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The Great Society & Foreign Policy LBJ The Great Society & Foreign Policy

The Great Society Problems addressed by programs: Poverty Healthcare Civil Rights Urban Development

Ability to get things done… Picked up where Kennedy left off The “Johnson treatment” Consensus Passed great deal of policies because of Democratic majority & Southern appeal

War on Poverty Economic Opportunity Act Youth programs Anti-poverty measures Small-business loans Job training

Dept of Housing & Urban Development 240,000 housing units $2.9 billion for urban renewal HUD Secretary Robert C Weaver (1st African American cabinet member in U.S. History)

Education Programs Elementary/ Secondary Education Act (1965) Higher Education Act (student loans, college tuition waivers, etc.) Head Start

Health & Welfare Medicare Health insurance for elderly (SS) Medicaid Health insurance for low income families

Immigration Act of 1965 Discontinued national origins system from the 1920s 1st come, 1st serve More than doubled immigration (Asia & L.A.)

Civil Rights (very briefly) Most successes attributed to LBJ’s administration 24th Amendment (abolished Poll Tax) Civil Rights Bill of 1964 Forbade segregation (interstate commerce) Title VII (no discrimination in workplace)

Civil Rights (very briefly) Voting Rights Act of 1965 740,000 blacks registered to vote within 3 years Affirmative Action Civil Rights Act of 1968 Most comprehensive Civil Rights legislation

LBJ FOREIGN POLICY

Vietnam Vietnam overshadows all LBJ’s foreign policies Cold War commitments become full blown war Political criticism Success/failure still debated

Legacy Immediate effects of social programs small Eventually a large impact Still controversial!!!

Elections Landslide win in 1964 Does not even run in 1968 (because of Vietnam)