LBJ the Man
Name the New Deal agency LBJ ran
The National Youth Administration
What is the difference between Medicare and Medicaid?
Medicare is for the elderly while Medicaid is for poor and disabled people
What event led LBJ to expand the war in Vietnam to the North?
Gulf of Tonkin incident
The Civil Rights Act prevented discrimination against non-whites and...?
Women
Johnson won the 1964 with how much of the popular vote?
61%
Which laws were passed to protect the environment?
The Water Quality Act, Clean Water Act, and the Clean Air Act
What metric did the U.S. use to claim they were winning in Vietnam?
Death count
The United Farm Workers union was formed by...
Cesar Chavez
Describe the relationship between JFK and LBJ
Did not respect him, sent him on international trips to get him out of sight
What did the 1965 Immigration Act do?
Abolished 1924 immigration quota system that favored western Europe.
First preference to immediate relatives of U.S. citizens, those with desirable skills
170,000 a year could move to the U.S.
How long did Operation Rolling Thunder last?
3 years
Describe life in Watts, California
Congested neighborhood, poor schools, high unemployment, a high crime rate, growing drug problem
What/who influenced LBJ's war on poverty?
Walter Heller, JFK's economic advisor and Michael Harrington's The Other America
Michael Harrington's The Other America argued that poverty was not just about economics, it was....
a culture. They were people who lack education and skill, who have bad health, poor housing, low levels of aspiration and high levels of mental distress.
What was the average age of a U.S. soldier in Vietnam?
19
Name the woman killed during the March to Montgomery
Detroit housewife Viola Luizzo
Name two ways LBJ attempted to end poverty.
Passed the Economic Opportunity Act, creating the Office of Economic Opportunity that provided grants to locally organized community action agencies in poor neighborhoods who would decide how to end poverty.
Created the Job Corps and the VISTA program
Describe two lawsuits the Warren Court decided between 1960 and 1969.
Baker v. Carr and Reynolds v. Sims ordered American electoral districts from state and federal levels to be reapportioned according to equal legislative representation.
Miranda v. Arizona excluded improperly obtained confessions from criminal trials.
Griswold v. Connecticut allowed dissemination of information about birth control pill based on right to privacy.
What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution do?
Gave the President unlimited power to repel an armed attack against the forces of the U.S. and to prevent further aggression.
What government agency was supposed to enforce non-discriminatory employment practices?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)