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24 Cards in this Set
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civil rights: achieved |
more than JFK |
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Civil Rights Act 1964 |
banned segregation in public places, discrimination in employment (race, gender, national origin) |
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Voting Rights Act 1965 |
banned racial segregation in voting - end of Grandfather Clause, Poll Tax tests, literacy tests |
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why? |
JFK started it; fear of black nationalism |
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economic reforms: why? |
cut taxes so consumers could spend more - help businesses grow, create jobs |
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Appalachian Recovery Programme |
federal funds for development of Appalachians |
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Office or Economic Opportunity |
schemes to help poor in inner cities; new education & community projects; loans for social schemes |
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consumerism |
manufacturers & shops had to fairly & clearly label goods; consumers could return faulty goods & exchange them |
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Head Start Programme |
$1.56b - teachers could provide additional education for very young, poor children |
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effect |
halved poverty in America |
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social reforms: minimum wage |
$1.25ph to $1.40 |
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immigration |
ends ethnic quotas |
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Medical Care Act |
Medicare (old); Medicaid (poor) |
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Elementary & Secondary Education Act |
first major federal support for education; equal education standards in all states |
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Model Cities Act |
continued JFK's urban renewal; targeted cities (highest poverty & crime); federal-funded slum clearance - better services provision |
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opposition: Republicans |
said LBJ wasted money on welfare, undermined rugged individualism - especially health |
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Vietnam spending |
more than on Great Society |
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empty promises |
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protests led to violent outbursts |
Anti-Vietnam: civil rights & black power; second wave feminism; queer rights; hippies/flower power; left-wing students |
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type of presidency |
imperial |
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positive outcomes: healthcare & education |
millions benefitted: 25m in healthcare for the first time |
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African-Americans |
poverty halved |
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federal government |
extended role to alleviate poverty |
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civil rights & the South |
acts permanently transformed the South - LBJ believed this his greatest achievement |
