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Political Developments: The 1964 Election and the Great Society Flashcards

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Who was Kennedy’s Vice President?

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Lyndon Johnson

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Which commission was made to investigate Kennedy’s assassination?

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Warren Commission

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When was Kennedy assassinated? (To the month)

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November 1963

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What did the Warren Commission conclude about conspiracies around the assassination?

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There should be no conspiracies made around Kennedy’s assassination

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Who won the 1964 election?

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Lyndon Johnson

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Who was the Republican candidate in the 1964 election?

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Barry Goldwater

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What popular vote majority did Johnson get over Goldwater?

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16 million

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Which states mainly voted for Goldwater?

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Southern states

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What treatment did Johnson give other politicians to get what he wanted/

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Johnson treatment

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What was Johnson treatment?

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Intimidating someone

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How tall was Lyndon Johnson which helped him with his ability to treat people in an intimidating way?

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He was 6 foot 3

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Who did President Johnson say other individuals were disrespecting if they did not let certain bills pass?

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They were disrespecting JFK

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How many military advisors were there in Vietnam by the time Johnson took office?

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10,000

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What year had Kennedy planned to pass a Civil Rights Act?

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1963

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What happened to Kennedy’s 1963 Civil Rights Act?

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It was blocked in Congress

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What did Johnson do with the 1963 Civil Rights Act? When did he pass it?

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He passed it, in 1964

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What did the 1964 Civil Rights Act do?

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Banned discrimination in public places

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What year did Johnson pass the Voting Rights Act?

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1965

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What did the 1965 Voting Rights Act do?

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It removed any obstructions to African Americans voting

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What did some political allies of Johnson say would be the consequence of passing the 1964 Civil Rights Act?

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It would bring an end to the Solid South

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What did the Supreme Court declare in 1967?

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All laws preventing mixed race marriage needed to now be abolished

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What was President Johnson’s plan for the USA called?

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The Great Society

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How much was spent on Great Society programs?

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$15 billion

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How much was spent on the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1968?

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$120 billion

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What did Medicare and Medicaid do?
Provided more affordable healthcare to poorer people
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How many Americans were benefitted by Medicare and Medicaid?
25 million
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What year was Medicare set up?
1965
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What did the National Endowment for the Arts do?
It financed cultural aspects of American society
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What program did Johnson set up to help poorer children get into college?
Upward Bound
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What program did Johnson set up that made preschools in poorer areas?
Head Start
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How much was spent on Head Start?
$2 billion
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Which TV network did Johnson create?
PBS
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Name a show that was aired on PBS
Sesame Street
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What was the purpose of Sesame Street for young Americans?
To teach them to accept people of other colours
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What year was PBS set up?
1966
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What was the purpose of Sesame Street for Mexican-American children?
It was made to help them learn English
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How much was spent to deal with poverty in 1965?
$1 billion
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How much was spent to deal with poverty in 1968?
$2 billion
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What percentage of Americans lived below the poverty line in 1964?
20%
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What percentage of people were below the poverty line by 1968?
12%
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What happened to many of Johnson's Great Society programs after 1969?
They were brought to an end by Nixon
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What year did President Johnson pass the City Act?
1966
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What did the 1966 City Act do?
Improve urban planning
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Why did President Johnson cut taxes while in office?
So people would spend more
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What was the ARP?
Appalachian Recovery Program
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What did the Appalachian Recovery Program do?
It gave funds to Appalachain states to improve their infrastructure
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How many cents was the minimum wage increased by under Johnson?
Increased by 25 cents
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What was the NTC that Johnson set up?
National Teachers Corps
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What was the aim of the National Teachers Corps?
To get teachers working in areas of poverty
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What was the EOC Johnson set up?
Economic Opportunities Office
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What did the Economic Opportunities Office do?
Helped poor people find employment
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Which part of cities did the Employment Opportunities Commission focus on?
Inner city areas
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Which states may not have got focussed on by the EOC which might have had less large cities with inner city areas?
Southern states
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What did Republicans accuse Johnson was damaging with his Great Society programs?
Rugged individualism
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By what fraction did the amount of African Americans below the poverty line fall by under Johnson?
Fell by 1/2
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Which scientific organisation that Kennedy supported did Johnson cut funding to year by year?
NASA
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What year did Johnson pass the Civil Rights Act?
1964
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What did the 1964 Civil Rights Act do?
Banned discrimination in public places
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What was made illegal in the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
Segregation
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What did the Supreme Court ban in 1967?
Banned laws which prevented marriages between people of different races
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What year was the Fair Housing Act passed?
1968
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What event may have influenced the passing of the 1968 Fair Housing Act?
The death of Martin Luther King

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