Johnson Domestic Policy

Question 1

when was LBJ’s presidency

Answer 1

1963-69

Question 2

what did LBJ advocate for

Answer 2

-Great Society

Question 3

how did LBJ rise into power

Answer 3

JFK got shot, he was VP

Question 4

what were the two main things LBJ did for civil rights

Answer 4

-1964 Civil Rights Act ended segregation
-1965 Voting Rights Act

Question 5

give a limitation of LBJ’s civil rights work

Answer 5

-basically 14th and 15th amendment a century later

Question 6

what did the SC do for civil rights and when

Answer 6

-1967 removed laws banning mixed race marriages

Question 7

give 3 of LBJ’s economic policy

Answer 7

-cut taxes to increase consumerism
-Office for Economic Opportunity help new education/ community projects in inner cities
-$1.5 bill spent on Head Start programme for additional education for poor youth

Question 8

how much was spent on the head start programme

Answer 8

$1.5 bil

Question 9

at were the 4 acts passed for LBJ’s social policy

Answer 9

-Medical Care Act
-Elementary and Secondary Education Act
-Model Cities Act
-1968 Fair Housing Act
-min wage inc

Question 10

what did the Medical Aid Act do

Answer 10

-provided Medicare for elderly and Medicaid for poor to provide equal access to healthcare

Question 11

what did the Elementary and Secondary Education Act do

Answer 11

-first major fed support for education
-ensured state standards for education were equal

Question 12

what did the Model Cities Act do

Answer 12

-continued JFK’s policy of urban renewal through funds/provision for slum clearance

Question 13

how was LBJ’s relationship with Congress

Answer 13

good

Question 14

what did the Fair Housing Act do and why is it a limitation of social policy

Answer 14

-prohibited discrimination based on race,sex, religion when buying a house
-why was this needed after the Civil Rights Act

Question 15

who opposed LBJ and why

Answer 15

Republicans claimed he wasted money on welfare and undermined rugged individualism

Question 16

what event negatively affected LBJs Great Society

Answer 16

-Vietnam as it diverted funding and made LBJ unpopular
-violent outbreaks proved great society did not work

Question 17

give a stat that shows the effectiveness of LBJ’s economic policy/ Great Society

Answer 17

-AA living in poverty fell by 50%

Question 18

what discriminatory act did LBJ pass and what does it show

Answer 18

Immigration Act shows that immigration quotas set throughout 20s–>60s

Question 19

what party was LBJ

Answer 19

democrat

Question 20

give 4 reasons the democrat party lost the 1968 election

Answer 20

-no strong democrat candidate as LBJ did not run, one assassinated and one too central
-1968 Democratic national Conference fought kids, bad press
-silent majority opposed radical change
-south rejected democrats for independent party ran by George Wallace wanting segregation

Question 21

give 2 significant events of the 1968 election

Answer 21

-first time Democrats did not win Deep South
-independent party won 5 states

Question 22

who won the 1968 election

Answer 22

Republican Nixon