Lyndon johnson & the great society
•Johnson convinces congress to pass Kennedy’s Civil Rights Bill
•It allowed the gov’t to cut off funding to any program that practiced discrimination
•Created VISTA to battle poverty
•The Voting Rights Act: Outlawed the literacy tests needed in order to register to vote
•It allowed the gov’t to cut off funding to any program that practiced discrimination
•Created VISTA to battle poverty
•The Voting Rights Act: Outlawed the literacy tests needed in order to register to vote
A little bit of history about Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society
If President Johnson did not convince the congress to pass the Civil Rights Bill, would discrimination ever end?
If President Johnson did not convince the congress to pass the Civil Rights Bill, would discrimination ever end?
"We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society." Lyndon B. Johnson
SUMMARY:
Lyndon Johnson convinces congress to pass Kennedy's Civil Rights Bill which allowed the government to cut off funding to any program that practiced discrimination. He also created VISTA to battle poverty, and the Voting Rights Act which outlawed the literacy tests needed in order to register to vote.
Lyndon Johnson convinces congress to pass Kennedy's Civil Rights Bill which allowed the government to cut off funding to any program that practiced discrimination. He also created VISTA to battle poverty, and the Voting Rights Act which outlawed the literacy tests needed in order to register to vote.