Chapter 49 Flashcards
Date of Kennedy’s assassination?
Nov 22, 1963
Where did Johnson give his “great society” speech?
Univ. of Michigan
Johnson’s agenda name
Great Society
goals of the Great Society
- abundance and liberty for all (no poverty/racial injustice)
- child can enrich mind and enlarge talents
- challenge constantly renewed
which party adapted Johnson’s Great society?
Democrats; as their party platform
Who was the senator of Arizona
Barry Goldwater
What party was Goldwater?
Republican candidate for pres; outspoken conservative
What did Goldwater call Eisenhower’s modern Republicanism?
“A dime-store New Deal” (Cheap version of the Democrats’ famous domestic program)
laissez faire
gov hand-offpolicy
extremism
radicalism
what did opponents portray Goldwater as?
reckless extremist who would abolish social security and take his anticommunist aggression toward the Soviets
What aggressive act could Goldwater have led?
WWIII
TV Ad for Johnson
Daisy
Quote for Daisy
“Vote for Johnson on Nov. 3. the stakes are too high for you to stay home”
election results (# and percentage Johnson won by?)
44 states; won 61% of popular vote
2 problems challenging Democrats’ hold on power
- modern conservative movement
2. political transformation of SOuth
What book did Upton Sinclair write?
The Jungle
FDIC
insurance company insuring money in banks for up to $250,000
Johnson’s quotes to honor JFK?
“Nothing would honor JFK more than the bill”
Landslide Lyndy
won by a landslide at election
what was the ability for Johnson to sign 200 pieces of legislature in 5 years called?
Johnson treatment
who’s senator was Johnson once?
Senator of Texas
What did Johnson pass to start War on Poverty? This allowed people to know how to write resumes, apply to job force, etc.
Economic Opp. Act
How many measures does Johnson pass?
200 in 5 years
