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- 1. The Great Society A War on Poverty The War in Vietnam The Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Voting Rights Act of 1965
- 3. LBJ’s Resume • Congressional Staffer • Member of the House of Representatives • U.S. Senator – Majority Leader • Vice-President
- 4. “The Johnson Treatment” • Reputation of being “overpowering and intimidating” • Invaded personal space: nose to nose • “persuasive and personable rather than elegant and charming” Glencoe American History text p.855
- 6. War on Poverty “There are tens of millions of Americans who are beyond the welfare state. Taken as a whole there is a culture of poverty…bad health, poor housing, low levels of aspiration, and high levels of mental distress. Twenty percent of a nation, some 32,000,000.” Michael Harrington, author of the Culture of Poverty 1962
- 7. War on Poverty “The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all. It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice.” LBJ 1964 •Medicare and Medicaid •Head Start •HUD •Job Corps •Water Quality and Clean Air Acts •Highway Safety Act •Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
- 9. 1964 Republican Candidate AZ Sen. Barry Goldwater • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHAtUjJpVLY • Conservatives take over the 1964 Republican National Convention • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix7is2yU-uQ&mode=• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIxlsr3UUkY&mode=• Ronald Reagan campaigns for AgH20
- 10. “The Daisy Ad”
- 11. “The Daisy Ad” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl4awae0R0M&
- 12. Johnson/Humphrey
- 13. The Results
- 14. “WE SHALL OVERCOME” Civil Rights Legislation Civil Rights Act 1964 Voting Rights Act 1965
- 15. “We Shall Overcome” • http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v =bKDVNSpsBZE&mode=rela ted&search= • http://www.ourdocuments.gov/ doc.php?flash=true&doc=97 • http://www.ourdocuments.gov/ doc.php?doc=100
- 16. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1965 • http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=HQDiRk8zzAw&NR=1 • A US ship was attacked on 2 August 1964. But was there a second?
- 18. The 1968 Decision • http://www.presidency .ucsb.edu/ws/index.ph p?pid=28772
- 19. 1968 Tet Offensive • http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=i214f5-w19w&mode=related&search= – Cronkite’s editorial – President Johnson “If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost the American people.”
Editor's Notes
- Wife: Lady Bird Daughters: Lynda Bird & Luci
- 26 years of experience
- Pic 1 Dr. Teller: scientist/image 2: Civil rights bill discussed: President Lyndon Johnson with Senator Richard Russell at the White House, December 7, 1963, Washington, DC. image 3 senate majority leader Johnson works over Chairman of the Senate Foreign relations cmmittee in 1957
- Shows off his surgery scar/howling with his dog/
- Lyndon Johnson's 1964 "daisy" ad implied that Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater might lead the world to nuclear war.
- Lyndon Johnson's 1964 "daisy" ad implied that Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater might lead the world to nuclear war.
- PRESIDENT JOHNSON “TREATS” SENATE MAJORITY LEADER RUSSELL IN ORDER TO SECURE VOTES TO PASS CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION
- Tet brought war to South Vietnamese cities for the first time/