THE WAR

WHO IS ENEMY? HO CHI MINH TRAIL? SOUTH VIETNAMESE

GOVERNMENT IS CORRUPT, DICTATORIAL

PROBLEMS IN CONDUCTING THE WAR

WHO IS ENEMY? HO CHI MINH TRAIL CORRUPTION LIMITED WAR

RESTRICTIONS

PROBLEMS IN CONDUCTING THE WAR

WHO IS ENEMY? HO CHI MINH TRAIL CORRUPTION LIMITED WAR BAD STRATEGIES

WERE TRIED LIKE “STRATEGIC HAMLETS” AND “SEARCH AND DESTROY”

PROBLEMS IN CONDUCTING THE WAR

WHO IS ENEMY? HO CHI MINH

TRAIL CORRUPTION LIMITED WAR STRATEGIES TELEVISED WAR

TET OFFENSIVE