LBJ Domestic Policy Dates

Question 1

When does Johnson first address Congress and what on?

Answer 1

Five days after death - fulfilling JFK legacy and passing civil rights and tax legislation.

Question 2

When does LBJ announce the ‘Great Society’?

Answer 2

May 1964

Question 3

When is the Economic Opportunity Act signed?

Answer 3

August 1964

Question 4

When are Medicare and Medicaid created?

Answer 4

July 1965

Question 5

When is Miranda vs Arizona?

Answer 5

June 1966

Question 6

When does LBJ announce he is not seeking reelection?

Answer 6

March 1968

Question 7

When are the Columbia University Protests?

Answer 7

1968

Question 8

When does the Poor People’s Campaign begin?

Answer 8

April 1968

Question 9

When is Robert Kennedy assassinated?

Answer 9

June 1968

Question 10

By 1968 what percentage of the country owned colour TVs?

Answer 10

24%

Question 11

By 1968, how many television sets had been sold?

Answer 11

Over 100 million

Question 12

How quickly did draft figures rise from 1965 to 1967?

Answer 12

5000 a month (1965) to 50,000 a month (1967)

Question 13

How many copies of Betty Friedan ‘The Feminine Mystique’ were sold?

Answer 13

1.4 million.

Question 14

When was the Black Panther’s Ten-Point-Program published?

Answer 14

May 1967

Question 15

What was Johnson’s intimidation tactics known as?

Answer 15

The Johnson Treatment

Question 16

What was the ‘Great Society’?

Answer 16

a programme of legislation designed to combat poverty.

Question 17

Who was Johnson’s landslide victory over?

Answer 17

Barry Goldwater

Question 18

What acts were passed in 1964?

Answer 18

• Wilderness Protection Act
• Housing Act
• Economic Opportunity Act
• Urban Mass Transportation Act
• Civil Rights Act

Question 19

What acts were passed in 1965?

Answer 19

• Medical Care Act
• Elementary and Secondary Education Act
• Voting Rights Act
• Higher Education Act
• Minimum Wage Act
• Air and Water Quality

Question 20

What acts were passed in 1966?

Answer 20

• Redevelopment Act
• Highway Safety Act

Question 21

What acts were passed in 1967?

Answer 21

Public Broadcasting Act

Question 22

How was the ‘Great Society’ successful?

Answer 22

• By 1976 Medicare and Medicaid were providing 20% of the country with healthcare.
• Civil Rights legislation most important since Civil War
• More welfare legislation passed than under the New Deal.
• In 1959 there were 40 million poor families and by 1968 there were 25 million.

Question 23

How was the Great Society unsuccessful?

Answer 23

• the cost of Vietnam war consumed the efforts.
• Between 1965 and 73 $15.5 billion was spent on GS whilst $120 billion was spent on Vietnam.

Question 24

What were the criticisms of the ‘Great Society’?

Answer 24

• Nixon and Reagan mentioned the ‘silent majority’ and felt they were being forced to subsidise the poor.
• some accused him of damaging the economy with his interventionist approach.

Question 25

How much did Gross National Product grow by under LBJ?

Answer 25

$9 billion

Question 26

Hmuch did LBJ decrease national debt by?

Answer 26

40% from 60.4 that Kennedy had inherited.

Question 27

In the first of of 1968 alone, how many demonstrations were there at universities?

Answer 27

221

Question 28

Licensed in 1960, by 1962, how many women were using the pill?

Answer 28

over 1.1 million

Question 29

When was NOW founded and by who?

Answer 29

1966 by Betty Friedan and 26 other women. In the next five years, the organisation won $30 million for women from companies who had ignored the Equal Pay Act.

Question 30

When did Johnson sign Executive Order 11375 and what did this do?

Answer 30

1968, added ‘sex’ to the list of ‘race, colour, religion or national origin’ that companies couldn’t discriminate against.

Question 31

When did Norman Morrison burn himself to death?

Answer 31

1965

Question 32

When did Muhammad Ali refuse the draft?

Answer 32

1966

Question 33

When was the largest anti-war rally, with 70,000 supporters and 625 arrests?

Answer 33

Oct 1967