20.3
The Great Society
pp. 686-695
OUTLINING YOUR NOTES: Take notes as you read the text.
•
•
•
•
LBJ’s Path to Power
o
From the Texas Hills to Capitol Hill (What type of political experience did Johnson have?)
o
A Master Politician (Why did Kennedy choose Johnson to be his running mate?)
Johnson’s Domestic Agenda (What two Kennedy reforms did Johnson urge Congress to pass?)
o
The War on Poverty (EOA-What was the money for and what did it create? Yes, it’s a lot.)
o
The 1964 Election (Who ran against Johnson? What was the major reason he lost?)
Building the Great Society (What was “The Great Society”? What does that mean?)
o
Education (Elem/Secondary Education Act-a big deal. Why?)
o
Healthcare (How are Medicare and Medicaid similar?)
o
Housing (How does the paragraph support the topic sentence?)
o
Immigration (Immigration Act of 1965)
o
The Environment (Silent Spring)
o
Consumer Protection (Unsafe at Any Speed)
Reforms of the Warren Court (What is the Warren Court? Why is it considered liberal?)
o
Congressional Reapportionment (Baker v Carr)
o
Rights of the Accused (Miranda v Arizona; Gideon v Wainwright. What were the differing
reactions to the Warren Court decisions on the rights of the accused?)
•
Impact of the Great Society (What events and or problems may have affected the success of the
Great Society?)