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Lyndon B. Johnson The Great Society

Brief Timeline 1934 – Marries “Lady Bird” Taylor 1937 – New Deal Platform for US House of Reps WWII briefly served Navy Lt. Commander 1948 – Senate (Minority and Majority Leader) 1960 – JFK’s VP candidate 1963 – JFK Assassination

Johnson is Sworn In 2 Hours After Kennedy Is Assassinated Air Force One (1 st pres. sworn in on plane) Texas (1 st pres. sworn in on Texas soil) By Justice Sarah Hughes (1 st pres. sworn in by woman) Catholic misalette

War on Poverty Michael Harrington’s The Other America War on Poverty Speech National poverty rate 19% Unofficial name for legislation introduced in 1964 State of Union Address Led to passage of 1964 Economic Opportunity Act – Head Start – Job Corps – Established Office of Economic Opportunity

2012 Poverty Threshold Persons in Family Unit 48 Contiguous States and D.C. AlaskaHawaii 1$11,170$13,970$12,860 2$15,130$18,920$17,410 3$19,090$23,870$21,960 4$23,050$28,820$26,510 5$27,010$33,770$31,060 6$30,970$38,720$35,610 7$34,930$43,670$40,160 8$38,890$48,620$44,710 Each additional person adds $3,960$4,950$4,550

1964 Election No VP first term Hubert Humphrey VP 2 nd term Largest popular vote % since election of 1820 (only one primary candidate – Monroe for Dem-Rep)

LBJ’s Great Society Introduced vision in 1964 speech Outlined in 1965 State of Union Address Combo of recent and new domestic programs designed to advance civil rights and aid those in poverty –1964 Civil Rights Act –1965 Voting Rights Act (Women) –War on Poverty programs (1964 Economic Opportunity Act  Head Start, Job Corps) –Medicare (health ins. over 65 yrs) –Medicaid (health ins. low-income) –1968 Civil Rights Act (Housing, Indians) –More funding for cities, environment, education

Gun Control Act of 1968 Response to assassinations of JFK, MLK, RFK Regulates firearms industry, firearms owners, interstate commerce in firearms

Vietnam Escalated troops from 16,000 to 550,000 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1964 –  War Powers Resolution 1973 (AKA War Powers Act) War Powers Act I & II of 1941 after US in WWIII Pentagon Papers – 1967 – Study ordered by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (but didn’t tell LBJ or Secretary of State Dean Rusk) – public knowledge via newspapers 1971, fully declassified 2011

Protests & Riots Vietnam Watts Riots of 65

Why Didn’t He Run for Re-election? Not prevented by 22 nd amendment – Only served 14 months of JFK’s term Unpopular in 1968 New Hampshire primary (1 st state to hold primaries) (vs. Eugene McCarthy) Pulled out of race for re- election  Dem. Party split

Democratic Party Split Hubert Humphrey (VP) – labor unions and big-city party bosses Eugene McCarthy (Senator) – anti-war students and intellectuals Robert Kennedy (Senator) – Catholics, African-Americans, and other racial and ethnic minorities George Wallace (Governor) – Dixiecrats (conservative white Southern Democrats)