Johnson's great society Flashcards
How many of Johnson’s proposed acts were passed?
58%
What new department did he create for housing?
department of housing and development 1965 that organised programmes
What was the Demonstration cities act supposed to do?
1966 all levels of GOV could work on housing, transport and slum clearance
urban redevelopment
What was the Demonstration cities act 1966
6 cities e.g NY and LA were supposed to be turned into model cities
only had $1.2 billion spending supposed to have $2.4 billion, provided grants that would pay up to 80% of the cost of developing these programmes
Senator Robert Kennedy said it was ‘drop in the bucket’ as it was sufficient enough to deal with the ‘central problems of American life’
What did NY times say about the demonstrations cities?
That NY alone would need $6 billion
What was the 1965 omnibus housing act?
1- financed rent supplements
2- built $8 billion worth of low income housing in ghettos
persuasion meant builders built reasonably priced
What was the 1968 fair housing act?
prohibited discrimination in housing based on race, religion and sex without costing taxpayers money (hard to enforce)
did increase funding (passed death of MLK)
Detroit ghetto riots show that taxpayers didn’t want to pay for it
How many Americans never finished high school in 1964?
54 million
In 1964 how many students with proven ability could not afford college?
100,000
How did Johnson persuade congress to improve expenditure?
said they spent ‘7 times more on a youth that has gone bad’ then one who stayed in school
How much did congress increase federal expenditure to 1964?
doubled to $8 billion
What did the elementary and secondary school act do?
1965
supposed to be anti-poverty but locals made sure it wasn’t
1985 1/2 estimated to have gone to children on the poverty line. due to him not paying attention to the legislation
6.7 million poor children were helped and encouraged states to invest in education
What did the higher education act 1965 do?
11 million poor students benefited
By 1970 25% of college students had received aid
Helped poorly funded black colleges and increased number of students
What did the 1964 civil rights act do?
legally enforced segregation in south
passed to honor Kennedy
What did the 1965 voting rights act do?
stopped literacy tests and stopped southern white registrars with federal registrars
What did Johnson use federal power to do 1965?
ay institution using fedral funding to employ more non whites
(non affirmative action)
When and what did Johnson declare about poverty?
1965 ‘unconditional war on poverty’
What did the economic opportunity act do?
1964 and t created the office of economic opportunity
44 states had anti-poverty programmed
4 million received aid with dependent child benefit
90,000 adults enrolled in basic education
What was VISTA?
volunteer in service to america
helped poor children, migrant workers and native american
What was head start?
helped poor pre-schoolers to catch up
1 million enrolled
What did liberals say about Johnsons poverty legislation?
it was not enough and underfunded
(taxpayers would not pay more and congress would not have agreed?
What made critics acuse of being excessive?
federal expenditure on the poor rose from $13 billion to 20
What fraction of non-whites still lived below the poverty line?
1/3
made unrealistic promises
What was the 1965 social security act?
medicare (on age, fed gov) and medicaid (on income, states)
How may people enrolled in medicare 1966?
19 million
How much did money spent on healthcare increase by?
1.3 billion to $2
1965 5% of GDP by 1990 15%
What fraction of the population did social security act help?
1/5
