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RECORDED CLASSES CD 94 - US HISTORY LBJ Lyndon B. Johnson American President 1963 to 1968 Lifelong politician 1938 House of Representatives 1948 Texas Senator youngest ever Minority leader 1954 Majority leader of the Senate Vice President under Kennedy becomes president after JFK killed Government experience helps him pass laws. He enacts measures Kennedy supported. Civil Rights Bill tax cut “Great Society” man’s life matches marvels of man’s labor Education aid urban renewal

INDEX US HISTORY CD 94 1. LBJ 444 2. The Great Society 1 333 3. The Great Society 2 333 4. The Election of 1968 333 5. LBJ 444 (partial review) Medicare and Medicaid Social Security Act poverty addressed race riots Watts riots Los Angeles 1964 to 1968 ghetto riots Communist aggression in Vietnam domino theory war protests Stops bombing of North Vietnam withdrew from election of 1968 devotes efforts to Vietnam peace

	THE GREAT SOCIETY 1 Meaning Clusters Lyndon Johnson’s experience as Senate majority leader helped him pass legislation when he became president He threatened, cajoled or pleaded to achieve his ends. In 1964 Johnson succeeded in gaining passage of a Civil Rights Bill. By the election of 1964 Johnson described his reform program as “Great Society.” Johnson won a landslide victory over conservative Republican Barry Goldwater. He successfully passed a poverty program and tax cuts initiated by Kennedy. The Office of Economic Opportunity established various community-action programs. It provided training and gave the poor an active voice in housing, health and education programs. Congress enacted Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare provided health insurance for the elderly. Medicaid provided health-care assistance for the poor.		MEMORY TRIGGERS TESTS Lyndon Johnson_____________________ ___________________________________ ___________________cajoled__________ ___________________________________ _______________________passage______ ___________________________________ ______________________reform_______ ___________________________________ ____________landslide________________ ___________________________________ __________________poverty___________ ___________________________________ ____________________community-action ___________________________________ _______________training_____________ ___________________________________ Congress___________________________ ___________________________________ Medicare___________________________ ___________________________________ Source US State Department Speed Learning format by Carl Peterson ©2005
	THE GREAT SOCIETY 2 Meaning Clusters In 1965 Congress passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. It gave money to the states based on how many children came from low-income families. Funds assisted children in public and private schools. The Housing and Urban Development Act established a department empowered to provide rent supplements for the poor. The Immigration Act of 1965 replaced quotas set in 1924. Federal assistance encouraged the work of artists and scholars. Lawyer and lobbyist Ralph Nader published the book Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile. Nader condemned automobile manufacturers for sacrificing safety features. He named specific models in which faulty engineering contributed to highway fatalities even in low-speed accidents. In 1966 President Johnson signed two transportation bills into law.		MEMORY TRIGGERS TESTS __________Congress_________________ ___________________________________ _____________money_________________ ___________________________________ _________assisted____________________ ___________________________________ ___Housing and Urban Development Act ___________________________________ ____________Immigration Act_________ ___________________________________ Federal_____________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________Ralph Nader_____ ___________________________________ __________condemned_______________ ___________________________________ ____________________engineering_____ ___________________________________ _________Johnson__________________ ___________________________________ Source US State Department Speed Learning format by Carl Peterson ©2005
	THE ELECTION OF 1968 Meaning Clusters Television audiences witnessed the carnage of the Vietnam War. Military campaigns only slightly effected the course of the war. Foreign policy specialist George Kennan disagreed with U.S. policies. Others critics claimed that the United States needed a strategy for ending the war. In 1968 President Johnson refused to seek another term. In June Sirhan Sirhan assassinated Senator Robert Kennedy. Kennedy’s death ended the best chance for a unified Democratic party. Democrats nominated Johnson’s Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Some whites opposed civil rights measures of the 1960s. Alabama Governor and Segregationist candidate George Wallace won five southern states in the presidential election of 1968. Republican candidate Richard Nixon won the election.		MEMORY TRIGGERS TESTS Television___________________________ ___________________________________ ___________campaigns_______________ ___________________________________ ______________________George Kennan ___________________________________ ________critics______________________ ___________________________________ _____________Johnson_______________ ___________________________________ __________Sirhan Sirhan_____________ ___________________________________ Democrats__________________________ ___________________________________ ________________________opposed____ ___________________________________ ________________Segregationist_______ ___________________________________ Source US State Department Speed Learning format by Carl Peterson ©2005
RECORDED CLASSES CD 94 - US HISTORY LBJ Lyndon B. Johnson American President 1963 to 1968 Lifelong politician 1938 House of Representatives 1948 Texas Senator youngest ever Minority leader 1954 Majority leader of the Senate Vice President under Kennedy becomes president after JFK killed Government experience helps him pass laws. He enacts measures Kennedy supported. Civil Rights Bill tax cut “Great Society” man’s life matches marvels of man’s labor Education aid urban renewal		Medicare and Medicaid Social Security Act poverty addressed race riots Watts riots Los Angeles 1964 to 1968 ghetto riots Communist aggression in Vietnam domino theory war protests Stops bombing of North Vietnam withdrew from election of 1968 devotes efforts to Vietnam peace