The Great Society

The Great Society

• identify the goals of Johnson's Great Society policies and legislation

• identify the effects of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• explain how the legislation and programs of the Great Society, and Warren Court rulings affected U.S. society

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Poverty in the United States

In 1959, about 22% of the U.S. population, or 40 million, could not meet their basic needs. The government counted these people as living in poverty.
Poverty is a government calculation of an individual's or a family's income as a proportion of the amount of money needed to meet their basic needs.
By 1960, 70% of the American people lived in urban areas. Urban decay, the deterioration of cities, also added to the struggles of people living in poverty.
G.I. Bill and postwar economic prosperity enabled "white flight," the migration of millions of white families from inner cities to the new, booming suburbs.

​The Great Society

To Johnson, if the Great Society was to increase the standard of living for all Americans by lifting them out of poverty and eliminating barriers to opportunities, the Great Society should also improve the quality of life or well-being for all Americans. Additionally, Johnson believed that the American government ought to take action to meet those goals.

Categorize

Options (10)

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

provided more than $1 billion in government funding for public and parochial schools to buy text

Medicare

Medicaid

hospital insurance and low-cost medical insurance for almost every citizen over the age of sixty

health insurance to people on Temporary Assistance

Department of Housing and Urban Development

building of 240,000 low-rent public housing units

Immigration Act of 1965

eliminated nationality quota

Organize these options into the right categories

Education

Healthcare

Housing

Immigration

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes how Johnson viewed the role of government in American life in his implementation of the Great Society?

• The government ought to use its resources and authority to improve the lives of Americans.

• The government should use its resources and authority to meet the needs of only people living in poverty.

• Medicare and Medicaid were necessary programs to extend healthcare to all Americans.

Civil Rights

President Johnson responded with urgency to usher through the passage of additional civil rights legislation.
Voting Rights Act of 1965. The act outlawed literacy tests as a method of voter qualification and stated that federal examiners could enroll voters who were denied the right to vote by local officials

Results-The percentage of African Americans registered to vote in the South increased. New Black voters had been registered. More African Americans affiliated themselves with the Democrat Party. More African Americans in public office.

Civil Rights Act of 1968, which prohibited discrimination in housing on the basis of race, color, national origin, or religion.

Multiple Select

What effect did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 have on African American participation in politics and elections?

Select all that apply.

• More African Americans registered to vote

• More African Americans were elected to public office.

• More African Americans registered to vote as Republicans.

This ruling ordered the desegregation of public schools, a major victory for civil rights for African Americans.

This court ruling did not immediately desegregate schools. Some officials and people in both the South and the North resisted desegregation.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court

His term on the Supreme Court marks a period of landmark decisions regarding civil liberties and civil rights, some of which were highly controversial decisions at that time.

​Earl Warren

The Warren Court

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How many supreme court justices do we have?

Expansion of Rights

The Warren Court is characterized as a liberal court, meaning the court interpreted the principles of the Constitution broadly to defend the rights of individuals and minorities.

Reapportionment is the process in which states draw the lines of their electoral districts based on the population.
 Due process is the right that all people be treated fairly by the government according to established laws

​Summary

Johnson instituted his Great Society programs to end poverty, eliminate racial injustice, and improve the quality of life for all Americans.

Great Society legislation provided federal funds for education, Medicare and Medicaid added to Social Security to improve healthcare for the elderly and people on welfare, immigration reform, and environmental protection.

Major legislation was passed to protect the civil rights of African Americans and other minorities

Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court marked a liberal era of court rulings that expanded the rights of Americans.

Significant Warren Court rulings include Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, reapportionment cases, Gideon v. Wainright, and Miranda v. Arizona among many others.

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