End Poverty and Racial Inequality

End Poverty and Racial Inequality

President Lyndon B. Johnson / Answer/Specific examples / Impact
A) What were the major domestic affairs that occurred during his
presidency? /
  • Great Society
  • War on poverty
  • Kennedy assassination
  • Civil rights
/
  • End poverty and racial inequality
  • Provide socioeconomic opportunities for underclass
  • Step up as President
  • Wanted to end segregation(Civil Rights Act of 1964)

B) What were the foreign affairs that the president had to address? /
  • Vietnam War
  • Red Scare
  • Relations in Latin America
/
  • Fight communism
  • Scare of communism
  • Handled to expand US influence in Latin America

C) Were there any changes to the constitution that shows it was a “living
document” during this presidency? /
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • 24th amendment
  • 25th amendment
/
  • Equality
  • Poll taxes illegal
  • Presidential succession

D) Were federal powers expanded under this presidency? /
  • National government would have to set policies and provide funding
/
  • Expanding

E) Were individual liberties limited during this presidency and why? / No / N/A
f) Were there any changes with women, immigrants and labor during this
presidency? /
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
/
  • Prohibits discrimination based on race,sex,national origin, disability, or age

G) Were private property rights changed? Pollution management? conservation? / N/A / N/A
H) How did this president address social policies and poverty? /
  • War on Poverty
/
  • EOA, OEO
  • Expanded government role in in education and health care as poverty reduction strategies

I) Was this president involved in imperialism? Wars? Why? /
  • Sent 22000 troops to Dominican Republic
  • Combat troops to Vietnam
/
  • Gave president power over congress

j) Did this president get involved in wars overseas? Europe? Middle East?
Why? (cause/effect) /
  • Vietnam War
/
  • Stop spread of communism

k) Did this president get involved in civil rights? If so how? If not, why? /
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965
/
  • Outlawed poll taxes, literacy test, grandfather clause
  • Prohibits discrimination in voting

l) How was democracy expanded or limited during this presidency? /
  • African Americans
/
  • Given civil rights

m) Was there evidence of the political, economic, and social changes in
the United States that expanded democracy for other minority N/Aand immigrant groups during this presidency? /
  • War on poverty
  • Great Society
/
  • Help poor get jobs and aid

n) How were minorities and immigrants treated during this presidency? / N/A / N|A
o) How did this president embrace production/mechanization/industrialization? What impact did this have? / N/A / N/A
p) Describe the labor movement during this president. /
  • War on poverty
/
  • Gave aid to poor to get jobs

q) What push/pull effects were evident during this presidency? /
  • Push-Vietnam war
  • Pull-voting rights

r) How did this president address monetary policy? Economics? Taxes?
Tariffs? /
  • Great society
/
  • Medicare
  • Medicare
  • Giving aid to underprivileged Americans
  • Regulating natural resources
  • Protecting consumers

s) What policy did this president embrace for government spending? Inflation? /
  • Great society
/
  • National government had to pay for expenses

t) What cultural artifacts symbolized this presidency? /
  • Picture of him getting inaugurated
/
  • Took office at a time of turmoil

u) What impact did religion have on this presidency? / N/A / N/A
v) Evaluate the role of the mass media during this presidency. / N\A / N/A
w) Describe cultural diversity during this presidency. /
  • Civil rights for African Americans

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