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From Kennedy and the New Frontier to LBJ and the Great Society

From Kennedy and the New Frontier to LBJ and the Great Society. Look at pages700- 705 Just over 1000 days in office What was the New Frontier about? What were some of the programs?. New Frontier. Background. 4 th generation Texan

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From Kennedy and the New Frontier to LBJ and the Great Society

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  1. From Kennedy and the New Frontier to LBJ and the Great Society

  2. Look at pages700- 705 • Just over 1000 days in office • What was the New Frontier about? • What were some of the programs? New Frontier

  3. Background • 4th generation Texan • Pioneer, cowboy, businessman, legislator, never knew great wealth • Won special election for House of Reps. • Friends with FDR, took programs home • Won Senate seat by 87 votes • Senate majority Leader in 1955 • Helped JFK win TX and the South

  4. “All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today…Let us continue.” • Urged Congress to pass $11 billion in tax cuts and civil rights legislation • Civil Rights Act of 1964 • No discrimination based on race, religion, national origin or gender and gave federal government power to enforce it. Power through Tragedy

  5. $1 billion for youth programs, anti-poverty measures, small business loans and job training • Job Corps-youth training program • VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) • Project Head Start- education program for underprivileged preschoolers • Community Action Program- encouraged poor people to set up public-works programs Economic Opportunity Act

  6. Johnson vs. Republican Barry Goldwater • Goldwater • Government has no business trying to right social wrongs such as poverty, discrimination, or lack of opportunity • Opposed Social Security- voluntary • Opposed Tennessee Valley Authority- abolish • Might use nuclear weapons in Cuba and Vietnam • LBJ won in a landslide (61% of popular vote) • Democrats increased majority in Congress 1964 Election

  7. Poverty- • Economic Opportunity Act • Medical Care Act • Appalachian Regional Development Act Great Society

  8. Cities- • Omnibus Housing Act • Department of Housing and Urban Development • Demonstration cities and metropolitan area redevelopment Great Society

  9. Education • Elementary and secondary education act • Higher Education Act • Foundation on the arts and Humanities • Corporation for Public Broadcasting Great society

  10. Discrimination • Civil rights act of 1964 • Immigration Act • 24th Amendment • Voting Rights Act of 1965 Great Society

  11. Environment • Wilderness Preservation Act • Air Quality Act • Water Quality Act • Clean Air Act Amendment Great Society

  12. Consumer Advocacy • High Safety Act • Truth in Packaging Act • National Traffic and Motor Safety Act • Department of Transportation Great Society

  13. Ralph Nader • Unsafe at Any Speed • Attack on US auto industry • Set safety standards for autos and tires • Truth in packaging laws • Set standards for labeling consumer goods Consumer Advocacy

  14. Supreme Court • Chief Justice Earl Warren • Brown vs. BOE of Topeka • Banned school prayer, state required loyalty oaths unconstitutional, limited power to censor books and films, extended free speech to symbols (armbands on students) Warren Court

  15. Mapp vs. Ohio, 1961- evidence seized illegally cannot be used in state courts • Gideon vs. Wainwright, 1963- courts required to provide counsel if cannot afford • Escobedo vs. Illinois, 1954- right to have an attorney during questioning by police • Miranda vs. Arizona, 1966- read rights • Remain silent, anything you say can be used against you, right to an attorney during interrogation. Rights of the Accused

  16. Liberals praised reforms • Conservative criticized • Great Society extended power of President • New awareness of social problems of poverty and discrimination • Number of poor fell from 24% in 1962 to 11% in 1973 • Deficit increased, backlash of conservatives • Vietnam War took money for Great Society Impact of Great Society

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