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Chapter 20:

Chapter 20:. The New Frontier & Great Society. Section 3: The Great Society. Pages 686-693. Johnson's Great Society. Help people to turn their lives around Make a difference in people’s lives VISTA = Volunteers in Service to America. LBJ. When in Congress….

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Chapter 20:

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  1. Chapter 20: The New Frontier & Great Society Section 3: The Great Society Pages 686-693

  2. Johnson's Great Society • Help people to turn their lives around • Make a difference in people’s lives • VISTA = Volunteers in Service to America

  3. LBJ • When in Congress…. • Passed Civil Rights Act of 1957 • A voting rights measure was the first Civil Rights legislation since Reconstruction

  4. President Johnson's Domestic Agenda Pages 687-688

  5. LBJ • Cut deficit by reducing taxes • Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Prohibited discrimination on race, religion, natural origin, sex

  6. The War on Poverty • Economic Opportunity Act (1964) • Job corps youth training program • VISTA • Project Head Start – education program for underprivileged preschoolers • Encourage people to join in public works programs

  7. 1964 Presidential Election Johnson v. Goldwater

  8. Johnson v. Goldwater • Major Reason Johnson wins is because of Goldwater’s call for the use of nuclear weapons against Cuba and Vietnam

  9. BUILDING THE GREAY SOCIETY

  10. GREAT SOCIETY • End poverty and racial injustice • Equal opportunity • Richer quality of life for all

  11. GREAT SOCIETY • EDUCATION: • Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 • 1 billion in federal aid to help public and parochial schools

  12. GREAT SOCIETY • HEALTHCARE: • Medicare– hospital insurance and low-cost medical insurance for almost all Americans over 65 • Medicaid– health insurance for welfare recipients

  13. GREAT SOCIETY • HOUSING: • Established Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) • Robert Weaver – first African-American Cabinet member

  14. GREAT SOCIETY • IMMIGRATION: • Immigration Act of 1965 • Opened door for many non-European immigrants

  15. GREAT SOCIETY • CONSUMER PROTECTION • Congress passed may safety laws • Truth-in-packaging law that set standards for labeling consumer goods • Ralph Nader – safety standards for automobiles and tires

  16. Reforms of the Warren Court Pages: 691-693

  17. Reforms of the Warren Court • Chief Justice Earl Warren • Brown v. Board of Education (1954) – Warren Court ruled school segregation was unconstitutional

  18. Reforms of the Warren Court • Warren Court • Banned state-sanctioned prayer in public schools • State-required loyalty oaths unconstitutional • The Warren Court brought about change in federal and state reapportionment and the criminal justice system

  19. Reforms of the Warren Court • CONGRESSIONAL REAPPORTIONMENT • Reapportionment – the way in which states redraw election districts based on the changing number of people within those election districts • Baker v. Carr (1962) – “One Person, One Vote” Should be equal representation in each district. Not one district have 100,000 people, and one district having 500.

  20. Reforms of the Warren Court • RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED • Mapp v. Ohio (1961) Court ruled that evidence seized illegally could not be used in court • Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) criminal courts had to provide free counsel for those who could not afford it • Miranda v. Arizona (1966) must be read your rights

  21. Impact of the Great Society Page: 693

  22. Impact of the Great Society • No president in the post-World War II era extended the power and reach of the federal government more than Lyndon B. Johnson • The “war on poverty” was successful • Johnson’s tax cuts (deficit spending) helped spur the economy

  23. THE END

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