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Reforms Under LBJ

Reforms Under LBJ. After Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 his Vice President, Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) became President LBJ had worked in Congress and the Senate since 1937, and was an expert at getting laws passed In 1964, LBJ pushed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through

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Reforms Under LBJ

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  1. Reforms Under LBJ

  2. After Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 his Vice President, Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) became President • LBJ had worked in Congress and the Senate since 1937, and was an expert at getting laws passed • In 1964, LBJ pushed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through • Prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and sex • Pushed the Economic Opportunity Act, which spent $1 billion to combat poverty and unemployment • IN 1964, LBJ won reelection against Barry Goldwater • Goldwater was a conservative who wanted the government to stay out of the economy and was open to the use of nuclear weapons

  3. The Great Society When LBJ was reelected, he sought a number of reforms that he called the Great Society Guiding Question: Did LBJ succeed in his goals for the Great Society? • Highlight or underline anything in the primary source that could help you answer the guiding question

  4. The Great Society When LBJ was reelected, he sought a number of reforms that he called the Great Society Guiding Question: Did LBJ succeed in his goals for the Great Society? • Read “Building the Great Society” on pages 895-897 • Take notes on anything that can help you answer the guiding question

  5. The Great Society When LBJ was reelected, he sought a number of reforms that he called the Great Society Guiding Question: Did LBJ succeed in his goals for the Great Society? • Read “Building the Great Society” on pages 895-897 • Come up with at least three main ideas to help answer the guiding question • Write down detailed evidence to support each of your main ideas

  6. In the 1950’s and 1960’s, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren made sweeping changes to American society • Brown V. Board of Education • Said that segregation in schools was unconstitutional • Banned state-sanctioned prayer in schools • Limited censorship and upheld freedom of speech • Forced states to reapportion election districts • Gave more rights to criminal defendants • Evidence gained illegally could not be used in court • People who could not afford a lawyer had to be given one for free • People have the right to a lawyer during questioning • Suspects must be told what there rights are before questioning

  7. SCR Practice Guiding Question: Were the reforms of LBJ and the Warren Court a good thing or a bad thing? • Write a thesis to answer the guiding question

  8. SCR Practice Guiding Question: Were the reforms of LBJ and the Warren Court a good thing or a bad thing? • Write a thesis to answer the guiding question • Add a hook to your thesis to make a topic sentence

  9. SCR Practice Guiding Question: Were the reforms of LBJ and the Warren Court a good thing or a bad thing? • Write a thesis to answer the guiding question • Add a hook to your thesis to make a topic sentence • Add an expansion to your thesis to make a conclusion

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