APUSH LBJ Domestic
Transcript of APUSH LBJ Domestic
LBJ and The Great Society
LBJ works to push JFK ideas after assassination
LBJ desire to be remembered, finish Abe Lincoln quest
FDR influence, 1937 FDR prediction of LBJ
1964 JFK tax cut signed
1964 Environment bills for clean air, clean water, conservation (Ralph Nader - liberal activist)
Economic Opportunity Act - to start War on Poverty 2 Billion dollars advocated for 10 programs
Elementary & Secondary Education Act Training and education Headstart College work study programs Low interest student & business loans Small farmer aid CAP - community action programs Loans to business to hire the long term
unemployed Legal Service Program for poor to get lawyers VISTA - Volunteer In Service To America
1964 Civil Rights Act Ban discrimination in public accomodations, education,
employment
1965 Voting Rights Act Ban literacy tests Authorize federal intervention for blacks to register to vote Led to massive riots
1965 Medicare (Universal Hospital Insurance for Elderly)
1965 Medicaid (Federal Money to suppliment states for helping the poor, under age 65)
1965 Food and Stamp program
1965 Higher Education Act - assistance to colleges for low interest loans, scholarships, aid for poor children
1965 National Arts & Humanities Act
1968 National Housing Act Low interest loans Urban Renewal Ban housing discrimination