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LBJ’s “Great Society” • LBJ- JFK’s Vice President • Wins 1964 election v. Barry Goldwater – https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=i. U 83 R 7 rp. XQ Y – (ad): https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=fb. If. VEbo. Azg

THINK-PAIR-SHARE: Is it appropriate for the federal government to use tax payers’ money to assist “needy” Americans by…. • Providing free preschool to needy children? • Providing low interest college loans to needy high school graduates? • Provide vocational training to need high school dropouts? • Providing health care insurance to the elderly? • Providing health care insurance to needy families? • Building affordable housing in cities that is only available to needy families? • Providing direct welfare to the needy?

President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) and the Great Society • Great Society: Name for Johnson’s Domestic Program (1964 - 1967 ) • After 1964 victory, LBJ declares “WAR ON POVERTY” • BIGGEST EXPANSION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SINCE NEW DEAL

I. Civil Rights Legislation I. II. a. Civil Rights Act 1964 - ends segregation b. Voting Rights Act 1965 - defends African American right to vote Economic Opportunity Act I. HEAD START- $ for low income pre-schoolers II. PROJECT UPWARD BOUND_- $ to assist low-income high schoolers to attend college III. JOB CORPS_- vocational training for high school dropouts III. VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) I. Like a “PEACE CORPS_” for poor rural areas of America IV. Secondary and Elementary Education Act I. 1 st time significant federal $ to EDUCATION_ V. Medicare: I. Health insurance and care to those Americans 65+__ VI. Medicaid. I. states given $ to pay for THE NEEDY’S medical care VII. Department of Housing and Urban Development I. Improve housing and aid economic development in INNER CITIES VIII. Food Stamp Program I. Assistance to low income families to PURCHASE FOOD_

Underline 2 key arguments from each side…. Which view do you agree most with?

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