Lyndon Johnson (1963-1969)

Question 1

What was Johnson’s wife name?

Answer 1

Claudia (Lady Bird Johnson)

Question 2

What was the Johnson treatment?

Answer 2

Being intimidating

Question 3

Why did Johnson win the election?

Answer 3

Opponent Barry Goldwater was seen to be campaigning against the Kennedy legacy

Question 4

What was Johnsons programme called?

Answer 4

Great Society

Question 5

What was Johnsons rating in opinion polls in 1964?

Answer 5

75%

Question 6

Who created “the other America” during Johnson?

Answer 6

Michael Harrington

Question 7

Acts passed under the Great Society under Johnson in 1964?

Answer 7

Economic Opportunity Act - The Office of Economic Opportunity to administer the ‘war on poverty’

Urban Mass Transportation Act - provided federal money for public transports

Omnibus Housing Act -gave $8 billion to moderate and low income families

Civil Rights Act

Wilderness Protection Act - promised that 9 million acres of government land would be protected from development

Question 8

Acts passed under the Great Society under Johnson in 1965?

Answer 8

Medical Care Act - created the Medicaid and Medicare programs to help poor and elderly with cost of medical treatment

Elementary and Secondary Education Act - federal aid to poorer children

Voting Rights Act

Minimum Wage Act - raised by 35 cent

Higher Education Act - federal funding for post high school education

Question 9

Acts passed under the Great Society under Johnson in 1966?

Answer 9

Redevelopment Act - focused on 150 “model cities” were integrated programmes of social care, training and housing would be trialed

Highway Safety Act - new federal standards for vehicle and road safety

Question 10

Acts passed under the Great Society under Johnson in 1967?

Answer 10

Public Broadcasting Act - established the National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service

Question 11

The Office of Economic Opportunity successes under Johnson?

Answer 11

44 stats had anti-poverty programmes with 6 more to follow

25,000 families on welfare were receiving work training

35,000 college students were on work-study programmes

90,000 adults were enrolled in basic education programmes

$17 million of rural loans in 1968
Community Action Programme

Encouraged those in poor areas to take part in decision making with the help of lawyers

Question 12

What Act did Johnson give $8 billion to?

Answer 12

1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Question 13

By the end of Johnson’s presidency how many children benefitted from federal aid?

Answer 13

13 million children

Question 14

Why was the Fair Housing Act unsuccessful?

Answer 14

Unsuccessful due to white opposition

Question 15

Housing and Urban Development aim in Johnsons presidency?

Answer 15

Combat housing shortages

Question 16

What was the Demonstration Cities Act 1966 in Johnson’s presidency?

Answer 16

Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Washington DC were designated ‘model cities’

Question 17

By 1967 how much of the population did Medicare and Medicaid provide for in Johnson’s presidency?

Answer 17

Providing 20 per cent of the population with health care

Question 18

What was the Head Start programme in Johnsons presidency?

Answer 18

Provided free nursery schooling for 1 million pupils
50,000 students benefitted from his Upward Bound Programme

Question 19

How many poor families were there in 1959 and 1968 in Johnson’s presidency?

Answer 19

Government figures suggested there was
1959 - 40 million
1968 - 25 million

Question 20

Who accused Johnson of damaging the economy with his interventionist approach?

Answer 20

Milton Friedman

Question 21

What did Nixon and Reagan quick realise in Johnson presidency?

Answer 21

“silent majority”

Question 22

Drawbacks of Medicare and Medicaid in Johnson’s presidency?

Answer 22

Expensive

Question 23

What did Johnson say killed the War on Poverty?

Answer 23

Vietnam War

Question 24

What governor told Johnson there was no support for his programme and when?

Answer 24

1967 Missouri governor

Question 25

What did King declare in 1966?

Answer 25

The government was spending $500,000 to kill one Vietcong soldier when only $35 were made available for each poor American. ​

Question 26

How many Americans in the first half of the 1960s believed the standard of living would continue to improve?

Answer 26

96%

Question 27

What were Johnson’s economic policies in 1964?

Answer 27

Limited inflation
Low unemployment
Pleasing GDP growth

Question 28

What were Johnson’s economic policies in 1965?

Answer 28

Johnson tried to persuade labour and industry to prevent inflation by following wage and price guidelines

He persuaded steel workers and bosses to co-operate and in December approved an interest rate rise designed to cool the economy down

Question 29

What were Johnson’s economic policies in 1966?

Answer 29

The pressure to raise prices and wages mounted. Unemployment also began to rise, reaching 3.8% at the start of 1967

Question 30

What were Johnson’s economic policies in 1967?

Answer 30

60% of Americans saw the high cost of living as their number one problems

Johnson’s advisers had been pressing him to call for a tax increase.

Question 31

What were Johnson’s economic policies in 1968?

Answer 31

The federal budget deficit for 1968 was an estimated $19.8 billion

By 1965 US gold supplies had decreased by 40% since 1945

Dollar was greatly weakened

National Debt was around 40% from the 60.4% that Kennedy had inherited but inflation was at 4.7%, highest since the Korean War, and rising.​

Question 32

What did Johnson inherit from Vietnam?

Answer 32

Eisenhower had drawn up military plans for an invasion of Vietnam and Kennedy had increased military advisors

Eisenhower had drawn up military plans for an invasion of Vietnam and Kennedy had increased military advisors

By 1968, American had 535,000 ground troops in South Vietnam. Johnson wanted to eradicate Communist dictatorship

Question 33

What was Johnsons first action in Vietnam?

Answer 33

Appoint General William Westmoreland to command military operations

Question 34

How did McNamara describe situation in Saigon when he visited in 1964 during Johnson’s presidency?

Answer 34

Described the situation under new leader General Khan as ‘very disturbing’

Question 35

When and what was the Tonkin incident during Johnson?

Answer 35

The two ships, Maddox and Turner Joy were attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin