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Date of Kennedy’s assassination?

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Nov 22, 1963

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Where did Johnson give his “great society” speech?

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Univ. of Michigan

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Johnson’s agenda name

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Great Society

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goals of the Great Society

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  • abundance and liberty for all (no poverty/racial injustice)
  • child can enrich mind and enlarge talents
  • challenge constantly renewed
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which party adapted Johnson’s Great society?

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Democrats; as their party platform

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Who was the senator of Arizona

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Barry Goldwater

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What party was Goldwater?

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Republican candidate for pres; outspoken conservative

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What did Goldwater call Eisenhower’s modern Republicanism?

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“A dime-store New Deal” (Cheap version of the Democrats’ famous domestic program)

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laissez faire

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gov hand-offpolicy

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extremism

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radicalism

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what did opponents portray Goldwater as?

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reckless extremist who would abolish social security and take his anticommunist aggression toward the Soviets

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12
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What aggressive act could Goldwater have led?

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WWIII

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TV Ad for Johnson

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Daisy

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Quote for Daisy

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“Vote for Johnson on Nov. 3. the stakes are too high for you to stay home”

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election results (# and percentage Johnson won by?)

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44 states; won 61% of popular vote

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2 problems challenging Democrats’ hold on power

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  1. modern conservative movement

2. political transformation of SOuth

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What book did Upton Sinclair write?

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The Jungle

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FDIC

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insurance company insuring money in banks for up to $250,000

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Johnson’s quotes to honor JFK?

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“Nothing would honor JFK more than the bill”

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Landslide Lyndy

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won by a landslide at election

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what was the ability for Johnson to sign 200 pieces of legislature in 5 years called?

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Johnson treatment

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who’s senator was Johnson once?

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Senator of Texas

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What did Johnson pass to start War on Poverty? This allowed people to know how to write resumes, apply to job force, etc.

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Economic Opp. Act

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How many measures does Johnson pass?

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200 in 5 years

25
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What act abolished Jim Crow Laws?

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Civil rights act of 1964

26
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What court case happened when a motel owner refused to rent rooms to blacks?

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Heart of Atlanta Motel vs. US

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What did the motel owner claim the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applied during his case do?

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Congress overstepped interstate commerce; act violated his rights under 5th and 13th amendment (using his property without his permissions)

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Johnson act to end racial prejudice; ended discrimination in voting

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Voting Rights Act

29
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what act prohibited housing discrimination?

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Civil Rights Act of 1968

30
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Johnson’s period of ambitious antipoverty programs

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War on Poverty

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what was established to oversee the antipoverty programs?

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Office of Economic Opp.

32
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association working to teach disadvantaged young people job skills

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The Job Corps

33
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person who set up programs for low-income Pre-K kids

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Project Head Start

34
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Modelled on Peace Corps; lived and worked in poor communities, providing job training and education services

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VISTA

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managed federal programs aimed at revitalizing urban neighborhoods

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Department of Housing and Urban Dev. (HUD)

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1st Af. Am to join president’s cabin

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Robert Weaver

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fed. health insurance program paying for hospital and nursing home services for 65+

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Medicare

38
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health insurance program financed by fed. and state gov.; covered low-income families and elders

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Medicaid

39
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What was the ratio for medicare payments?

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80/20%

40
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act funding public and parochial school districts

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Elementary and Secondary Educational Act of 1965

41
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parochial

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faith-based education

42
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associations giving grants to artists, writers, scholars, researchers to promote vibrant national culture

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National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

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Association endorsing arts

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National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

44
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produced goods and wealth, we should enrich man’s spirit with this act

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Public broadcasting act of 1967; established Corporation for the Public Broad (CPB)

45
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TV show funded by CPB for kids without education

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Sesame street

46
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Immigration Act of 1965

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no quotas

based on PERSON’S SKILLS and TIES TO US FAMILY

47
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book about environmentalism

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Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring”

48
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no pollution act

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Clean Air Act of 1963

49
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Cigarettes must label act

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Cigarette Labelling Act of 1965

50
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what did cars need to have now?

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seatbelts

51
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Liberal supporters

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applauded programs aimed at improving US life

concern: many programs may not be funded enough

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Conservative critics

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saw society as gov. run area; high cost means gov. should not pay for them

53
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Warren Court nickname

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activist court

54
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the act of representing a voting disctrict?

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reapportionment

55
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Charles Baker and Joe Carr

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Republican of Tennessee and sec of state of Tennessee have redrawn legislative districts n 5 decades

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Baker v. Carr

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redistrcting

57
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Reynolds v. Sims

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1 person, 1 vote

58
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Engel v. Vitale

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Dann Escobedo did not get a read of his rights when in Court

59
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Mandarin Rights

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rights for a criminal

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