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Objective 8.5- Johnson's Great Society

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weather today in Italian the president of United States man I can see his son fan all the way from here  checking ranzau with a doubt finally Governor Carly on your left the president waves go to the car the first portion of this gram  there is a bulletin from CBS news for the Desales on an assassination attempt against President Kennedy in Dallas Texas President Kennedy was shot as he drove from Dallas Airport to downtown Dallas Governor Connally of Texas in the car with him was so shocked it is reported that three of mullets running out a secret service man has been what heard two shots on the car he's dead we referred to President Kennedy or not is not the up known the president cradled in the arms of his wife mrs. Kennedy was carried to an ambulance and they car Rush 2 Parkland Hospital outside Dallas the president was taken to an emergency room in the hospital from Dallas Texas The Flash apparently official President Kennedy died at 1 p.m. Central Standard time to Eastern Standard Time some 38 minutes ago Vice President John I left the hospital in Dallas but we do not know to where he has proceeded after Azuma blade will be taking the oath of office Berkeley and become the 36th president of the United States  on November 22nd 1963 president Nest Kennedy shot and killed while riding in a motorcade in Dallas Texas Kennedy's murder shocked the nation to its core the nation grieved its Fallen leader add more Jackie and their two children some say the innocence of the American people and the optimism of the 1960s died that day with Kennedy in Dallas his alleged killer Lee Harvey Oswald himself was shot and killed just days after Kennedy's death and conspiracy theories on who killed Kennedy and why still is today with the Cold War social reform and progress in the civil rights movement in Jeopardy the nation but now turn to a dramatically different man in office that man was sworn in as president of the United States aboard Air Force One just hours after Candy's death his name was Lyndon Baines Lyndon Johnson was in master party politician LBJ was a new deal Democrat from Texas Johnson was mentored by FDR himself and knew how to make pills to pass laws in Congress he was known as an activist president who expanded Presidential Power no president had extended the role of the Federal Government like him since FDR Johnson's goal is to improve various parts of American society in JFK's memory Johnson proposed his plan and he called it the Great Society Improvement need to be made and poverty the environment immigration education Urban housing and Healthcare the first step of Johnson's Great Society was declaring a war on poverty because unconditional war on poverty in America  Johnson believe that alleviating the problems of poverty and helping the poor would boost the economy and create a stronger Workforce to Apache disco Johnson signs The Economic Opportunity Act in 1964 this law provided one billion dollars in programs focused on job creation and education for poor Americans also in 1964 how cut taxes on companies and personal income taxes on consumers by 10 billion dollars it helped lead the job creation and greater income for the poor Johnson also reform Healthcare Buy Medicare and Medicaid  Medicare and Medicaid were programs that were embedded into the social security system that provided low cost health insurance for the elderly and the poor this is important because Medicare is an incredibly popular program used by millions of Americans today Johnson also sponsored a massive increase in Educational Funding he established the Head Start program which provides free preschool to American children and he also sign the elementary and secondary school act these programs which are still in place today UWE students fun college scholarships by High School textbooks fun special education programs preschools and also provide the Public Broadcasting Service put on is PBS PBS was intended to bring educational programs home to children who are watching television shows helping children learn how to count and how to read if you watch Sesame Street what you watch PBS this act any quotas based on nationality that have been set since the early 1900s Johnson also aim to help poor and middle class Americans afford homes can you find a programs to build low-rent public housing for urban poor families Johnson also created the Department of Housing and Urban Development this new Department to the presidential what oversee Federal Housing Programs LBJ was the first president since Teddy Roosevelt to work on Environmental Protection pollution was destroying America's not who wanders and threatening the well-being of its citizens LBJ signs the water quality act in 1965 this law requires states to clean their Rivers Johnson also science the air quality act in 1967 this loss at air pollution guidelines and let the federal government enforce car emission standards during the Johnson years the liberal activism of the 1960s also swept through the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren the Warren Court decided Monumental cases that sought to protect constitutional rights of those accused of crimes there are two decisions of the Warren court that protect your rights if you are accused of a crime today the 1st is Gideon versus Wainwright in 1963 the Warren Court ruled that the court system must provide a lawyer to the accused if they cannot afford one themselves the second is Miranda versus Arizona in 1966 the Warren Court ruled that every accused person must be read their constitutional rights to representation before they can be questioned by police these are known as your Miranda rights when someone accused of a crime is arrested you were here the police read you your Miranda Rights you have the right to remain silent anything you say can be used against you in more to block this is to remind you of your Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination you have the right to an attorney if you cannot afford an attorney one will be provided for you this is too you up your right to representation as guaranteed in the Gideon versus Wainwright decision under President Johnson the power of the federal government had been expand wake never before along with that deficit spending grew and a conservative backlash begin leading to the rise of conservative politicians like Richard Nixon and Ronald lbj's war on poverty worked the poverty rate was cut in half between 1962 and 1973 the rights of the accused were better protected by law the Warren court rulings guaranteed rights for those innocent until proven guilty the Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all it demands an end to poverty and racial Injustice to which were totally committed in our time

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