HIST 2620 1nd Edition Lecture 30 Outline of Last Lecture I JFK and Civil Rights Outline of Current Lecture II LBJ and the Great Society Current Lecture LBJ and the Great Society LBJ was sworn in after JFK s assassination masterful politician consensus politics he knew how to get things done domestic affairs Great Society foreign affairs containment meaning he was determined to win the Cold War Vietnam overshadow all of the domestic affairs it received everyone s attention he stressed continuity keep JFK s cabinet he eventually and secretively brought in his own people sets agenda for U S Civil Rights legislations Tax reduction fiscal responsibility he wanted to do what JFK had originally planned his death allowed for his agenda to go through LBJ said it was a way to honor JFK 1964 Civil Rights Act made racial discrimination in public areas illegal required employers to provide jobs called for uniform voting standards Great Society Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 more than 1 billion to help schools purchase materials and start special education programs to schools with a high concentration of low income children Higher Education At of 1965 increased federal money given to universities created scholarships and low interest loans for students Medical Care Act of 1965to help states provide medical coverage for low income families and other categorically related individuals who meet eligibility requirements Model Cities Program develop new antipoverty programs and alternative forms of municipal government Voting Rights Act in 1965 It eliminated various devices such as literacy tests excluded discrimination Vietnam caused tremendous doubts Vietnam was dominated by China they wanted their independence becomes a part of French Indochina to extract These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute wealth the area French tried to push Catholicism in a heavily populated Buddhist
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