1. Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society
What domestic policies does LBJ create to improve America?

2. Carrying on Kennedy’s Legacy
Lyndon B. Johnson, who was shrewd and forceful will use Kennedy’s legacy to get push an agenda through Congress
1. LBJ gets Congress to continue tax cuts, result: US sees more economic growth, & lower federal deficit
2. Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and sex (Fed Gov gets new powers to enforce)

3. LBJ’s War On Poverty
1964: LBJ announces plan to combat poverty in America, works with Congress to pass Economic Opportunity Act (EOA)
EOA was $1 billion in anti-poverty measures which included:
1) Job Corps Youth Training Program (jobs for non-college HS grads)
2) VISTA/AmeriCorps (help impoverished people in US)
3) Head Start (pre-school for low income)
4) Community Action Program (help organization in poor neighborhoods)
5) Food Stamps
LBJ easily wins re-election in 1964

4. LBJ’s Great Society
LBJ pushes new domestic agenda through Congress:
Elementary & Secondary Education Act: $1 bil to public schools
Medicare: low-cost medical insurance 65 years old and older
Medicaid: health insurance to welfare recipients
Immigration Act of 1965: easier rules for immigrants & no quotas
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (edu radio & TV-NPR/PBS)
Many new laws to help environment & transportation

5. Supreme Court reforms 1960s America
Several major cases decided by Warren Court:
Baker v. Carr: Courts can tell congress to reapportion (re-draw) their districts to have more fair representation
Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963: criminal courts must provide free legal counsel to those who cannot afford it
Miranda v. Arizona, 1966: all suspects must be read their rights