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Dec 18, 2015
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By:Evan Carrier
Sarah Turner W1
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President Lyndon B. Johnson
Country was still in shock over the assassination of Kennedy.
Won election over Sen. Barry Goldwater.
Most caring president towards African Americans and fought for their rights.
Wanted to take poverty out of America completely.
electricscotland.com
Reform of New Deal. It was President Johnsons
idea for a society without poverty and discrimination.
Wanted to give all Americans equal rights to education and job opportunities.
“War on Poverty” Child Health Improvement
and Protection Act, and Medicaid Act were passed as part of the Great Society.
bentley.umich.edu
Johnson wanted to move Kennedys initiatives, including the civil rights act, through congress.
Launched war on poverty through economic opportunity act.
The great society was based off of several different civil rights acts.
Including, volunteers in service to America act, Project Head Start, higher education act, social security programs fair housing act, and more.
obit-mag.com
The Great Society was made to show that the government could win the war on poverty.
“The Other America” by Michael Harrington.
Johnson stated that if the Great Society was going to work, than every person would have to do their part. obit-mag.com
1928 – 1989 in St. Louis.
Wrote the book “The Other America”.
Blamed the American society for the creation of poverty.
Stated that American poverty had not been solved, it just became invisible.
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1965 Congress passed the Higher Education Act.
Gave out loans and scholarships to students who couldn’t afford tuition on their own.
Programs were passed to pay for text books and other school needs for kids that couldn’t pay for them.
Educational Opportunity Act & Educational Opportunity Act.
brockport.edu
Johnson’s idea of the Great Society program was said to be based on the New Deal program.
It was very successful. It provided relief for the unemployed. Also more successful for creating legislative programs.
However not everything was done to make it more successful because of the Vietnam war.
The civil rights acts of 1964 – 1965 were landmarks in his career as the president.
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